Vermont author Kate Messner has a marvelous collection of author videos!!!! (I watched Grace Lin’s “How to Draw A Chinese Dragon” right away. 🙂 The
Reading an article about how it hurts kids to focus on “grades” instead of “learning”: “Grades vs Learning: Shifting Attention to What’s Important“ “Drafts, re-dos,
I’ve been doing a little more research for the next Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale. Look what I found! 🙂 Did you know you can get
Burg Rheinfels (Fortress Rhine Boulder) is the inspiration for the Saffron Kingdom. ©Laurel Decher, 2021. Do you have a good sense of direction? How about
What careers have you always wondered about? The next Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale stars the Saffron twins, Magellan and Saffy, so I’m thinking about what
Book Menu for Voracious Readers 2022 Here’s my latest menu of books for hungry readers. I’ve read all of these (and many others) this year
Something quite surprising happened! Connie B. Dowell of the Book Echoes podcast interviewed me about TROUBLE WITH PARSNIPS: Book Echoes is a podcast about young
The Veggie Challenge started because writing can be TOO absorbing. If the family writer is also the family cook, mutiny threatens! The goal is to
I’ve missed a few posts, so I thought I’d write about three panicky dinners and the tricks I used to get something half-way healthy with
After years of studying chronic disease epidemiology, I’m convinced that vegetables are hugely important (And delicious.) But. . . .when I’m writing a story, I
