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somewhere in the middle: Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
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Somewhere in the middle. Monday, August 12, 2013. Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. I picked up Timmy Failure because I'm always looking for a like-Wimpy-Kid graphic novel with a great voice, and I thought this might be a good book for my 2nd grader. My 4th and 6th grader blasted through this in a day. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. Published in Feb 2013. Other books in the series:. Now Look What You've Done (coming Feb 2014). Why I loved it:. My Brain on Books. Timmy ...
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Literary Rambles: DAVID FULK GUEST POST AND RAISING RUFUS GIVEAWAY
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Interviews and the Like. Welcome to Literary Rambles! While you’re rambling around and exploring the site enter for a chance to win:. Last Summer Fun Giveaway. SIGN OF THE GREEN DRAGON. DAVID FULK GUEST POST AND RAISING RUFUS GIVEAWAY. Hope you're having a great summer. I have a few winners to announce. The winner of the I Just Couldn't Put It Down Giveaway Hop is Soudha Parsan who picked the Amazon Giftcard! The winner of THE LEVELLER is Eileen! The winner of WITCH HUNTER is Book Attict! With the help o...
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Barbara Watson: Until We Meet Again
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Reading and writing and other things. Monday, September 8, 2014. Until We Meet Again. My kids are now ages sixteen and fourteen (a high school junior and freshman), and the time I have with them before they head off to college is precious and I don't want to miss a minute. And after a break from traditional classroom teaching for quite a few years, I'm back at it - substituting right now, which is providing a perfect transitional phase for me. And my answer was always "I want to spend my life living.
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Barbara Watson: Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: Mockingbird (and a Giveaway)
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Reading and writing and other things. Monday, November 21, 2011. Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: Mockingbird (and a Giveaway). Helped my kids and me live inside an Asperger's brain, and for that I am so grateful to Kathryn Erskine. This is one of those books where you sink into the character; you put on her skin and walk around in it. And because you do, you have an understanding of something new. I love those kind of books. What keeps readers reading:. Because this book is so impacting, it is my first of...
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Barbara Watson: Basketball Break Away
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Reading and writing and other things. Monday, June 23, 2014. See you July 21st! June 23, 2014 at 5:43 AM. Have fun, Barbara! Sounds like a great family time. June 23, 2014 at 12:08 PM. Im sure youre enjoying the time with your family. June 23, 2014 at 12:52 PM. We have the same sort of thing with baseball. Even in California, January baseball can be a bit daunting! You are going to some places with lots to do. Ive been wanting to get to the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee for years. Sounds like you a...
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Barbara Watson: Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: The Crossover
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Reading and writing and other things. Monday, June 16, 2014. Marvelous Middle Grade Monday: The Crossover. Thanks to their NBA-ability dad, Josh and his twin brother Jordan rule the basketball court, but when Jordan. Starts hanging with the new girl in school and Josh and Jordan's dad has some heart health issues, things unravel - even on the court. So much. It's a novel in verse - yes, that's right, a sports novel in verse. But it's a sports novel in verse that any reader can identify with. How interest...
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Don't Forget the Samovar by Kristen Wixted: September 2014
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Don't Forget the Samovar by Kristen Wixted. About writing for children, books for children, driving in Boston, and the dangers of cooking. Saturday, September 6, 2014. Since the start of school I've worked on my middle grade WIP every day. I told my critique group I would get two chapters written before our last meeting. I wrote eight. I have hunkered down and got myself in the chair. My writing place is cozy, like this fairy house in my garden, only much bigger. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Celebrating t...
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Don't Forget the Samovar by Kristen Wixted: Different Kinds of Secrets
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Don't Forget the Samovar by Kristen Wixted. About writing for children, books for children, driving in Boston, and the dangers of cooking. Friday, April 4, 2014. Different Kinds of Secrets. Keeping a secret can be hard, or easy. Depends on the secret. My secret was hard to keep: T. I didn't know Sam made it to the finale of Under the Gunn. Ut a certain family member told me back in January that Sam's mom, dad, and sister had taken a quick trip to LA right before Christmas. Why would they do that? FYI Osc...
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Don't Forget the Samovar by Kristen Wixted: July 2013
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Don't Forget the Samovar by Kristen Wixted. About writing for children, books for children, driving in Boston, and the dangers of cooking. Monday, July 15, 2013. Last weekend I was in a local production of The Secret Garden, which is a musical as well as one of my favorite children's books. As I've written before, I was in the ensemble, and in one scene I played the nurse. My daughters do a lot of theater, and I had always wanted to see what it was like on the stage, and well.I did it. She organizes all ...
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Don't Forget the Samovar by Kristen Wixted: August 2013
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Don't Forget the Samovar by Kristen Wixted. About writing for children, books for children, driving in Boston, and the dangers of cooking. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Off to High School. Scoutie, my puppy, and I walked my oldest daughter, Rebecca, to the high school driveway this morning for her orientation. When we got close, Becky waved, I waved, Scoutie barked. Refused to move. "Becky left us? I am waiting for Becky," Scout said. I'm waiting," she said, butt firmly planted on the sidewalk. Becky's cla...
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