Last night Candlewick hosted a dinner for Kate DiCamillo with DC-area children’s book reviewers, and I was lucky enough to attend. Kate was in town as the Library of Congress’ National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Earlier in the day, she had participated in an event with former Ambassadors Katherine Paterson and Jon Scieszka, who…
YA Authors Share Favorite Page-to-Screen Adaptations
Adaptations — they’re all the rage now, particularly thanks to the box-office success of “The Fault in Our Stars.” Since this is my kids’ last week of school, and Diana’s one week of freedom before teaching summer school, we’ve been really lax in the posting department. So I’m cheating today and pointing you in the…
Our Book Club Contributors’ Favorite Books of the Year
We asked our Book Club contributors to send in their favorite books of the year. Not all of the books came out in 2013, but they were all read in the past 12 months. Here’s what our contributors selected as the books they loved in 2013. Jessica’s Picks: “Just One Day”/”Just One Year” by…
Author Appreciation: Ron Koertge
Yesterday I had a great time reading many of your Top Tens about authors whose work you automatically buy. I started to think of how many authors my husband and I feel that way about by looking at our book shelves. My husband feels that way about only two (fiction) authors: Hilary Mantel and Michael…