I grew up in a small, Southern town (we didn’t have a McDonald’s until I was about 10) and I did a lot of reading up in my treehouse during those years. Not that it was that much of a “treehouse” because it was just a big piece of wood up in a dogwood tree, but… Read more »
Author-In-Residence
A Peek at Christina’s Office!
My office: I carry my office wherever I go. I write on my laptop and try to squeeze in time to write whenever I can. It can be in the middle of my family room … or in a corner of one of my favorite bookstores (Books & Books in Miami) or even in a… Read more »
Your Friend, Christina (A Letter to Readers)
Dear Reader, I hope you enjoy reading my book, THE RED UMBRELLA. I wrote this book because it wasn’t only a piece of American history, it was part of my own family history! My parents were part of the more than 14,000 Cuban kids who were sent by themselves to the U.S. from 1960-1962 in… Read more »
Welcome to Our Author-In-Residence!
Welcome to ReaderKidZ’s Author-in-Residence page. Here, each month, we’ll feature one (or more!) of our favorite authors of books for kids, K-5. We can’t wait! Here’s who’s on the roster for the next few months: AUGUST: Stephanie Greene and special guest, Christina Diaz Gonzalez SEPTEMBER: Barbara O’Connor and special guest, Karen Lynn Williams OCTOBER: Cynthia… Read more »
Stephanie Greene, Author-in-Residence
ReaderKidZ is pleased to welcome Stephanie Greene as our first Author-in Residence. Stephanie has been writing early readers, chapter books, and middle grade novels for more than 15 years. Her books include the popular Owen Foote chapter book series, the Moose and Hildy early reader series, and her middle grade novels about Sophie Hartley. Stephanie’s… Read more »
Stephanie’s Story
I grew up in an old house in Connecticut that had a sledding hill on one side, a river behind the house, and woods behind that. I was smack-dab in the middle of four brothers and sisters. When we didn’t hate one another, we loved one another. When we weren’t fighting, we were playing…. Read more »
A Peek at Stephanie’s Office!
My office is very small. Many people have bigger closets. I have to walk through the laundry room to get to it. The dirty clothes yell, “Wash me! Wash me!” but I ignore them. As small as my office is, I have managed to get a lot accomplished in it. I have piles of manuscripts… Read more »
