by editor | Jul 31, 2024 | By Staff, Interviews
J. E. Thomas’s Control Freaks takes readers on a thrilling ride through the competitive world of middle school. When Benjamin Banneker College Prep announces a high-stakes, week-long competition for the prestigious golden B-B trophy, seventh-grader Frederick Douglass...
by editor | Nov 11, 2019 | By Staff, Interviews
READ Abigail’s review of Lori’s book, Being Small (Isn’t So Bad After All). What inspired you to write Being Small? When my daughter, Hayley, was 3, her teachers hung up a growth chart in her preschool classroom. While her friends’ names...
by editor | Sep 18, 2018 | By Staff, Interviews
After 17 years as a hairdresser, I retired from my career to focus full time on my true passions: my love of rescue pets, and helping my fellow humans. For the past 4 years, I have served as a Director for the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA, and as an Ambassador...
by editor | Nov 8, 2016 | By Staff, Interviews
By Susan L. Roberts Q. When I read your book, I am Jane Goodall, I felt welcomed into her world and inspired to be myself. Since then, I have explored several other of your books, and they have a similar feel to them. Tell me how you came to write these “hero”...
by editor | Sep 19, 2016 | By Staff, Interviews
**Reprinted with permission from Random House Children’s Books** To celebrate the release of Dan Brown’s young adult adaptation of THE DA VINCI CODE (Delacorte Press | 978-1-524-71582-3 | Available now), Random House Children’s Books has interviewed Dan in an...
by editor | Sep 7, 2016 | By Staff, Interviews
Kids’ BookBuzz’s Faith Lewis interviews Kim, Zarins, author of young adult novel Canterbury Tales, Sometimes We Tell the Truth. Q. Why did you want to write a story that was a reimagining of The Canterbury Tales? A. As a medievalist, I love the idea of...
