The many faces of a little reader
He's not a prodigy. He can't read this book yet. But he loves books and loves pretending he's reading them. It's a good start. And he especially loves this one.…
My namesake discovered 42 years later
My daughter’s name is Clara Susan. Her first name comes from the protagonist in The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant. My wife loves that book, and it’s where she…
What’s in a name? Several literary references.
It’s a boy! In case you haven’t heard, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy yesterday named Charles Wallace Dicks. Charlie was born at 3:09 PM. He is…