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August 4, 2020
A Page Before Midnight – Writing Prompts for the Quarantine
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...
July 31, 2020
Whoosh is coming back! Groundwood Books, 2021
Whoosh, best friends with Joseph even if he doesn’t know it, is coming back in a new picture book. A Feast for Joseph, a book I co-wrote with OD Bonny, is coming out with Groundwood Books. We’ve just seen artist Ken Daley’s roughs, what they call the illustrations before the art is finalized. With full...
July 10, 2020
The Children’s Author Tea comes to Facebook July 13
I’m reading The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup at the Lakes Region Community Services’ Author’s Tea on July 13 on Facebook. Welcome everyone to this line up of stories everyday of the week, a new author each day. The Children’s Author’s Tea is a joyous, literacy project of the committed Family Resource Center staff of...
June 30, 2020
Why Tortoises Have No Hair, a Kenyan Folktale
Why do tortoises have no hair? You’ve probably wondered where tortoises’s hair has gone. Here, in the illustration below, is where his problem started, with the scent of the frying mandazi. (East African doughnut.) You’ll see he has hair. The tortoise tale is written and illustrated by Maxwell Abwamba. He graduated from high school in...
June 17, 2020
Monadnock Pastoral Poets and Writers
August 28 – August 30, 2020. Terry, with writer Diane Mulligan will lead the fiction workshops. Contact http://monadnockpastoralpoets.org/
May 3, 2020
A Page Before Midnight – Writing Prompts for the Quarantine
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...
April 26, 2020
Welcome to my New Site and Blog
Thank you Be Better Studios for this brand new design. My blog offers resources in four main areas: Children’s and Young Adult Literature from Around the World; My School Visits; Writing Projects with English Learners; and “On Writing and Creativity” for Teens and Adults. If you’re a new writer, I warmly welcome you to this...
April 13, 2020
A Picture Book from Iran
Allow this Persian cat to draw you to the work of Iranian children’s book author, Farhad Hassanzadeh and illustrator Ghazaleh Bigdelou. Iran, like the U.S., is fighting for its people suffering in the corona virus pandemic. In our global fight, I’m acknowledging and celebrating the art of picture books from book creators around the world....
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Lines from the World – A Picture Book from Iran
Allow this Persian cat to draw you to the work of Iranian children’s book author, Farhad Hassanzadeh and illustrator Ghazaleh Bigdelou. Iran, like the U.S., is fighting for its people suffering in the corona virus pandemic. In our global fight, I’m acknowledging and celebrating the art of picture books from book creators around the world....
An Umbrella with White Butterflies – A Picture Book from Iran
Fate brings children together in a two-hour period before the Persian New Year, in Farhad Hassanzadeh and Ghazaleh Bigdelou's picture book, An Umbrella with White Butterflies. As we all have an impact on each other across the world.
