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June 16th, 2009I am now offering online author chats via ichat on my mac!
News Update
Marvelous Marquette, Michigan!
May 26th, 2009Just when I thought the school year couldn’t get any better, it did. Jeff and I drove to the U.P. of Michigan so I could speak at the Marquette-Alger Young Authors Conference.
Wow. This is the largest young author event I have seen. Over the course of 4 days, about 3,000 students from surrounding school districts were brought to Northern Michigan University.
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Recent Press and Blogs
May 12th, 2009Wyoming Reads! Thanks to the Sue Jorgensen Library Foundation, approximately 7,000 Wyoming 1st Graders will receive a free hardback book. They can choose from six books and one of them is Vulture View! They will receive the books at one of 35 celebrations on May 19th.
A Nonfiction Author’s Dream
May 1st, 2009Expect more posts to come about my terrific visit to Battle Ground Elementary. In the meantime, you can go to INK (Interesting Nonfiction for Kids), a group blog for nonfiction authors and see my report about one of the days at Battle Ground. Scroll down to April 23, 2009.
A tiara was involved. Need I say more?
Special Moments: Writers’ Group
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Val Byrd Fort, media specialist at New Providence Elementary fixed up these great invitations sent to students chosen for a special small group writers’ chat with me. This is a new event I started offering in addition to my traditional large group talks at schools late this school year. I met with only about 12 students each time. And oh, the joy of it!
Understanding and Decoding Nonfiction Text
April 13th, 2009Understanding. Decoding. Absorbing. Whatever you want to call it, kids develop skills to dig into nonfiction text. They learn to pay attention to details and themes. Read more »
Honk, Honk, Goose Is Here!
March 30th, 2009My newest book, Honk, Honk, Goose: Canada Geese Start a Family arrives April 14, 2009, thanks to wonderful publisher Holt and illustrator Huy Voun Lee.
Honk, Honk, Goose: Canada Geese Start a Family
Reviews have already been terrific. We are excited. Honk! Honk! Honk! So I am making noise. So are the geese. They have returned to nest here.
Bumblebee Poetry and Nonfiction Writing at Midway Elem
March 29th, 2009Read The Bumblebee Queen. Pull out the chewiest, most evocative vocabulary and put it on sticky notes. Then move around the words to make a poem of your own. Read more »
Hush, Little Puppy and 4K
March 29th, 20094K is Kindergarten with 4-year olds. Just look what a creative educator can do with this group and my book, Hush Little Puppy. Mrs. Weed came up with all sorts of activities at Lake Murray Elementary.
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