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May 18, 2015
The Fork Factory (woe!)
Here, for your nightmarish edification, is the Fork! Factory!, drawn by JoLeigh. May this excellent drawing serve as a warning to stay inside at night, lest you be subjected to such a hideous place. Thank you, JoLeigh. Your courage in creating this drawing will, I hope, protect many children from this cruel fate. But what […]
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May 15, 2015
The Coffin
Dear readers, we’re more than halfway through North! Or Be Eaten now, and the second half of this book contains some of my favorite passages. They’re also some of the hardest passages—ones with darkness and sadness. If you’re new to these books, don’t lose heart. Andrew’s going to put us through a lot, but he’ll bring […]
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May 11, 2015
Audiobooks!
Huzzah! The entire Wingfeather series is now available on audiobook! The last two books, read by Andrew himself, are finished—recording to editing to mastering to pressing—and are now available for purchase at both Amazon and CBD (links below). We’ll be sure to let you know when they hit the Rabbit Room Store, as well. (Kickstarters, check your […]
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May 8, 2015
The Florid Sword
This week, your librarian read chapters 29-34 of North! Or Be Eaten. This excerpt is another great one to read aloud. The Florid Sword, that mysterious swashbuckler, has some pompously magnificent monologue. Grab a friend and subject them to a rousing performance. And if you’re feeling inspired, make Andrew a Florid Sword comic book drawing (or oil painting) […]
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May 4, 2015
An interview with Brock Eastman
You may have caught Andrew’s Family Fiction interview a few months back, but the interviewer, author Brock Eastman, just posted a fuller version of that interview on his website. Click here to read some little-known details about the Igiby kids, Andrew’s reaction to your reaction to the end of the series, his writing soundtracks, and […]
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May 1, 2015
By the Light of the Hanger Moon
This week we read chapters 22-28 of North! Or Be Eaten. Here’s my favorite excerpt. Read it aloud. Try to picture Claxton’s filthy brown snake-beard and the flashing whites of his eyes in his dirty face, and Podo’s arched eyebrow and steely gaze. And while you read, growl a little. The leader turned to his clan and raised his voice. […]
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April 27, 2015
The Right Kind of Tears
Last Monday, while we were reading about Nugget the brave, a pastor in Sioux City was writing an article about that very passage (chapter 15). Leeli and Nugget reminded him of his daughter’s first experience with grief. His article is wise and tender-hearted, and I commend it to you. Thanks, Pastor Kevin, for sharing your musings on sadness and hope. This week, […]
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April 24, 2015
Is it worth it?
This week’s reading—chapters 15-21—included so much deep emotion. Nugget and the dragons woke up wells of grief and remorse and longing which spilled out all over the pages. It was so hard to pick an excerpt this week—but here’s this one. Oh, beautiful ache. He was only twelve, but he knew enough to realize that the […]
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April 20, 2015
Scarorn the Cloven
Here is a fearsome combination of man and bull. Emmett discovered him wandering the Blackwood and learned that his name is Scarorn. Emmett, thanks so much for braving the Blackwood to bring us this drawing! This week, Madame Sidler will be reading chapters 15-21 of North! Or Be Eaten. Check back on Friday for an excerpt, and […]
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April 17, 2015
Fierce affection
Dear readers, this week’s excerpt includes a wee spoiler. The farther we get into the series, the harder it is to avoid them. If you’re brand-new here, though, we don’t want you to feel like you’re on the outside. You’re welcome here. I will try not to post too many spoilers. But I love this passage. […]
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