ELEMENTARY EDUCATORS, WIN A FREE ADVANCE COPY OF MY NEW PICTURE BOOK 19 Jul 2013 | 01:40 am

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CONGRATULATIONS, MAGGIE KNAPP!! 15 Aug 2012 | 06:26 am

Maggie Knapp from Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth, TX is the winner of the classroom set of PIPER REED RODEO STAR and a SKYPE interview with me. Congratulations, Maggie!

EDUCATORS, HERE'S A GIVEAWAY JUST FOR YOU! 5 Aug 2012 | 12:47 am

Are you an elementary school educator? If so, here's your chance to win a classroom set of PIPER REED RODEO STAR and a SKYPE interview with Kimberly Willis Holt. To celebrate the debut of PIPER REED...

PIPER REED, FOREVER FRIEND 30 Jul 2012 | 10:03 pm

Good News! PIPER REED, FOREVER FRIEND will be released Tuesday, August 7, 2012.  This is the 6th and possibly final book in the well-loved PIPER REED series. To celebrate, we've put together a Blog....

THE WATER SEEKER EXCERPT 5 Jun 2012 | 10:22 am

The paperback edition of THE WATER SEEKER debuts this week. Here's the first chapter: CHAPTER 1 BITTERSWEET CREEK 1833 JAKE WAS KNOWN as the dowser. With a forked branch, he’d made his way from the...

A DOZEN YEARS OR MAYBE MORE 18 Jul 2011 | 10:54 am

WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN recently got a makeover--a new cover and a new available format as an e-book. A lot happens in a dozen years. When the book came out in 1999 I didn't realize I'd writt...

NEW LOOK AND NEW BOOK 28 Mar 2011 | 09:39 am

PIPER REED, RODEO STAR 24 Mar 2011 | 11:09 pm

Growing up, I secretly pretended I was a small town girl. And every couple of years, I got to live out that fantasy. My dad's military career meant we didn't get to see my grandparents often, but betw...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BERNARD WABER 27 Sep 2009 | 11:00 pm

Happy 85th birthday to Bernard Waber! Your books make me happy!

IT'S THE WEEKEND 12 Sep 2009 | 04:00 am

Let's visit Captain Kangaroo!