Making Books come Alive
One of my favorite authors/illustrators is Brain Selznick. His artwork has captured our imaginations for years. Though he did the illustrations for Frindle, the first time that I remember registering his name in my mind as “brilliant illustrator” was in his book The Houdini Box. Nephew friend Seth was really into magic and Houdini. He [...]
Over the weekend I attended a creative blogger event called Blogher Handmade and The Creative Connection. While there I was happily introduced to Olivia Bouler author of Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf. Over the summer I discovered Olivia’s book and was so impressed that not only did I join her cause, I wrote a [...]
The winner of 5 Kate Di Camillo books is Brenda Sylvester I’d like to thank everyone for entering and playing along with us. A new giveaway will be announced very soon and I promise it’s a good one as well. Have a great rest of the week and Happy Reading! ~ Valarie
Roald Dahl Day takes place every September 13th, the celebrated birthday of one of the world’s favorite storytellers. There are celebrations happening all over the world and Jump into a Book is no different. To get started go have a look at some of these very fun activities to not only prepare for your party [...]
While I was in N.Y.C. I made my usual pilgrimage to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This time, however, I took one of my favorite books along, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg. I had always wanted to read this book while inside the museum and this was [...]
“The Danger Box” by Blue Balliett is a wonderfully fun and quirky mystery by the author of “Chasing Vermeer” and ” The Wright 3″. The Danger Box is her fourth novel where she leaves the art scene of her previous three books behind and plants us firmly in the rural town of Three [...]
Valarie is author of the book The Fox Diaries: The year the foxes came to our garden, a mom, writer, crafter and photographer.
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