28 Days Year: 2012

Here’s a question: When you think of someone who is a classical pianist, a poet and published novelist, what age range of person immediately pops in your head?  Thirties? Forties? Older? Not this time. Meet twenty-year-old Noni Carter, a young, talented woman, putting all of her music and writing talents to use. Noni loves to [ Read the full article… ]

Denise Lewis Patrick author of the Cecile American Girl Books comes from a family of women who have propelled themselves forward for generations. Not to be outdone, Denise is following their lead with her own successes. Drawing from her life growing up in Louisiana, Denise adds a little bit of herself in each of her [ Read the full article… ]

Poet Kwame Alexander has won acclaim for many things – creating the Capital BookFest, a touring book festival which reached more than 10,000 people, pioneering his Book-in-a-Day writing and publishing program which has turned more than 1000 teens into student authors. But today, he’s winning kudos for something entirely new: writing for children. During a summer [ Read the full article… ]