Entries by Charlotte Jones Voiklis

Here’s the NPR piece

This story ran yesterday on most public radio stations. Enjoy! “Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a publisher hearing a pitch about a children’s book whose tangled plot braids together quantum physics, fractions and megaparsecs (a measure for distances in intergalactic space). The book also casually tosses out phrases in French, Italian, German and ancient […]

Janice Voss, Space Shuttle Astronaut

According to the NYT: Janice Voss, a space shuttle astronaut and scientist who explored the behavior of fire in weightlessness, how plants adapt to extraterrestrial flight and an array of other phenomena while logging nearly 19 million miles circling Earth, died on Monday at a hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz. She was 55 and lived in […]

Léna Roy in Mobile, AL

Join Mobile Writers Guild and co-sponsors Mobile Public Library, Metro Mobile Reading Council, and First Community Bank at a FREE COMMUNITY EVENT to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of  A Wrinkle in Time. Léna Roy, author of Edges and Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter, will be hosting a workshop for all ages. Contact mobilewritersguild@gmail.com with questions and check […]

Ezra Jack Keats exhibit

Ezra Jack Keats won the Caldecott Medal for The Snowy Day the same year Madeleine L’Engle won the Newbery for A Wrinkle in Time. 1962 was quite a year for books that broke new ground! This article is about a new museum exhibit that looks fabulous.