The first-grade blues I have only a few memories from my early years at school. Once, I was chosen to check the weather and pin a rain cloud to the board (it rains a lot in the Pacific Northwest); another time, I collected snails with my friend Jennifer and made …
In this guest post, author Pamela McDowell shares the inspiration for her book, Fire on the Mountain, and how wildfires affect families, communities, animals and more.
Author and illustrator Jane Heinrichs explains where she got the idea for Every Home Needs an Elephant and shares the different forms the story took along the way before she realized that a hybrid graphic novel was the perfect one.
In this guest post, Frieda Wishinsky, co-author of How to Become an Accidental Activist, explains how she was inspired to profile four of the activists featured in the book.
In this guest post, Design Like Nature authors Megan Clendenan and Kim Ryall Woolcock share the story of their own biomimicry experiment: creating compostable packaging out of banana peels!
In a guest post for the Orca Blog, Elizabeth Withey explains how her idea for The One with the Scraggly Beard came from her own family’s experiences.
