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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 5/14/18
Last week on the blog: Reflections on a month of writing a poem every day A new book gap challenge: diverse children’s and YA mysteries In reading: Vera Brosgol’s new graphic novel, Be Prepared, is the autobiographical story of ten-year-old Vera’s brilliant idea to fit in: attend Russian summer camp. Only she doesn’t really fit…
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What a Poem Needs #NaPoWriMo18 #NPM2018
A poem needs companions The words of writers Who traveled this path before A poem needs a question Curiosity Wonderings and discovery A poem needs space The distant view out windows Fields to wander in A poem needs light Sunshine to balance the dark Of difficult things A poem needs time A quiet introspection…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 4/30/18
Ruby on the Outside is a middle-grade novel about Ruby, who struggles to make friends in part because she doesn’t want anyone to know about her mother, who’s been in prison since Ruby was five. The novel thoughtfully explores Ruby’s feelings about the separation from her mother and her confusion about who her mother is…
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Dear George F. Cram #NaPoWriMo18 #NPM2018
Dear George F. Cram: I wonder what makes your superior map so superior Is it the spring roller mount or the markable-kleenable material? Is it the pastel colors outlining Nebraska’s 93 counties? Your superior map pops pleases the eye Or is it superior only because it’s stamped “superior”? On your map, Nebraska history begins in…
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Yoga: A Skinny Poem #NaPoWriMo18 #NPM2018
How do you live your yoga? Breathe Inhale Exhale Notice Breathe Find Ease Accept Breathe Live how you do your yoga. Notes: I have been wanting to try a skinny poem since I discovered the form at Reflections on the Teche. A skinny is a poem of eleven lines. Lines 1 and 11 may…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/19/18 #imwayr
Hello, Universe‘s shiny new gold sticker led me to request it from the library for the second time and this time I stuck with it. And loved it. I have no idea why it didn’t click with me a few months ago when I tried to read it, but I’m glad it didn’t because it…
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Slices Everywhere: Slice of Life 7/31 #sol17
Once the rust of the first couple of days is off, suddenly there are slices everywhere. I enjoy it while I can because I know it won’t last. Somewhere in the third week of the challenge, inspiration will dry up and I will have nothing to say anymore. It will feel like I never had…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 2/27/17
I doubt I would have picked up Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s Gift from the Sea if it hadn’t been on my #MustReadin2017 list, which I compiled entirely from books on other people’s lists. If you haven’t read it before, here’s the set-up: Lindbergh travels by herself to a beach retreat to come to some kind of…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr 1/30/17
On the blog: My 10 Favorite Choices from the ALA Youth Media Awards last week In reading: Du Iz Tak? was an obvious choice for the Caldecott. Since the text is written in a made-up insect language, the book’s illustrations are essential to comprehension. With patient reading and attention to detail, readers can understand the meaning…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #imwayr
On the blog: I caved and made a #MustReadin2017 list after all–crowdsourced from everyone else’s list! I shared a fun nonfiction picture book about African-American inventor Lonnie Johnson along with a few nonfiction picture book reading goals for 2017 Daily is my One Little Word for 2017 Learn more about establishing daily habits, surprising good…
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