In Skating with the Statue of Liberty, Gustave gets his first job in America working as a delivery boy for Mr. Quong’s Hand Laundry. This comes pretty directly from my father’s life–he too worked for the Chinese laundry across … Read More
In chapter 22 of Skating With the Statue of Liberty, Cousin Henri takes Gustave and Jean-Paul to the Automat before they go to the movies.
Horn & Hardart Automats were founded by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart. Hardart, who … Read More
Something amazing has happened—the first copies of my new book, Skating With the Statue of Liberty came in the mail!
As it happened, they arrived in the middle of a freak spring snowstorm, so it is really lucky that … Read More
I had another “small world” moment today when I came across George Ella Lyon’s delightful nonfiction picture book, Mother to Tigers, illustrated by Peter Catalanotto (Atheneum 2003).
This is another terrific picture book to buy for children who … Read More