Welcome to the website of a writer, teacher, speaker and thinker. I teach because I can't help it, write because I can't avoid it, and think because that's what people do--or should. Here you'll find links and study guides for my books, writing tips and book reviews for kids and teachers, fun stuff for Shakespeare fans, and Schoolapalooza!--a guide for those who ever wondered how to schedule a school visit. Come in and look around!

NEWS!

The Children's Literature Festival of the Ozarks, a venerable organization at twenty-plus, is on my calendar for October 19. It will be a star-studded lineup with authors like Obert Skye, Shane Evans, Roland Smith, and Cheryl Harness.  And me.  If you're going to be within a few hundred miles of Springfield at that time, stop by.  Details here.

The book blog I co-write with Emily Whitten almost two years old! That's keeping me as busy as anything right now--reading books and writing about books. Not a bad way to spend my time, and we're growing in visitors and subscribers. This month we're talking about home libraries: how do you choose the books you really want to keep?  And how do you stretch a budet to include those books?  Emily begins the discussion here, and here's an idea for using your resources to benefit an entire community.  Highlights from last month: Flannery O'Connor week and 7 Myths about Fifty Shades.

I'm also now blogging for the WORLD magazine website. I just didn't have enough to do . . .

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