Coinciding with the release of Quiet as a Mouse, I thought it would be fun to interview Annie Brazis, the wonderful illustrator of this picture book! It was a real blessing to cross paths with Annie. Her aunt began coming to the writers' group I attend and mentioned that her niece was interested in getting into illustrating children's books. After looking at Annie's website, I quickly set up a time to meet. And here we are, with one book completed together . . . and hopefully

I just heard this African proverb at my grand-daughter's graduation and have been thinking about it ever since. If you want to go fast,...

I think of you tonight, my little one Of your soft baby breath rustling across my breast With each creak of the rocker Of your tiny fists...

Just before the final bell rang, I dashed around the room. “I hope you can all come to my party!” I slapped an envelope down on each...

I wrote this piece for a course I took with the Institute of Children’s Literature. The assignment was to create a 500-to-750-word story...