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,...

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...