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Enchanted Points of Entry

March 7, 2021September 5, 2019 by Candice Ransom

My first glimpse of Margaret Wise Brown’s house on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, was from a boat. It topped a granite slope, clapboard siding painted the same gray-blue as the sparkling Hurricane Sound. I was so excited I nearly fell overboard. We’d just passed the Little Island that Margaret had made famous in her Caldecott-winning book and I’d spotted a seal dozing on the rocks.… more

The Need for Secret Places

March 7, 2021September 8, 2018 by Candice Ransom

In the fifth grade, my best friend and I discovered a tangle of honeysuckle in the scrubby woods bordering our school playground. It would make the perfect recess refuge. All we had to do was pull the honeysuckle from inside the circle of saplings it was twined around, leaving a curtain of vines. The next day, we sprinted into the thicket and began ripping out vines.… more

What’s a Favorite Book of Yours?

August 11, 2017August 10, 2017 by Melanie Heuiser Hill

Lately I’ve been asking groups about their favorite books — as a get-to-know-you activity of sorts. You know: “My name is Melanie…and one of my favorite books is Anne of Green Gables.” That sort of thing. I’ve asked groups that include children and groups with only adults. (I ask groups of kids this a lot — great marketing research.)… more

Lisa Bullard

May 18, 2016May 17, 2016 by Vicki Palmquist

In this interview with Lisa Bullard, author of Turn Left at the Cow, our Bookstorm™ this month, we asked nine questions to which she gave heartfelt answers.
Lisa, thank you for your willingness to share your writing process and your thoughts about mysteries with us. Mysteries have rabid fans and you’ve written a book that’s not only smart and funny and sassy, but it’s a taut thriller.… more

Enchanted Points of Entry

The Need for Secret Places

What’s a Favorite Book of Yours?

Lisa Bullard

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