Literary Hero: Jane Yolen

When I discovered Dream Weaver, by Jane Yolen in 1979, I was dazzled that a contemporary writer created such fairy tales.      I’ve read many more Yolen books: Here There Be Dragons, Owl Moon,                 and Sleeping Ugly, to name a few. She’s written more than 300.  Yes, THREE-HUNDRED books, including […]

Haiti: Action and a Reading List

The Wall Street Journal’s 1/20/2010 Front Page has a couple of lines about Haiti’s earthquake. They direct the reader to pages A8 and A10 where there are full-page stories. Mia Farrow writes about better disaster response on the Journal’s Opinion Page. Life goes on. The best action is to send money to the reputable organizations […]