Gary D. Schmidt: From Pumpkin to Professor
Gary D. Schmidt is a prolific, award-winning author who has received a Printz Honor and two Newbery Honors for his work. He has also completed numerous academic degrees including doctoral studies [...]
Gary D. Schmidt is a prolific, award-winning author who has received a Printz Honor and two Newbery Honors for his work. He has also completed numerous academic degrees including doctoral studies [...]
We are very excited to share this heartwarming story from Matt Tavares in the second installment of the author/illustrator guest post series on Books in Bloom. We think you’ll really like this [...]
Mention Dork Diaries to nearly any middle-school girl and you are likely to get an enthusiastic “Squee!” This wildly popular, award-winning series is composed of personal diary entries [...]
The Books in Bloom team is excited to launch a new series of guest posts in which we invite authors and illustrators to tell us about their work. We are kicking things off with debut author [...]
Though it is difficult to believe, prolific children’s author Dan Gutman was not a fan of reading when he was younger. Well, that might be putting it mildly. “I hated to read when I was a kid! I [...]
How does one encourage young people to read and contribute to the literacy development of children? This is a question that many librarians, teachers, and parents consider; and the answer may be [...]
For author Jen Bryant, her love of reading, writing, and verse began with Dr. Seuss. “My mother read stories to us every night before bed. She has a very expressive voice, so titles like P.D. [...]
“When I was a kid, I met Tomie dePaola, the creator of some of my favorite books,” reminisces Stephanie Watson. “He drew a picture of Strega Nona with a marker on a big pad of paper, right in [...]