Author: Tanita Davis

tanita s. davis is a writer and avid reader who prefers books to most things in the world, including people. That's ...pretty much it, she's very awkward and she can't even tell jokes. She is, however, the author of eleven books, including Serena Says, Partly Cloudy, Go Figure, Henri Weldon, The Science of Friendship and the Coretta Scott King honored Mare's War. Look for her new MG, book Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes September 2025 from HarperCollins Childrens' Books.

February 6, 2015

Diversity + SpecFic = Match Made of Awesome

Blog note: In light of the scary fact that no one has actually spoken to Harper Lee from HarperCollins in person… we’ve taken down…

February 3, 2015

“I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told.”

Oh, my word, THANK YOU, Ms. Harper Lee, for holding onto your work, despite your editor telling you to rewrite Scout’s story a different…

January 28, 2015

TURNING PAGES: I’LL MEET YOU THERE, by HEATHER DEMITRIOS

out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the…

January 23, 2015

5&Dime Friday: Looking for Goats!

Publishing and the kidlitosphere tends to slow down around Thanksgiving, and it tends to take awhile to get back up to speed… it seems…

January 21, 2015

TURNING PAGES: THE FORGETTING by NICOLE MAGGI

A year ago last week, my sister was the recipient of a renal transplant – that’s a kidney, for those who don’t do doctorspeak…

January 14, 2015

Oh, say, have you seen…

*… Zetta-E’s list for African American authored books published by mainstream press in 2014? On one hand, it’s good to see so many I…

January 14, 2015

TURNING PAGES: CUT ME LOOSE by J.R. Johansson

There are tons of people who talk back to movies. I’m probably the only person you know who talks back to books. This book…

January 7, 2015

TURNING PAGES: GONE TOO FAR, by Natalie Richards

“In third grade, it was spies vs. ninjas. What started as a pick-your-side game became an invitation-only club. In fourth grade, it was the…

December 12, 2014

TURNING PAGES: RITE OF REJECTION, by SARAH NEGOVETICH

The Pineapple Express, she is expressing, and, at least on TV, there is extreme weather and pouring, driving, spattering rain. Here at home, it’s…

December 5, 2014

TURNING PAGES: ROSE EAGLE, by JOSEPH BRUCHAC

It’s a blustery, rainy day, and I have hot tea and lemon and have just finished a novella I’ve been looking forward to for…

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