8220;Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or a duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift. Monday, March 19, 2018. Forty-five minutes until slices for today close and I have not sliced. But I have a good excuse. Or at least a kind of good excuse. I have been trying to slice in the morning, but this morning I had a lot of school work left to finish. And tonight I went with my book club to see Helen Thorpe.

Thank you to Two Writing Teachers. For holding space for us to sharing our writing. The Shadorma is a Spanish style form of poetry with a 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllable pattern. I watched our future speak up and speak out.

Thursday, March 8, 2018. The Escapades of Clint McCool - Octo-Man and the Headless Monster. Octo-Man and the Headless Monster. Penguin Random House, 2017. My last trip to the Book Loft was a successful trip for picking up new to me and first in a series books.

An Eclectic Feast of Food, Fiction, Folderol and Chewy Culinary Verse. Always fun to reread her little Peter Rabbit. Who will be in the spotlight this time? Hmmmm Last year we wrote about. The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley.

Trying Out New Eyes - Flash Fiction. Click here to go to the Padlet March Scavenger Hunt to post your clues and links! Wednesday, April 4, 2018. E is for EVR YNG and Etheree. E is for EVR YNG and an Etheree. Visit other E blogs in this challenge today. Or click on the AtoZ image at the top of the page. The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10.

Wednesday, April 4, 2018. You never know where the ideas are going to come from each day.

Links to Interviews, Guest Blogging, and Other Fun Stuff. Blog-a penny and her jots. A Great Nephew and a Great Aunt. One of my favorite things to do is visits schools so that I can share my love for reading and writing with students. You can find information about my author visits HERE. My books, A COOKED-UP FAIRY TALE. And THERE WAS AN OLD DRAGON WHO SWALLOWED A KNIGHT.

Sunday, August 9, 2015. He writes with one reader in mind, his wife. He says he trusts her judgment if she says something needs fixed. Tobias and Charlotte must fend for themselves.

Writer of Poetry and Stories for Young Readers. Sifting Through the Colorful Mess of a Brainstorm. Celebrating the release of THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO GOBBLED A SKINK! Sunshine State Young Readers Award Jr! Rewrite Tricks and Treats. Brave Enough to Not Finish.