“Caroline” has long been one of my favorite Brandi Carlile tunes, even before I knew that it was a love song to a niece that Brandi was missing while out on the road bringing her roots-rock music to the people. And even before I knew that male voice and piano […]
It is undeniable that the world is, indeed, a small world after all, and shrinking more by the minute, but at the very same time it is so unimaginably large, and therefore rather difficult for adult or child to truly understand what is happening riiiiiiight…now there, there and way way […]
So there’s this book. And so there’s this soundtrack to that book. Both are brilliant fun. And funny. And bizarre. But in a funny way. Hear the music performed live later today on XM Kids Place Live’s Absolutely Mindy! Show.
Welcome to the 2nd installment of OWTK Summer Move Monday. This week, we have another fine author & illustrator and a talented kindie musician sharing their fave movies and movie food! Miss the first one last week? Check out Kate Messner and Frances England! Bryan Langdo Langdo is the author […]
Something beautiful happened here the other week. And I’m going to tell you about it now. But first, some background. I am writing, among other things, a children’s picture book. This process is about a year old now, maybe a bit more actually, and there is no end in sight. […]
Can I be perfectly honest with you? It’s just you and me here, right? While I adore the theory and concept behind the Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD series, all of us here at OWTK HQ have grown very tired of them arriving at our door featuring the same old stories […]
My youngest daughter is nicknamed The Mouse, but she is also the Queen of Random. Spouting bizarre bits of nonsense is her trademarked move. She is a positively absurd little girl. Last week, the Queen said to me: “I am still curious about a lot of things.” She couldn’t name […]
Books make brilliant holidays gifts. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Every year (save for the last, ’cause I’m a dummy and forgot) I buy the girls each a book. I don’t need to do this, as we get many sent to us for free, but I do. Traditions, ya […]
