Sarah Palin may fashion herself as a go-it-alone maverick, but her book is producing a crowd. ...more

November 14, 2009

Twice-weekly trips to the library are a treat for Luu Crosby's 2-year-old granddaughter. ...more

October 25, 2009

"I Get So Hungry," by Bebe Moore Campbell (Putnam Juvenile, $17) ...more

December 28, 2008

Marion S. Kundiger of Kings Point started writing and illustrating a book nearly 60 years ago about her mother's childhood. ...more

September 24, 2008

Ruth and I took a ride out into the country earlier this week to the visit Edd and Rita Vowels, who just about a year ago sold off all but one of their McDonald's restaurants. Last Feb. 15, I wrote the final chapter on the couple's highly successful business ventures in the tri-county area as well as their influence on so many of the area's community affairs. Then on the 21st of that month they signed the papers that closed out that phase of their life. They then officially joined the ranks of the relaxed retired ones. "One thing about retirement," Edd says in his soft-spoken manner, "when I wake up I wonder, 'What day is this?'" ...more

February 9, 2008

Like the butterfly-to-be in his most famous book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," Eric Carle is changing. ...more

December 16, 2007

"Track of a Panda" By Nick Dowson; illustrated by Yu Rong ...more

November 18, 2007

A grandmother strolls behind two toddlers navigating their tricycles down a sidewalk in Carriage Pointe, a new subdivision in Gibsonton. ...more

October 20, 2007