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- *NITA'S FIRST SIGNS Storytime for Families at the Baltimore Book Festival September 29, 2018 at 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Children's Tent Baltimore Book Festival at the Inner Harbor http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/ NITA'S FIRST SIGNS Storytime for Families American Sign Language makes it easy to communicate with your child. Come and discover how with Kathy MacMillan, author of Nita’s First Signs, a lively family story that teaches 10 basic ASL signs! We'll celebrate…
- *Signing at the SCBWI Booth at the Baltimore Book Festival September 29, 2018 at 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators MD/DE/WV Region Booth Baltimore Book Festival at the Inner Harbor http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/ Come meet the author, pick up cool swag, and purchase signed copies of SWORD AND VERSE, NITA'S FIRST SIGNS, and LITTLE HANDS AND BIG HANDS: CHILDREN AND ADULTS SIGNING TOGETHER! Special book bundle pricing will be offered.
- *Signing at the SCBWI Booth at the Baltimore Book Festival September 30, 2018 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators MD/DE/WV Region Booth Baltimore Book Festival at the Inner Harbor http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/ Come meet the author, pick up cool swag, and purchase signed copies of SWORD AND VERSE, NITA'S FIRST SIGNS, and LITTLE HANDS AND BIG HANDS: CHILDREN AND ADULTS SIGNING TOGETHER! Special book bundle pricing will be offered.
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Category Archives: Recommended Reading
Filling the Pen
This writing thing can really knock you on your butt sometimes. Twice this year I got caught up in the maelstrom of negative thoughts, putting so much pressure on myself that I pushed myself to the brink of an abyss … Continue reading
An Interview with Megan Morrison, Author of GROUNDED: THE ADVENTURES OF RAPUNZEL
I recently had the enormous pleasure of interviewing my good friend, Megan Morrison, about her debut middle grade novel, GROUNDED: THE ADVENTURES OF RAPUNZEL, for the Sweet Sixteens’ debut author interview series, The Debut Club. This is an extended version … Continue reading
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Betty May: Exploring the Struggles of Women Behind Bars
When I was a child, I had the incredible good fortune to meet a woman who would shape the person I became, whose energy and belief in others helped me evolve from a shy little girl who cried in the … Continue reading
New Favorite, Old Favorite: Just Like the Movies and The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman
Not long ago I had the pleasure of reading Kelly Fiore’s Just Like the Movies, the story of two unlikely friends who set out to recreate scenes from their favorite romantic films in their own lives. Marijke and Lily are … Continue reading
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Everyday Evil
I recently finished The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo (Random House, 2007). This book was extremely hard to read. So hard, in fact, that I actually used up all twenty renewals on the library … Continue reading
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Pressure
So I know that I am coming late to the party with this, but I finally got around to reading the much-recommended Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (New York: Random House, 1995). I … Continue reading
