Terry Farish's Blog, page 11
September 19, 2020
Discussion Guides and an art lesson for Terry’s Books
Joseph’s Big Ride Art Lesson for Joseph’s Big Ride Discussion guide for Either the Beginning or the End of the World Either-the-Beginning-or the End of the World Discussion Guide. Discussion Guides for The Good Braider The Good Braider Blog reading lists of books about Africa, hear a South Sudanese rap star, follow my journey in...
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September 13, 2020
Welcoming Week and artist Mawouko Aboussa
This week, Sept. 12-20 is Welcoming Week, established by Welcoming America to celebrate new families who have come to the U.S. from around the world and recognize the contributions they bring. It happens that my story about Concord, NH artist Mawouko “Moe” Aboussa is published today at InDepthNH. I want to share the story of...
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September 11, 2020
Virtual Stories with Terry
I’m reading Luis Paints the World, illustrated by Oliver Dominguez and published by Lerner Books. What does a boy do while he waits for his big brother to return from deployment? It involves a whole lot of paint and all the neighbors. Joseph wants just one thing, to ride a bike! After you hear the...
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Stories with Terry
Joseph wants just one thing, to ride a bike! After you hear the story, do you think Joseph gets something more than a ride on a bike? Joseph’s Big Ride is illustrated by Ken Daley and published by Annick Press. Hi Friends, I’m reading here from one of my first books. It’s about a cat....
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September 3, 2020
Luis Paints the World, a readers’ theater script kids can perform on Zoom
September 1, 2020
Studying With Jan Mark or, how I became a children’s book writer
I wrote this essay in appreciation for Jan Mark. Jan was a two-time winner of the Carnegie Medal, the award given to England’s most outstanding work of children’s literature. I studied with Jan in the early 1980s. This is how we proceeded. “The first part of the list consists of eponymous collections of short stories,...
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August 29, 2020
New Latinx Picture Books
August 27, 2020
Welcome, readers and writers…
My blog is a small book with chapters (the categories). You can select the chapter (category) you want in the index above. World Stories Here I bring together reviews, reading lists, and author interviews of books from around the world and about the home countries of new Americans. Kirsten Cappy, Director of the Welcoming Library,...
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Welcome, readers and wanderers…
August 4, 2020
A Page Before Midnight – Writing Prompts
Everybody has a story and it’s made up of moments – this moment – of a story. These prompts are about a moment. Scribbles on a page. (I do mine really early in the morning, but if you’re a teen, you might do yours on the phone in the dark late at night.) These are...
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