Sharing Mastodon Lists
I am a BIG fan of the federated social media platform Mastodon, and this evening I used Claude.ai to generate code in an HTML file which...
Sharing Mastodon Lists
I am a BIG fan of the federated social media platform Mastodon, and this evening I used Claude.ai to generate code in an HTML file which...
Inspiring Interview with Author-Illustrator Kaz Windness
To celebrate the publication of Bitsy Bat, Team Star, the second book in the Bitsy Bat series, I interviewed the talented author-illustrator of the series,… The...
Storystorm 2025 Day 29: Shari Becker Needs Accountability
by Shari Becker For so many of us, January represents an opportunity to reset. We make all kinds of promises to ourselves: I’m going to get...
Storystorm 2025 Day 28: Emily Peace Harrison Makes Music Her Muse
by Emily Peace Harrison In the realm of children’s literature, rhyming picture books hold a special place in my heart. It is just something about the...
NFC Sticker Automation
Here’s a geeky tale for you. We have an old Bluetooth stereo in our car that does not support CarPlay, and it irritatingly connects automatically to...
Winners of the 2025 Newbery Award and Caldecott Award!
Are you excited to learn who won the 2025 Newbery and Caldecott awards and honors? This morning, the American Library Association Youth Media announced children’s book awards,… The...
Storystorm 2025 Day 27: Amanda Davis Takes a Meditation Break
by Amanda Davis “It was only when my time and energy to createwere severely limited that I realisedhow central they were to me as a person.”...
Storystorm 2025 Day 26: Srividhya Venkat Doesn’t Turn Her Back on Back Matter
by Srividhya Venkat How many of you read every word in a picture book? I mean EVERY word. All picture books have a story or main...
Dynamic Audio Waveform Videos
Have you seen audio podcast “highlight videos” as reels on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, or other social media websites which include an audio waveform animation that is...
