Hello, my name is Miranda Clark. I'm the director of the Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
You're never too old for a good story. Let me share a little bit from one of my favorites from this holiday season.
"What's Coming For Christmas" by Kate Banks. "Something was coming. You could see it in the way the snow whirled and twirled making
"hills and bumps. In the way the children lay in snowbanks making angels with their arms spread wide as
"if to say, 'Welcome.' Something was coming. You could see it in the way the snowman's eyes sparkled.
"And in the way icicles dripped in the sun like hourglasses counting the seconds."
"But no one noticed the trail of footprints that wound around the barn."
To find out what happens in the barn this holiday season, look for Kate Banks' book at your local library
or your local bookstore.