Dear Kim, Saturday, March 25th at the University of Scranton, a small group of children's book writers will meet with educators to discuss mentor texts, writing for children, and the power of the picture book. What am I saying? You already know this. You'll be there presenting with Linda Oatman High. Your session about the creation of character is sure to be lively with you and Linda at the helm. Interested in signing up for the program? Email Donna Salva at DonnaSalva@yahoo.com I wish I could see the two of you together, but I will be next door talking about my favorite artistic form: the Picture Book with one of my favorite picture book creators, Lindsay Barrett George. Lindsay and I met yesterday to finalize our talk. Do you even want to guess the number of times I shouted, " I know the perfect picture book for that! " when Lindsay shared design elements like gutters, endpapers, or typography? It was a lot. I was very interruptive... Just lik...