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Hurricane Post!
As most if not all of you know, I came up to New England after getting tired of nature punching me in the face--referring to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita's dance party back in 05. Clearly, my plan has failed, and this year we've had ice storm blizzards and tornadoes and earthquakes....and now Hurricane Irene. History can teach us many ( Read more... ) -
What Happens to Shenanigans Deferred?
So, I've been really bad and haven't updated in about a million-bajillion years! Time to rectify that, or just wreck it, whatever the case may be.
So, I'll start with school stuff. This semester I'm doing two classes, this summer I'll take one, and I'll finish up the dual degree in the fall with three. I just don't look forward to the public ( Read more... ) -
Funny KidLit Link Round-Up
Been pretty busy lately preparing for next semester, preparing for the SCBWI conference, and job-hunting...
To make it up to everyone, let's have some Funny KidLit Links!
First, books meet electronics in this The Giving Tree joke
Then, we have a couple of classics in Dr. Seuss jokes both here and here
Here is Peter Rabbit's Revenge (slight blood/ ( Read more... ) -
Holiday Cards!
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Class was awesome
I had a really, really, really good picture book class tonight.
Our assignment had been to construct a picture book using construction paper shapes, only four colors + white, and most importantly using principles outlined in the wonderful Molly Bang's amazing book Picture This: How Pictures Work.
Mine was probably the weakest in the class (what can I ( Read more... ) -
Been a long time
Ok, so summer was insanely busy ( Read more... ) -
Monday Morning Warm-Up
I decided to write to the prompt issued by jbknowles
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Monday Morning Warm-Up:
Write to the prompt, "They told me I couldn't read it..."
Here goes:
They told me I couldn't read it upside down. Then I started flipping from the back, and they told me I couldn't read it backwards. I pointed out that some countries DO read right-to-left, but ( Read more... ) -
The View from Here
So, I recently re-did my office/study room. By "re-did" I mean put in a desk and more bookcases and moved the boxes of unpacked who-knows-what into the basement! But more on that at some later date.
The best thing about the office's new look is that one corner of my desk is right under a window. Along with the nice breeze that opening it gets me ( Read more... ) -
Summer Reading List Updates
Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle Trilogy, book two) by Libba Bray
The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle Trilogy, book three) by Libba Bray
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
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Libraries and Me: A Full Disclosure
I hated libraries as a kid. There, I said it.
I had a perfect storm of things that created an irrational distrust and dislike of them.
For one, they were a place of "No." As in, "No running!" (then why were there aisles like runways??), "No climbing the shelves!" (then why were they built like ladders??), and "Shh! No talking!" (it was ironic ( Read more... )
