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The Covers
My talented cover designer is Kari Rust. Not only does Kari provide the cover design for The Ravenstones, but she also writes and illustrates her own books (Tricky, Owlkids, 2017, and The House at the End of the Road, Owlkids, 2019). See here for information on her latest book. Kari lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.… Read more
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The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature (Part 2)
With an English mother (who read everything from natural history and essays to mysteries and poetry) and primarily English relatives, as a child I was invariably inundated with books by authors from the motherland. As such, aside from The Hardy Boys and Tom Swift, Jnr. series (my father read the original Tom Swift books), I… Read more
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Something to celebrate!
Yes, we have a vaccine. More than one, in fact, and well ahead of all the predictions on timing. So that really is something to celebrate this Christmas. We can now see the beginning of the end and imagine our lives returning to normal. By this time next year, if everyone does their part, the… Read more
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The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature (Part 1)
Alright, I confess – I get a lot of my information (okay, to be really honest, trivia) from the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series (Portable Press, San Diego). Over the years I’ve read many editions (now up to 37, which is what I’d call a really successful publishing run), and I never tire of the… Read more
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Comics
I’ve already said I enjoyed comic books. Were they not a staple of every child’s growing-up in the 50’s and 60’s? Comics were not just for an individual’s reading pleasure, they were also a communal event, where one would meet up with friends, catch up on the latest gossip while exchanging new titles or reading… Read more
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Maps
I’ve always loved maps. When very young, as a Christmas present, I was given a very sturdy jigsaw puzzle of North America. I spent a lot of time playing with it, the result being I knew (and still know) the names and location of every U.S. state and Canadian province. Somewhat later, my Scottish godparents… Read more
