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Cover Spotlight: Fantasy, Fabulous Fantasy19 comments

kmont wrote 5 days ago: Releases January 26, 2010. This is the author’s first novel. You can follow the author on Twit … more →

Tags: cover spotlight, Fantasy Authors, Fantasy Fiction, fantasy romance, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, A Legacy of Daemons, Alex Prentiss, and Falling, Fly

The Seeing Stick 2 comments

rubywinkle wrote 1 week ago: The Seeing Stick begins and ends as harmoniously as the namesake of its main character, Hwei Ming, w … more →

Tags: Reviews, Chinese, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, Legend, Meghan Killeen, Running Press Kids, The Seeing Stick

Interview With Illustrator Kelly Murphy2 comments

rubywinkle wrote 1 week ago: The palette of illustrator Kelly Murphy is part dreamworld tonality mixed with a mysterious blend of … more →

Tags: interviews, Antoine Revoy, Boni Ashburn, Brand New Baby Blues, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Fiona's Luck, Good Babies, Henry Holt, Hush Little Dragom. Over At The Castle

Eclipse Three1 comment

mattbruensteiner wrote 2 weeks ago: I was able to “sneak” in to the World Fantasy Convention here in San Jose last week in t … more →

Tags: Books, SF, Short Story Collections, adam stemple, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Daniel Abraham, elizabeth bear, ellen klages, ellen kushner

Week Eight - Tea and Books1 comment

lnlreadbooks wrote 3 weeks ago: Les: morning, everyone! happy november! Linds: my word, how did november happen already? Les: i have … more →

Tags: Linds and Les, The Devil's Arithmetic, My Father Knows the Names of Things, Radiation Sonnets

My top five, all time favorite, can't live without picture books1 comment

jenucdavis wrote 1 month ago: When I taught first grade, I spent my weekends rummagaing through yard sales, thrift stores and used … more →

Tags: Writer's Notebook strategies, Reading, Picture Books, writing, mentor texts, Writer's Notebook, Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, cynthia rylant, judith viorst

The Project- Day 41 comment

racheldenning wrote 1 month ago: Please read this post to get the background on The Project See The Project for Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 H … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Reading, The Project, Pinocchio, roberto innocenti, Carlo Collodi, rita golden gelman, queen esther saves her people

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen9 comments

Carol wrote 1 month ago: Briar Rose by Jane Yolen Becca has been enchanted by her Grandmother Gemma’s story of Briar Ro … more →

Tags: "Y" Authors, 2009 books, Young-Adult, Poland, Briar Rose

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

LeaningSun wrote 1 month ago: Hannah is tired of the holidays. Her family talks constantly about the past and Hannah finds the Jew … more →

Tags: Books & Reading, Young Readers, Holocaust

The Owls in My Life - - The Universe Speaks

lizbooks wrote 1 month ago: Many years ago, my mother gave me a stuffed owl for Christmas. He is perched on my bookshelf in the … more →

Tags: Writing Prompts, Serendipity, owls, owl moon

My Uncle Emily

mighty red pen wrote 2 months ago: Because it’s never too soon to introduce your kids to 19th-century American poetry, check out … more →

Tags: Lit Review, Children's Books, My Uncle Emily

Critique groups

carolannwilliams wrote 2 months ago: People often ask me if they should join a critique group. The answer is, if it’s good, of cour … more →

Tags: Writing Tip, Writing for children, Fiction Writing, Inspiration, critique groups, Patricia MacLachlan, Barbara Diamond Goldin, Barbara Helen Berger, lauren mills

The Scarecrow's Dance

rubywinkle wrote 2 months ago: Sometimes books speak to us and other times, they are softspoken. The Scarecrow’s Dance by Jan … more →

Tags: Reviews, autumn, Bagram Ibatoulline, Halloween, harvest, The Scarecrow's Magazine

My Uncle Emily by Jane Yolen

Shelley Butler wrote 2 months ago: I love My Uncle Emily! The illustrations are reminiscent of turn of the century children’s lit … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Children's Books, Book Review, Emily Dickinson

Beautiful New Christian Picture Book - The Scarecrow's Dance

librarianwannbe wrote 3 months ago: Jane Yolen’s The Scarecrow’s Dance is one that really jumped off the new picture book shelf fo … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Hickey Picks Jr., Bagram Ibatoulline

Jane Yolen's Alta books4 comments

Jenny wrote 4 months ago: So when I was about thirteen, I thought these books, Sister Light, Sister Dark and White Jenna were … more →

Tags: 3 Stars, reread, Fantasy, Alternate History, Sister Light Sister Dark, White Jenna

leverett MA

ohnopauloh wrote 4 months ago: I was talking to my friend Erin the other day about the last place I lived before coming to the Bay … more →

Tags: Leverett, Massachusetts, Rural, New England

Whose Deadline is it, Anyway?4 comments

Carol J. Garvin wrote 5 months ago: As writers we know all about deadlines, don’t we? They are entwined with commitments and are e … more →

Tags: writing, Inspiration, Take Joy, Prayer, Priming the writer's pump, DEADLINES, William Faulkner

If I Had to Pick Just One Book…6 comments

Carol J. Garvin wrote 5 months ago: Now that the weekend entertaining is done and the omelet pans washed, I’m putting my feet up and set … more →

Tags: writing, Reading, Bonni Goldberg, Take Joy, Room to Write, Encouragement, nurture


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