Agents love them, editors want them, so what are  "high concept" books? To know a high concept book, you must first meet the hig...

One look at author/illustrator David Small and you know he is a man who has overcome powerful circumstances. You know this not by something...

" MeeGenius is searching for the next great children’s book author , and is extending an invitation to aspiring and published authors ...

The cover art for M.P. Kozlowsky's debut book JUNIPER BERRY   promises "A tale of terror and temptation." Kozlowsky delivers ...

WHAT IF YOUR BEST FRIEND WERE BLUE ? by Vera Kochan, Illustrated by Viviana Garofoli PUBLISHER: Marshall Cavendish  (September 2011) PAG...

Mister Lemur’s book, TRAIN OF THOUGHT features short stories in rhyming verse. Many of the tales have clever educational twists. Clever, I...

After a brief chat with Jay Asher at the SCBWI summer conference, I learned thirteen fast-facts including details on his next project: 13....

" Diversity in YA Fiction is a website and book tour founded by two young adult authors, Malinda Lo and Cindy Pon, to celebrate divers...

In author Matt de la Peña's young adult book, WE WERE HERE , three troubled teens believe their crimes and the cost of their damag...

A Guest Post by my beautiful niece Marlo Berberian   I guess I'm here to tell you about my amazing week with my mother. Oh, and mom,...

Suitcase St. Barth's: a travel video by Renee Berberian I regularly suggest great books, so load those pages in your luggage and let m...

Happy Bastille Day, La Fete Nationale! Although I've celebrated in the past by standing on the Champs-Elysees, waving at Jacques Chirac...

A brief word from Kim: I describe past perfect tense as the past of the past. Grammar Girl , Mignon Fogarty, says to write past perfect you...