John Lennon's Birthday

My sister and I went to Strawberry Field in Central Park last night to see if anything was happening in honor of John Lennon's birthday. We found a group of musicians playing Lennon songs, surrounded by people of all ages singing along. It was great! Here's a clip of one of the songs my sister took on her iPhone.

S Is For Story by Esther Hershenhorn & Zachary Pullen

I saw the amazing Esther Hershenhorn at our monthly SCBWI meeting in Vernon Hills. She spoke about her journey from first idea to publication of her new book S Is For Story: A Writer's Alphabet published by Sleeping Bear Press. There are so many levels to this wonderful book and the illustrations by Zachary Pullen are phenomenal!

Check out Esther's website and blog and Zachary's website and blog!