Check out Guy-Write by Ralph Fletcher

Ralph Fletcher has put together a superlative book for young writers. It's definitely a must for classrooms. And as a bonus, there's an interview with yours truly in the "Draw First, Write Later" chapter.

Book Links

To all of my librarian friends, if you have your January edition of Book Links, you'll find an interview with some odd guy with an unpronounceable last name talking about lunch ladies and punk farms.

Honored to have been featured in ALA's magazine! Thanks to Robert Reid and the good folks over at Book Links for having me.

If you have a login you can read the interview here! And if you don't have a login, you can get a free trial. OR you can see a hard copy of the magazine when visiting your library!

Read all about it

In today's Hampshire Gazette, there is a very thorough feature on my life and work. You can read the article here.

Ralph was excited to see his mug in print and Zoe was excited to see a picture of the mural in her room grace the front page of the newspaper. Great article all around. Thanks to Steve and Carol for coming by to chat and snap pictures!

RISD's XYZ Magazine

I'm honored to have been featured in a special book-themed issue of RISD's alumni magazine along with Brian Selznick and David Wiesner. You can read the article below! You can also flip through the entire issue to read about RISD alum doing great work on the printed page. (Just a head's up, not all of the subject matter in the other articles is kid-friendly.)

Open publication - Free publishing - More 2011

A Music Blog and a Book Blog

Punk Farm and Lunch Lady get some love from two new blogs.

Check out The Music Minis for a Punk Farm review.

And check out Picture Literacy for an interview about Lunch Lady.



Thanks guys! And happy blogging!

LL4 Blog Tour -- DadLabs

"It's so haaaaard.....to say goooodbye.......to yesterdaaaayYYEEEEEEE..." Yes, today is the final day of the LL4 Blog Tour. We've had a good run. Thanks for sticking by, reading the posts. But perhaps you are tired of reading. Well, I have just the thing for you. The Dads over at DadLabs interviewed me via Skype and they have posted a video over on their website. We talk about the LL books and I give my list of recommended reading for dads to share with their kids. Watch it here!

LL 4 Blog Tour - Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews

In this edition of the LL 4 Blog Tour, I give the readers of the Through the Looking Glass Blog a look at the decisions that go into designing a graphic novel. I took two spreads from my newest Lunch Lady book and created a diagram that explains just exactly what I was thinking when I laid out the scene. Check it out here!

LL4 Blog Tour -- Book Faerie

Today, I am chatting with the readers over at Jo Ann Hahola's blog and of course, the Book Faerie herself! So please, ask questions in the comments section of her LL4 review and I will stop by throughout the day to answer your questions! Ask away here.

LL4 Blog Tour -- Suvudu

Suvudu.com has obtained a leaked document! The Breakfast Bunch has obtained Betty's top-secret blueprints of Lunch Lady's gadgets! Suvudu's editors grill (no pun intended) Lunch Lady on their suspicions of her activities beyond the lunch room! Check out the exposé here! Download Betty's blueprints and design your own gadgets as well!

LL4 Blog Tour -- Booking Mama

Week 2 of the LL4 Blog Tour kicks off with a stop over at Booking Mama, where I chat with Julie Peterson for her Kid Connection feature. Check it out here!

LL4 Blog Tour -- Parade.com's "Mom to Mom" blog

You'll have to wait for Sunday's paper to pull out your copy of Parade magazine, but you can read about LL4 over at their Mom to Mom blog today! Head on over to Parade.com's to hear what the Moms have to say about LL!

LL4 Blog Tour -- Random Acts of Reading

Day 5! Today, on the LL4 Blog Tour, I stop by the Random Acts of Reading blog to talk about the Lunch Lady series through the lens of an author on book tour. I list my "Top 10 Most Classic Book Store Moments".
Read all about it here!

LL4 Blog Tour -- Dreams Can Be Reached

Day 4 of the LL4 Blog Tour! Today, I stop by Naomi Canale's blog, "Dreams Can Be Reached". Naomi chats with authors about how they got where they are and that is exactly what we discuss.
Read all about it here!

LL4 Blog Tour - The Graphic Novel Reporter

Day 3 of the LL4 Blog Tour finds me chatting with the good folks over at The Graphic Novel Reporter. I discuss the use of graphic novels in the classroom—how to incorporate them into your curriculum, creating activities and give some recommendations of great titles to stock in your classroom. Read all about it here!

LL4 Blog Tour -- The Literary Asylum

The LL4 Blog Tour continues! Today, I stop by the Literary Asylum and chat with D.M. Cunningham. What comics and books did I read as a kid? Why are the Lunch Lady books graphic novels and not chapter books? If I could be any literary character, who would I be? Learn the answers here.

The LL4 Blog Tour -- begins today with 7-Impossible Things Before Breakfast

The LL4 Blog Tour begins today! For the next two weeks, I'll be stopping by all sorts of blogs to talk about different aspects of all things Lunch Lady. I'll be on book blogs, mom blogs, dad blogs, comics blogs, educator blogs—you name it! So check in every day to see where I am.

Today, I kick things off by lifting the curtain on the process of creating a Lunch Lady book. I stop by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast and share sketches and antecdotes with the one and only Jules! Read all about it here!

Interview on Kidsreads.com

The good people over at Kidsreads.com posted an interview with yours truly. We cover the Lunch Lady books, the movie adaptation and my upbringing. Check it out over at www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-krosoczka-jarrett.asp .

Local Paper Props

The Republican, our local paper here in Western Massachusetts, covers Lunch Lady, the Children's Choice Book Awards and this Saturday's Meltdown.

Read all about it here!

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Postcard Interview with Maxwell Eaton III

You know Maxwell Eaton III, right? No, you're thinking of Maxwell Eaton II. Maxwell Eaton III is the guy who wrote and illustrated the mega-awesome Max and Pinky books.

Over four months, he interviewed me via postcards. I was zig-zagging the country promoting Lunch Lady and working on the next installments throughout. Take a look at the fun results over at Max's blog:

http://maxwelleatoniii.blogspot.com/2009/11/postcard-interview-with-jarrett-j.html

And here is a sneak peak of what you will see:

California Kids

Patricia Newman wrote a really nice article on my work and the new Lunch Lady books in California Kids, which is a great free paper out in the Golden State.

Read the article here. And while you're there, check out all of the other great articles that she's written on other children's book authors. The list is massive and mind-boggling! Definitely worth bookmarking.