From MB's Notebook

"I love writing books that inform and inspire kids! That’s always my goal. And I love the detective work required to write a true, inspiring book....

"By reading The Dress and the Girl, I hope conversations about immigration are started. I hope readers are left with a reminder of the humanity in ...

The oceans are truly a beautiful, wondrous place. I wanted to reflect that in the whale’s journey and to show it through the eyes of someone exper...

"Many children are using Lubna and Pebble to help them think about ways they can support refugee families in practical ways: donating things, writ...

"I’d say the key ingredients (of a great children's book) are: drama, kid appeal, engaging language, and wonderful illustrations. Humor helps too!...

"I was inspired by my love for the moon and how its distance offered safety for me as a child growing up in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. That dist...

"I love coming across an idea or topic that WOWS me and makes me want to find out more."  - Susan Hood We Are One: How the World Adds Up is a stra...

 "When writing Once Upon a Dragon’s Fire, I wanted to bring some of that sense of wonder and magic into the book. Also, I wanted to write a book th...

"As a former bookseller and teacher, I think about books as vitamins or medicine for the soul – everyone is different and needs something differen...

The Boy Whose Head was Filled with Stars, a gorgeous picture book about the life of Edwin Hubble, is quite simply a treasure.  We were thrilled tha...

We loved getting to know a bit about Jarrett Dapier, the jazz-loving librarian and author of the exuberant delight Jazz for Lunch!  We loved to lea...

  We can't get enough of The Very True Legend of the Mongolian Death Worms and neither can our customers.  We caught up with author Sandra Fay to l...