Picture Books: "Air Show", "Window Music", "Man on the Moon", "Delivery"
Books for the classroom include easy readers, (please see workshop transcripVerla Verla websiteebsite on easy readers) (transcript on ""From a Writer to an Author")
"Hamster Chase" and "Willie's Birthday" are available in bookstores now. Also websiteer website for more information on her great books and workshops.
1.. Was there any one person or experience from your childhood that inspired you to become a children's author?
We always had books in our house. My mother started reading to me when I was just a baby and we visited the library every week as I was growing up. Books have always been a part of my life.
2.. How has your experience as a teacher been helpful to you as a writer?
I think of myself as a teaching writer. I write and I teach. For me, the two go hand in hand. When you teach, you work with words - in public. When you write, you work with words - in private. One is quiet and the other is loud. Having both is a good balance for me.
3.. How did you get started writing for children?
I wrote my first picture book when I was eleven. I wrote throughout my years at school, and when I taught school, I wrote for my students. After my children were born, I began to mail my work out to publishers.
4.. What was the first piece of writing you had published? What were the circumstances?
We had just moved to Texas and were iced in - a big first for a girl who
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