the giveaway goes to…
Gretchen is the lucky recipient of SEA MONSTER AND THE BOSSY FISH. Please send me your mailing address and I’ll pass it along to Chronicle Books. Meanwhile, if you haven’t checked… Read more the giveaway goes to… →
Welcome Kate Messner! (plus a giveaway)
Chronicle Books is generously giving away a copy of Sea Monster and the Bossy Fish. Enter using the form at the end of this post. I’m excited to host Kate… Read more Welcome Kate Messner! (plus a giveaway) →
favorite bits
Chalk-A-Bration is coming up next Saturday. (This is a celebration of art + poetry started by Betsy H.) Next Saturday my kids and I will be chalking and writing poetry… Read more favorite bits →
the book stack
Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a BraveDog Named Baltic. Monica Carnesi. NancyPaulsen Books, a division of PenguinYoung Readers Group. 2012. Monica Carnesi’s nonfiction picture book quickly worked its… Read more the book stack →
favorite bits
{words to start the week} Paul W. Hankins wrote “We Have a Code Situation: When the Heart of a Reader is in Arrest” for the Nerdy Book Club blog last… Read more favorite bits →
10 pirate books {#pb10for10}
Thanks to Cathy (Reflect and Refine) and Mandy (Enjoy and Embrace Learning) for organizing 10 for 10 Picture Books. Visit their sites to see everyone’s lists.At the Choice Literacy writing retreat, I listened to a… Read more 10 pirate books {#pb10for10} →
the book stack: where it’s been
If I’m gutsy-honest, the kind of honest that is see-through and stark and you wonder if people are still going to like you when you’re done being honest, then I’d… Read more the book stack: where it’s been →
favorite bits
One of the ways I felt spoiled at the Choice Literacy Writing Retreat was that I could go for a walk whenever I wanted. This is a luxury. My exercise… Read more favorite bits →
You’re going to wish this was waiting for you…
This was waiting on my doorstep when I came home today… It is a treasure — an entire book of poems by Amy Ludwig Vanderwater. You know Amy, right? She hosts two remarkable blogs, The Poem Farm and Sharing Our Notebooks. You’re going to want Forest Has a Song for your poetry collection. Spend some time over at The Poem Farm and you’ll understand why. I’m going to read Amy’s words again, savoring as poetry is meant to be enjoyed. The first time I read it I devoured it as… Read more You’re going to wish this was waiting for you… →