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 ...

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 ...

It has always been a source of amusement, and perhaps mystery. Why, after big victories, would a collection of behemoths otherwise known as a major-college football team engage in a dance normally ...

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 ...