About the book: Who would've thought that going outside to jump on the trampoline would lead to an exciting high seas adventure? That's exactly what happened to Charlie and Lexie when they went out to ...

You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out... chances are you know the rest. But in Jerry Spinelli's latest book, the Hokey Pokey is much more than a children's song and dance. Hokey ...

Jerry Spinelli will admit that he was not a reader as a kid. “I wasn’t reading, I wasn’t writing. I wanted to be a cowboy, then I wanted to be a baseball player. I have a curious background for ...

Spinelli (Jake and Lily) creates a surreal landscape reminiscent of J.M. Barrie’s Never Land in this poignant celebration of childhood exuberance. Don’t bother looking for adults in Hokey Pokey, where ...

Imagine if childhood were not just a stage of development or a state of mind but an actual place. For J.M. Barrie it was Never Never Land, a realm of pirates, fairies and a boy named Peter Pan. For ...

You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out... chances are you know the rest. But in Jerry Spinelli's latest book, the Hokey Pokey is much more than a children's song and dance. Hokey ...