by Anna Rose Johnson | Aug 7, 2018 | Books, Reading
Home About Writing Nonfiction Works in Progress Blog Contact I discovered the work of Maud Hart Lovelace at a very young age. In fact, I can’t even remember a time when I didn’t count Betsy Ray and Tacy Kelly among my best book friends. I grew up reading and rereading...
by Anna Rose Johnson | Jul 30, 2018 | Books, Reading
Home About Writing Nonfiction Works in Progress Blog Contact One of the reasons I love classic middle grade/YA (and one of the reasons I write in this genre) is that these books are ideal for summer. I’ve collected a list of books that are particularly suited to...
by Anna Rose Johnson | Jul 20, 2018 | Books, Reading
Home About Writing Nonfiction Works in Progress Blog Contact This is the first post in my new blog series about largely forgotten (often out-of-print) children’s novels that definitely deserve to be rediscovered! Today’s series is The Mitchells trilogy—a longtime...
by Anna Rose Johnson | Jun 15, 2018 | Books, Reading
Home About Writing Nonfiction Works in Progress Blog Contact A handful of the five-star novels I read this spring, in no particular order: The Penderwicks At Last (Jeanne Birdsall) I have never anticipated a book’s release more than this one. Since early 2015, I’ve...
by Anna Rose Johnson | Jun 8, 2018 | Books, Garden, Reading
Home About Writing Nonfiction Works in Progress Blog Contact Summertime is for butterflies! I’ve always been fascinated with the butterflies that visit our farm, especially the showstopper of summer, the yellow swallowtail butterfly: I recently read Gene...
