Persistence Party
I’ve had a touch of stinkifunkitis in 2015. (No this isn’t the same as the funkysmellitosis I’m also suffering from after a very sweaty yoga class.) My word of the year in 2014 was REVISE. And I revised my patootie off. …
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A Loss for Words
I haven’t posted in a few-ish weeks (yikes!) I’ve started a bunch of posts, but then just didn’t finish them. I wanted to tell you how I brought the unwrapped Christmas presents down too soon from the attic and put them in m…
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Jimmy Cantore Steals Christmas
Ho, ho, ho! It's time for another fun year of Susanna Hill's Christmas Story Contest . She's come up with a doozy this year. The Contest : Write a children's story (children here defined as approximately ag…
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Young Readers
Geeking Out - Leveling Books for New Readers
My 6yo and I GEEKED OUT last week. Over 2 days, we leveled our personal library following the Fountas & Pinnell system her teacher uses. In her first grade classroom, books are in tubs with a letter on them. Kids know…
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subversive
Subversive Picture Books (Part 6): Real Life Scary
I'm finally ready with my last post on subversive books: Real Life Scary. The other topics I covered so far are: Part 1: While Your Parents Are Out Part 2: Nakeyness Part 3: The Dark Part 4: Scary Creatures P…
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Writing
Subversive Picture Books (Part 5) - Mortal Danger
My posts on scary books have covered my biggest fear: The Dark and the Scary Creatures which lurk in it. But why do these scare me so? Danger. Maybe even Mortal Peril. Clearly, this is too scary for picture books, right? Wrong…
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Sulky Spider's Spooky Webs
Susanna Hill is hosting her annual Halloweensie Contest . The rules are to write a Halloween story in 100 words or less including the words pumpkin, creak, and broomstick. After having a good poem at 111 words, I cut it down…
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