Since we’re still buzzing from the ALA YMAs and it’s almost February, let’s share some more love. Today’s blog post is a shout out — and a huge THANK YOU–to #kidlit Book Bloggers: The wonderful humans who WRITE & REVIEW & POST & help spread the word about children’s books, authors & illustrators. YOU are…
Filed under: Authors and Books, Kid Lit, Writing and Publishing Q & A.
Did you know that today is Poem in your Pocket Day? We wrote poems about Earth when we zoomed with author Erin Dealey on Earth Day, and we are taking over her blog to share them with you. Our poems are on display at our school: We learned to write a “First Line/ Last Line”… Read more »
Congrats to my friend Ernesto Cisneros, on the launch of his new middle grade novel, FALLING SHORT (Quill Tree Books). We’re celebrating this wonderful book with six questions for Ernesto. But first… About FALLING SHORT “Told through animated alternating first-person chapters, Cisneros’s story not only captures the anxiety—and at times, humor—of trying to measure up… Read more »
Sadly, Fire Season is a thing these days, and not just in California, where forest fires have names, just like hurricanes. You might live in an area turned upside down (possibly literally) by hurricane Henri or Ida, and my heart goes out to everyone affected. Where I live, we have #Caldor, #Dixie, and #Tamarack fires… Read more »
Hi Blog Friends–Mrs. Howard’s 6th graders are back with one more blog takeover before school is OUT! (Can I get a Woo-Hooo!???) They have come a LONG way since we first met in December: See their Blog Takeover #1: Happy Book Birthday DEAR EARTH and WRITING Takeover #2. Today they shared their amazing color poems,… Read more »
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