To all who venture into this website-- welcome!  My mission is to help keep a sense of wonder and enchantment alive in  children of all ages through my writing and teaching. 

Through my writing, I try to create stories that are works of art, that come alive through rich, vivid writing, and that inspire children to believe in themselves and in the power of literature.  You can click my On Writing  page as well as my Works-in Progress page to read more about my own writing for children and young adults.

Through my teaching, I want to help children become lovers of literature, lifelong learners and readers, and believe in themselves and their dreams.  You can click my On Teaching page to read about my teaching experience in early childhood and elementary education, link to my online Teacher Portfolio website, link to my preschool teaching blog, read my resume, or find my credentials.

Remember to check out my Favorite Books page as well as my blog on the writing life at the Quill and Crayon: Being the Many Adventures of a Children’s Writer, Teacher, and Perpetual Dreamer.  This website contains my old blog archive, which you can still visit by clicking on the Blog page above.  From there, you can also link to the new home of my writing blog at Wordpress.com.

Thank you for visiting!