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I wrote a blackout poem as part of the @ReadDiscussDo poetry challenge this month. Had to dig a newspaper out of the bird cage stash to do it! #RDDPoetryChallenge #NationalPoetryMonth #BlackoutPoem
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I just found out the hardcover of SOPHIE'S SQUASH is out of stock until - probably - after the holidays. Barnes & Noble seems to still have some available online, and in certain stores, but if you wanted a hardcover for a gift, I'd order now. barnesandnoble.com/w/sophies…
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"Write what you know."
When we were kids, my mom would run errands, leaving us with a to do list. We played up until the last five minutes, during which we would panic and race around the house (The Mad Clean-up Dash).
Hence the *MCUD* in Dragon in a Dress.
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Once I heard that writing a novel before you can craft a compelling sentence is like building a brick house without any bricks. First learn to make bricks... well-made, solid, beautiful, bricks. Then, and only then, can you assemble them together. #WritingCommunity
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Once I read TWO TOUGH TRUCKS during a school visit, and a child commented, "Rig shouldn't have helped Mack because Mack was mean to him." This demonstrates how picture books can be starting points for great discussions! #ReadDiscussDo #kidlit #Readingwithkids #TwoToughTrucks
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What's your favorite froggy fact?
Learn more about #frogs in RIBBIT! THE TRUTH ABOUT FROGS available at local bookstores and online.
Free #teacher guide>> annettewhipple.com/search/la…
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Free play--kids running off to frolic in the park, alley, or woods--is evaporating from America.
Here is Let Grow Co-founder Peter Gray on how to ensure kids get some free play back at school, at home, in libraries, on trips:
open.substack.com/pub/peterg…
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Have story time absolutely anywhere with these ideas! #storytimeideas #readingwithkids buff.ly/3XrU2cZ
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It’s calving season, so I wrote this week’s Diamante poem about these cuties! Check out the post about Diamante poems at readdiscussdo.com
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Studying Robert Frost as part of National Poetry Month? Try this lesson on word choice: buff.ly/3DzOq7k
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"Young adults are twice as likely as seniors to be lonely" - @LATimes
Great for seniors!
Tragic for kids!
KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN for FREE PLAY as A NO PHONE ZONE to fight the plague of loneliness!
letgrow.org/play-gets-kids-o…
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Looking to spice up reading with kids? Check out these book nook ideas to share with a sibling, cousin, or friend on our latest blog. readdiscussdo.com
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Read and compare these two stories about sheep dogs and their charges! #PictureBookPairs #AngesandtheSheep #SheepDogandSheepSheep
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Ten books about Thankfulness, plus make colorful thankfulness rocks! #ReadDiscussDo #BookList #kidlit buff.ly/3NTH43v
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Today is WORLD KINDNESS DAY? What a wonderful way to officially recognize kindness! One reason I wrote LOVE IS KIND was so kids could see thru story how varied & wonderful spreading kindness can be and here's an idea for doing just that. =) #WorldKindnessDay #booksaboutkindness
