Congratulations to Danielle Hammelef for winning a copy of Wood, Wire, Wings from last week's blog. ***** The two books I'm featuring this week definitely create smiles -- but they each teach something too. TRAVEL GUIDE FOR MONSTERS With a title like that, you know this is going to be a book that will appeal… Continue reading Two Silly (But Signifcant) Picture Books from Sleeping Bear Press
Not so long ago, writers were encouraged to write "boy books"--books that would appeal to young males who were less likely to be readers than girls. Many authors have taken up the challenge to create books that would engage boys. Here are two picture books that boys will like, as well as girls. A Boy… Continue reading Two "Boy" Picture Books–for Boys and Girls + Two Giveaways!
Congratulations to Jan Brent for winning the ARC of Jo Hackl's debut novel, SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF MAYBE. ******** NATURE'S FRIEND: The Gwen Frostic Story Like myself, you might not have heard of Gwen Frostic, a 20th century Michigan artist. Author Lindsey McDivitt and illustrator Eileen Ryan Ewen have produced a beautiful tribute… Continue reading Two Nature Picture Books and Two Giveaways!
Readers of this blog are no strangers to one of my favorite online writing resources, One Stop for Writers. Now, the co-creators of that marvelous website, Becca Puglisi and Angela Ackerman, have added two more thesauri (yes, that really is an acceptable form of the plural!) to their awesome collection of self-published books. (Here is Becca's post… Continue reading The Setting Thesaurus Books Are Here: Help Becca And Angela Celebrate!
Congratulations to Sheri Levy who won an autographed copy of "Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat to the Stars." The year is 1942 and for 12-year-old Tomi Itano, a second-generation Japanese-American, life is about to change. Tomi loves everything about her home: the strawberries her father grows on their farm, her Girl Scout troop, her Japanese doll,… Continue reading Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky by Sandra Dallas: A Review and Giveaway
Thank you to those of you who entered last week's giveaway. Here are the winners: Sally Spieckermann won Katie Monnin's ebook: Teaching Graphic Novels: Practical Strategies. Brynn Speer won Katie Monnin's ebook: Teaching Early Reader Comics and Graphic Novels. And last, but certainly not least (I think she may be my number one winner of books… Continue reading And the winners are….
Maria with husband Toby, and children Leif (2) and Kaia (7) Maria Muscarella is a Nurse-Herbalist, homeschool mom, and a children's story writer. She is also the winner of my giveaway contest and will receive a signed copy of Teaching the Story: Fiction Writing in Grades 4-8. She told me that she lives just outside of Asheville, NC in a… Continue reading And the winner is….
As readers of this blog know, historical fiction is not only the genre for my first novel, but it is also one of my favorite genres to read. (Search this blog under "historical fiction" and you'll see how many hits you get!) I was delighted to read on Joyce Hostetter and Becky Levine's blogs about the Young… Continue reading Looking Forward in 2011 by Looking Back into History