Comments are closed, we have a winner: congratulations Kate (comment #12) I am SO THRILLED to be able to share this awesome collection of books with you, please check your email for further instructions, THANKS!!! Photo of the author reading with kids via T.A. Barron's photo stream on Flickr. As a kid, I loved going to the public library after school, our town's library was just a few blocks down from my grade school. I can still remember walking through those big wooden doors, pausing only long enough to take in the scent of what must have been millions of... Read more →

My grandmother taught me to crochet, but we never followed a written pattern (it was ALL in Nagy Mama's head) and, although I know the difference between a single crochet and a double crochet, I am a very visual thinker: my brain is like Google images and Pinterest speaks to me. Crochet patterns, not so much. Long story, short (you're welcome!): yesterday my borked-up back decided to remind me just how borked-up it could get, but being laid up with a borked-up back frustrates me more than not being able to read a crocheting pattern. I tried to follow the... Read more →