Jin-Ling’s 2 Left Feet
Jin-Ling is an American-born girl whose parents came to this country from China bringing their customs and culture with them. Jin-Ling’s 2 Left Feet,

Mary Karr: Behind the Music
Mary Karr’s third memoir Lit is her own personal VH1 Behind the Music-style story, picking up the tale around where

The Bake Shop Ghost
I picked this wonderful little book on title alone, because who doesn’t like cake or ghosts? The story revolves around Miss Merriweather, the town sour-puss spinster and bake shop owner. When Miss Merriweather dies, the bake shop closes and the town mourns not her passing, but their loss of d

A Father’s Odyssey
In the weeks leading up to the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia, Terry Hitchcock ran 75 consecutive marathons. Hitchcock ran from Minneapolis to Atlanta to raise awareness to the plight of children in single-parent households. A single parent because of his wife Sue’s death to breast cancer, Hitchcock decided he wanted to try to make a difference in t

6 questions we always ask — Susan Marie Swanson, children’s book author
When I started following Susan Marie Swanson on Twitter (@susan_marie), I had no idea she was a