Tweet I’m very happy to announce that I have an essay in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Merry Christmas! which releases today. When I’m not writing about mother-daughter book clubs, reading, and books, I enjoy writing about family life. The … Continue reading
Cindy Hudson
Tweet Speaking up for ourselves in important matters seems like it should be easy. After all, if we can’t say what we like, dislike, or won’t accept, who will do it for us? Yet, many people have trouble doing this. … Continue reading
Tweet Nora Alpers likes making observations and collecting facts, particularly about the ants in her ant farm. As a budding scientist, she knows that facts can be used to draw logical conclusions. Nora is happy to help her friends take … Continue reading
Tweet Avery and her brother have always played make-believe games to pass time during summers at their grandma’s house in the country. But one summer Blake announces he’s too old for the games, and Avery isn’t sure what to do … Continue reading
Tweet Today I’m taking part in a blog tour for Ghostlight, a delightfully creepy book for readers aged 8 to 13. As part of the tour, I am able to give away one copy of the book to a reader … Continue reading
Tweet Summer’s life is seriously messed up. She’s been kicked out of four boarding schools and she can’t make herself care much about doing the work she needs to do to graduate from her current school in Paris. With her … Continue reading
Tweet Today I’m taking part in a blog tour for The Trouble With Ants, Book 1 of the Nora Notebooks series by Claudia Mills. I loved Zero Tolerance (see my review), also by Mills, and I will be posting a … Continue reading
Tweet Earlier this year I posted a book review of Home for Dinner, by Anne Fishel, cofounder of the Family Dinner Project. Fishel has written an article about how telling stories over the dinner table can help kids love to … Continue reading
