Guest Post, Carol Hampton Rasco: Parents and Youngsters Together for Stories, Songs, Rhymes, and More at RIF.org

I’m a HUGE fan of stories, songs and finger plays to share with my little boys!  During the fall, winter and spring I was going to no less then THREE story times a week and now drive downtown once a week to the only library to continue story times during the summer.  I never throw [...]

Guest Post: Marsha Jacobson on Reading With Feeling

Today’s guest post is brought to you be Marsha Jacobson, the author of Boom… Boom… Boom…: A Story to Raise Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence, which as a mother of four, she wrote to to help children understand and deal with their uncomfortable feelings including anxiety, fear and frustration.  As a parent, I’m thrilled with Marsha’s post and serves as a [...]

Guest Post: Thomas Fortenberry on Judging Literary Contests

A fantastic guest post today from Thomas Fortenberry, an American author, editor, reviewer, and publisher.  Owner of Mind Fire Press, he has also judged many literary contests over the years, including The Georgia Author of the Year Awards and the Robert Penn Warren Prize for Fiction.
Oh, the gods are laughing at [...]

Guest Post from Hannah of WordLily: Author Recipe, Leslie Patricelli’s Espresso and Cardamom Rub

I’m really excited to have Hannah from Word Lily on my blog today featuring one of the yummy author recipes!  Today’s recipe is a Espresso and Cardamom Rub which was shared with us in my interview with Leslie Patricelli whom has the most adorable board books ever.  I love them! Unfortunately, I don’t love coffee [...]

Guest Post: Book Chick City on Launching a Blog and Her Ever Increasing Obsession With Books

Today’s guest post is by Carolyn from the new book blog Book Chick City.  As somebody who has been blogging for almost two years I thought it was really enjoyable to read Carolyn’s thoughts and impressions about beginning to dive into this wonderful madness that we call book blogging and how it’s already changed her [...]