Next week I’ll be leaving Austin for Montpeiler, Vermont for several days to teach in conjunction with the winter residency of the M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults program from Vermont College/Union Institute & University. At the moment, I’m in packing and preparation mode!

I’ll be sure to update my blog readers on my academic adventures on Spookycyn as well as offering what I can on Cynsations. But please understand that if posts are fewer for a while, it’s a temporary condition and I’m still doing my part to herald great voices and books.

Cynsational News & Links

Of late, the mail has brought news of new books. Those that caught my eye include Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom by Susan Taylor Brown, illustrated by Felicia Marshall (Millbrook, January 2006) and the Bea and HaHa Board Books by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Tomek Bogacki (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006).

Best Books of 2005 from Big A little a. Read related author interviews with Linda Sue Park, Rick Riordan, and Greg Leitich Smith.