Seriously silly Alan Katz, author of the bestselling SILLY DILLY songbooks and the poetry collection OOPS!, is one of 30 authors taking part in 30 Poets/30 Days, a celebration of children’s poetry during National Poetry Month, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. For more information, click here, and for 30 Poets/30 Days activities, click here.

New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix begins her 6-city reading tour of Germany today in Bremen for the launch of THE MISSING series (IM SOG DER ZEITEN) there.

Margaret Peterson Haddix—whose latest novel, SENT, is on THE NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list for the 6th week in a row since its release—this week earned a unique spot in pop culture history by being an entry in THE LOS ANGELES TIMES crossword puzzle, syndicated in newspapers across the country. Next week, Margaret goes across the Atlantic for the Frankfurt Book Fair and a book tour throughout Germany for the launch there of THE MISSING series (known as IM ZOG DER ZEITEN). Haddix fans in Deutschland will also be happy to know of the debut of the German website about Margaret and her books, www.haddix.de.