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Monthly Archives: February 2012
20th Annual Hubbs Children’s Literature Conference
Are you interested in Children’s Literature? Well, that’s fascinating because so am I! Every year, teachers, librarians, parents, writers, and all sorts of folks who feel passionately about children’s books, literacy, and the glorious journey through Story undertaken every … Continue reading
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The Gluecaps: A Sinister Tale of Depravity and Woe.
My daughter and her good friend have penned a poem called The Gluecaps. It is a devilish little urchin of a rhyme – all patchworked aprons and ratty fingernails and whispered fright. And I’m going to share it with you … Continue reading
In Balance With This Life (Some thoughts about Mary Oliver)
I once saw a hawk standing imperiously in the middle of the sidewalk, eating a mouse. The mouse was still alive, tucked under one claw, its skull pierced and bleeding, the bird dipping in for more and more. With each … Continue reading
I’m giving a reading! At Barnes & Noble. And you should TOTALLY COME!
It has been years – years! - since I last visited the Har Mar Mall, in all it’s glittery, cheese-tastic glory. In fact, it’s been so many years, that my memory of the mall is significantly more awesome than the mall likely … Continue reading
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Wish me luck!
Today, I’m doing presentations on the foundations and purpose of Story to six different groups of fourth and fifth graders. Have I mentioned before how very, very much I love fourth and fifth graders? So, so much! Here’s a thing … Continue reading
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Round these here parts, you can’t throw a stick into a bar without hitting a writer.
Or, in my experience today, a coffee shop. I live in a land lousy with writers. We are not just the land of 10,000 lakes: we are the land of 10,000 novelists. Indeed, just in my random little neighborhood, I … Continue reading
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Real writers steal. Sometimes from children.
(Author’s note: I have never done this.) (Or, at least, I have never been caught.) I just got back (like, this very minute) from doing my little song and dance at a Kindergarten class at Wenonah Elementary School in Minneapolis. … Continue reading
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Tagged AND SOON I SHALL RULE THE WORLD!, kindergarten, Teaching, thief, Visiting Writer
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