“Life in the Seven Kingdoms is never dull . . .” –Jen McConnel, School Library Journal

Coming to a library near you? The Joy of Holds + Recommendations for eBooks

library bookshelf

Treat the kids to books at your library! Library Love Today–all my friends who love libraries–I’m going to tell you a secret that will make you very happy. HOLDS at your library are exciting 🙂 If you are a library regular, you probably know you can put a “hold” on an exciting new book. Did […]

Veggie of the Week Challenge: The Colors of Italy Pizza

pizza baked on a stone with pepper and zucchini length-wise slices, mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce and an Italian flag toothpick in the center.

Red pepper, zucchini pizza. © Jan Decher, 2018. The summer the first Seven Kingdoms Fairy tale came out, my brand-new middle grade book, TROUBLE WITH PARSNIPS, took up the vegetable portion of my brain (I heard that) so dinner was often shoot-your-own-sandwich. We interrupt our veggie challenge for a moment to bring you a word […]