Rowan and I picked up Ida B at the Scholastic book fair because we liked the cover. We had no idea what it was about, we just thought it looked like it had a sense of humor.

It does. A very big sense of humor.

It's also a bit sad and full of deep thoughts.

I started to go through the book to stick some more quotes here, but I think part of what's so wonderful about it are the little surprises it throws at you, so I'll just leave it at this:

We both think lots of people who read my blog would love it.