FREE Author Visit and other drawing winners announced! Click here to view the list.
Best Question of my fall travels: After seeing my presentation, a young teacher quietly asked: "I don't mean this to be derogatory, but are you a hippie?"
BOOK NEWS A Birthday Cake Is No Ordinary Cake popped out of the oven on Sept. 1, 2006. Kim Farout's amazing "props version" (left) delighted everyone at the Red Balloon Bookshop. Teachers! Six pages of classroom activities to extend the book are available at my website.
(And Minnesotans, see Kim's astonishing show
when we perform 1/21/07 at the St Paul Library.)
VOCABULARY PARADE
SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE!
From drawings in Illinois (left) to a huge array of words for the Youngstown State University Reading Association Conference, (above and right) students memorably pictured words in hundreds of Vocabulary Parades based on Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary Disaster. Teachers! A free six page instruction kit for the parade is available here, OR order the 30 page extensive guide from Children's Literature Network.
50 RIVERS UPDATE: This fall we paddled River #24, the St. George, in Maine, and #25, the glorious Upper Iowa. More at River Journal. I was recently stumped by a student question: "What is your favorite river?" Still pondering...
GLORIOUS SCHOOLS!
From Washington state to Maine, from Tennessee to Baja, Mexico, I've visited hundreds of students and faculty members and been continually inspired by the wit, tenacity, and dedication of our teachers. Thank you ALL for being there steadfastly, every single day, believing in these kids despite increasing challenges. Know that your web of love and concern spreads across the country. Without your sustained and downright dogged commitment, all is lost. Thank you over and over.
January 2007 Issue: Some Advice for Teachers on Writing and/or Illustrating Their Own Picture Book, As Promised...
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