The Sky is my Ocean
The sky is my ocean, the mesa my beach...... So the high dessert is becoming home.But part of me will always be a beach person. See what the blog Drawrite has to say about A BEACH TAIL: Ages 3-6 Drawrite blog I pick books the way most children would – by looking at the cover. Children are extremely perceptive. They notice, observe and pick up faster than most adults. I think books done for them have to be especially mindful and thoughtful. One such book is ‘A Beach Tail’. It is about a little boy, [...]
Getting here
After a week of traveling west, visiting friends old and new and hiking along the way we spent the last night before the movers came camped out on the floor in sleeping bags.
From the Dump to E-Books
My good writing friend Leslie G. found a copy of my long out of print mid- grade novel, Applebaum's Garage, at the dump in Duxbury Mass. Am I upset about this? Not at all. I love the concept that a dump and have a book exchange. And to top it off the two main characters in my book love junk as much as I do. I am sure that Jeremy and Mr. Applebaum(a man after my Grandfathers heart who taught me to look at junk creatively) would enjoy the Duxbury Dump as [...]
Sangoel Nominated for the Carol W. Field award! And More….
My Name is Sangoel has been nominated for the Carol W. Field award by the Pennsylvania Library Association. This is an exciting honor. Check it out at http://palayouthservices.blogspot.com/2010/03/carolyn-field-nominees-selected.html.And see this review of A Beach Tail in Booklist. Gotta love the line, " Williams always takes readers on a worthwhile journey...."Issue: April 15, 2010 A Beach Tail. Williams, Karen Lynn (Author) , Cooper, Floyd (Illustrator) Feb 2010. 32 p. Boyds Mills, hardcover, $17.95. (9781590787120). The titular tail refers here to a lion drawn in the sand by Gregory, an intrepid boy who, in extending the [...]
Look what one school can do for Haiti
I visited O'Hara Elementary school this week as a visiting author. In conjunction with my visit and my books about Haiti, Tap-Tap, Circles of Hope and Painted Dreams they had a fund raiser for Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles, Haiti. This is where my husband worked and we lived for three years. I one school can do this think what we can all do together. Several other schools and organizations have contacted me about visiting as part of their fundraising efforts. what great spirit! Here I am being presented a check for over [...]