Justin Matott's Blog, page 30
May 24, 2009
Let's do summer WRITE!
Okay, we are extending the contest with a bit of clarification. The winner of the contest will have his or her poem published in the fourth book in the series in the same format as one of these journal entries by the narrator of the series, Gabriel Peters. He is 10 1/2 years old in the fourth book and he and his friends have a GROSS ERIE STORE dare-off.
For the entire chapter read my earlier entry. For those of you who don't want to read the whole chapter, here is the segment specific to the GRO
May 23, 2009
My "little" boy... That was then... This is now
Maybe it is all the graduations that are making me so nostalgic, but.... whatever it is it is making me realize that time goes by SO quickly! Don't wish a moment of it away, YOU WILL MISS IT!
Okay, maybe not the whining, the fights, the crying, the... well, make the most of it anyway![image error]
From a class of First Graders who just had Go Ask Mom read aloud in class, thank you!
Thank you to Mark Twain Elementary and Ms. Hale's First Graders in Colorado Springs for your awesome letters and pictures. I am so glad you enjoyed the real aloud of Go Ask Mom in your classroom!
I liked all of your letters, but chose these two for my blog because this picture makes me happy to look at and I want this many window in my roof to let the sun shine in and this letter just seemed to say it for the whole classroom!Read a lot of good books this summer![image error]
May 22, 2009
Mother's Day lives on!
The Mother's Day basket I "designed" for the mother of my sons and my lovely wife is loving this weather on our front porch right next to the succulent garden in an old birdbath that I designed for her last Mother's Day!
These Iris come from my childhood home. Dad planted so many varieties of Iris for my mom to enjoy in our back garden. I have carried the rhyzomes (bulbs) with me from house to house and these beauties bloomed on Mother's Day, just in time for our Mother's Day party. I know my
May 21, 2009
Congrats to all of you CLASS '09!
Dance! Dance! Dance!
Stick your necks out and dare to dream!
Live the best life you can!
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Reading to a CAT????
This is Baby Ruth listening to my latest chapter in the GO ASK MOM saga. She seemed to like what she was hearing. Then I started to read about my narcoleptic cat...
She got all fidgety and acted like she wasn't listening. Like she didn't care, then....
After hearing enough about another cat, she became ferocious.
I think I should just test my chapters on my greyhound Tootsie (and my beautiful wife)!
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May 19, 2009
THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOLS OF SPRING '09
I really appreciate all of the schools that hosted me this Spring in Colorado, Wyoming and Arizona! It is always so much fun to rub shoulders with my readers and to hear the stories that teachers tell me while I am visiting, which come from their read-alouds of my books or about that one boy in her classroom who just "hates to read" but got hooked by the kookiness of my poetry or The Tails Tales of Mr. Murphy and how kids got into a great discussion about bullies after hearing chapters from Go A
May 16, 2009
Thank you my blog following brother...
One of my "buddies" who reads my blogs to his kids sent me this because of my trap tally blogs. He said and I quote; "This is what real men do the capture wildlife!" and "This is why grown men should not play with action figures!" Uh, thanks?[image error]
May 15, 2009
May 13, 2009
THE CONTEST
Click here to see all contest details and information - Invite your friends, neighbors - post it on Facebook or your blog - lets get some energy around this!
Click here to read an excerpt from Book 4 in the Gabe Series
If you want to become more familiar with Gabe (the main charactor in this series) you can take advantage of this fantastic offer
"If you would like some of my books, please go to my website, http://www.justinmatott.com/ for autographed and personalized copies. Anyone who mentions thi
Click here to read an excerpt from Book 4 in the Gabe Series
If you want to become more familiar with Gabe (the main charactor in this series) you can take advantage of this fantastic offer
"If you would like some of my books, please go to my website, http://www.justinmatott.com/ for autographed and personalized copies. Anyone who mentions thi
