Can you tell I’m excited about The Ferret’s a Foot? Colleen gave me these pins, and I will wear them proudly to the New York City release party! If you’re in the neighborhood, I hope you’ll join me there. THE FERRET’S A FOOT Book Release Party & WorkshopMarch 27, 2011, 1:30pmWORD Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY […]Read more "The Ferrets are Coming!"

My colleagues tell me that they’ve had some fun conversations about books with each other as a result of Part 1 of “What Are You Reading?” Here’s Part 2. Domenica I loved learning about the Jacques Tardi graphic novel series (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec) from my co-worker Greg, and while I was on […]Read more "What Are You Reading? (Part 2)"

Editing Brian P. Cleary’s rhyming verse can be hazardous. A particularly catchy stanza can easily get stuck in my head. For some reason, though, the verse that most often gets stuck in my head comes from the first Words Are CATegorical book I edited, Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: What Is an Adjective? It is: Adjectives […]Read more "Stuck in My Head"

Singing was a passion of mine when I was in school. I sang second soprano in my high school’s chamber chorale. I went on two choir tours, to Colorado and Tennessee. (By bus. All the way from Minnesota. With about thirty other kids between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. It was a blast for […]Read more "Beautiful Music"

You might have seen that the launch party for Kate Hosford’s Big Bouffant was the picture of the day on PW. Kate’s part at New York’s Books of Wonder was a smashing success, and we’ve been marveling at all the creative coiffeur. Here are the highlights: And the boys got in on the updos too. […]Read more "Big Apple, Bigger Bouffants"

This weekend I traveled by train to Vermont and paid a visit to The Center for Cartoon Studies. If you haven’t heard of CCS, let me fill you in. It’s a small college (about 50 students tops) nestled in a small village (White River Junction). It’s a nurturing environment where emerging cartoonists spend a year […]Read more "Away at Cartoon College"

I ran across a great Q+A recently in an old company employee newsletter (in the days of print newsletters) that asked people what others thought they were reading versus what they actually were reading. It was very amusing, so I’ve asked my digital-age colleagues the same thing. Here’s what they say. (This is Part I […]Read more "What Are You Reading?"

Working with Jane Brocket has been a treat. Her book Spiky, Slimy, Smooth: What Is Texture? came out this spring, and we have several more books planned. I first came across her writing and photographs on her blog, yarnstorm. Jane provided a wonderful variety of photographs for Spiky, Slimy, Smooth, and when it came to […]Read more "Evolution of a Cover Design"

What did we do before Twitter, cars, and laser surgery? Somehow early civilizations managed to get along just fine and even excel when it came to communication, transportation, and medicine. In honor of our new Twenty-First Century Books series, we are celebrating Technology in Ancient Cultures Week!All week long we will be posting fascinating facts […]Read more "Technology in Ancient Cultures Contest"