Before Matt Groening spoke to his fans at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in New York City, he took a few minutes to chat with us in the green room about Lisa, his dad (the Original Homer), and more fun stuff. Mr. Groening was sweet, hilarious, and worried about the freezing fans camped out in the […]
I don’t have too many absolutes when it comes to literature. I don’t think there are any rules on what makes a library great, and I never turn my nose up at another person’s reading choices, as long as they’re reading. But I will make one exception—no childhood book collection is complete without Beverly Cleary. Cleary’s […]
Strong and sassy third-grader Judy Moody and her hilarious little brother, Stink, have gotten up to all sorts of hijinks in the past, and now they have their sights set on Turkey Day in Megan McDonald’s latest in the sibling series, Judy Moody and Stink: The Wishbone Wish.
The word moody gets a bad rap—what kid isn’t prone to sudden changes in mood? And they’re in good company with fictional third-grader Judy Moody—who is strong, sassy, and definitely mercurial. She may not be able to control the ups and downs of her own emotional whims, but you’d be hard pressed to find a […]