Wanted to share with all my supporters the exciting news. The article written by Junior Girl Scout Tess Baur about my Medieval Writing Workshop that she attended earlier in October has been chosen to be published this Tuesday, Nov. 2 in The Denver Post Colorado Kids section!
The link to the article was posted in my blog of October 24, 2010 (see below).
Here is the link again: http://nextgen.yourhub.com/NextGen/Stories/General/Story~668592.aspx
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Join me in Celebrating Young Writers
National Novel Writing Month
Once again, I am diving in head first into a new experience.
Please join me in my first ever participation in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this November.
I will be starting fresh with just my research and my imagination to make my children's novel of Tutankhamen come alive in 30 days!
And as I do this, the money from my sponsorships will go directly to NaNoWriMo and its Young Writers Program which provides resources and support for writing programs for K-12.
If you can help, that would be great. If not, please think of me often as I work to hammer out 50,000 words in 30 days!
My goal is $250. I have absolutely no idea if that is unrealistically high or low!
Thanks for your support.
Here is the link to my personal web page in support of The Office of Letters and Light.
Girl Scout Workshops
One of the Junior Girl Scouts who attended my writing workshop in October 2010, is a writer for The Denver Post and wrote a neat article complete with pictures for the Kids Page. Here is the link to read her work and check out the pictures. I'm sure she would be delighted if you left a comment on her work!
Also, my work with the Girl Scouts would not be possible without my great volunteers: Shelley Hegge, Michele Carpinello, Barbara Carpinello, and Jodi Carpinello.
Once again, I am diving in head first into a new experience.
Please join me in my first ever participation in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this November.
I will be starting fresh with just my research and my imagination to make my children's novel of Tutankhamen come alive in 30 days!
And as I do this, the money from my sponsorships will go directly to NaNoWriMo and its Young Writers Program which provides resources and support for writing programs for K-12.
If you can help, that would be great. If not, please think of me often as I work to hammer out 50,000 words in 30 days!
My goal is $250. I have absolutely no idea if that is unrealistically high or low!
Thanks for your support.
Here is the link to my personal web page in support of The Office of Letters and Light.
Girl Scout Workshops
One of the Junior Girl Scouts who attended my writing workshop in October 2010, is a writer for The Denver Post and wrote a neat article complete with pictures for the Kids Page. Here is the link to read her work and check out the pictures. I'm sure she would be delighted if you left a comment on her work!
Also, my work with the Girl Scouts would not be possible without my great volunteers: Shelley Hegge, Michele Carpinello, Barbara Carpinello, and Jodi Carpinello.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Guinevere: On the Eve of Legend Book Signing
Hello all,
Book Reviews will continue once October is over, and I am once again a retired school teacher!
Come and join me Friday, Oct. 8 at Borders in SW Plaza. I will be signing books from 4-8pm. during their Educator Night.
Stop by and say hi, eat an Exploding Frog, and pick up a recipe for Medieval Gingerbread!
Get 25% off all your purchases!
Book Reviews will continue once October is over, and I am once again a retired school teacher!
Come and join me Friday, Oct. 8 at Borders in SW Plaza. I will be signing books from 4-8pm. during their Educator Night.
Stop by and say hi, eat an Exploding Frog, and pick up a recipe for Medieval Gingerbread!
Get 25% off all your purchases!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Review of 2011 Colorado Children's Book Award Nominee
Here is the fourth review of the 2011 Colorado Children's Book Award Nominees.
Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ages: 10 and up
I first mentioned Haddix’s new series Missing in my November 12, 2009 blog. Sent is the second book in this series.
This fantasy story opens by informing readers that Chip and Alex have been kidnapped from the past and brought into the present day. Hence the title of the series Missing. They travel back with modern day friends Jonah and Katherine to the fifteenth century to retake their place and fix this history.
The intriguing part of this series is that Chip is actually King Edward V of England and his younger brother Alex is Richard, the Duke of York. The complicated part of this is that Chip and Alex were murdered according to history!
For an entertaining read, I recommend starting your young reader with the first book in the series Found.
As always, Haddix gives readers a thrilling ride.
Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ages: 10 and up
I first mentioned Haddix’s new series Missing in my November 12, 2009 blog. Sent is the second book in this series.
This fantasy story opens by informing readers that Chip and Alex have been kidnapped from the past and brought into the present day. Hence the title of the series Missing. They travel back with modern day friends Jonah and Katherine to the fifteenth century to retake their place and fix this history.
The intriguing part of this series is that Chip is actually King Edward V of England and his younger brother Alex is Richard, the Duke of York. The complicated part of this is that Chip and Alex were murdered according to history!
For an entertaining read, I recommend starting your young reader with the first book in the series Found.
As always, Haddix gives readers a thrilling ride.
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