This year we are the ghosts of xmas past, present and future.  A Happy Halloween to all of you pumpkins out there! *

My mother in law is out of the ICU after three long and scary weeks. Soon she'll be going to rehab and we hope she'll be better than...

We are over the middle of October and I haven't had a chance to blink yet. It took us a while to smooth out the process of getting my da...

My husband, John Rocco's newest book, Fu Finds the Way is coming out tomorrow! We have an advanced copy and it looks gorgeous. I am so ...

Here is the missing picture! You can see more images on Etsy. *

The end of the summer has been a whirlwind. Rearranging my city workspace, preparing a little one for nursery school every morning, and find...

Our newest picture book acquisition happens to be Duck Tents, by Lynne Berry , illustrated by Hiroe Nakata . Five little ducks go on a camp...

Over the last year, my daughter and I have been making miniature candy out of polymer clay, to diffuse the desire for real sweets. It worked...

Mrs. Nelson's Bookstore was new to me, but what a pleasant surprise! We arrived early and walked around the entire store looking into ev...

I've always liked Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, so when Marla Frazee and my publisher both told me about the bookstores weekly s...