I am excited to chat with Megan E. Freeman Thursday March 18th at 8:30 PM ET. Her book Alone blew my mind. I am currently reading the book aloud to my fifth graders, and they are captivated. It feels a little bit like Alone will be for them, what Hatchet was for me as kid. […]
March
15
Announcing the Flight of the Puffin Read Aloud: Connecting Classrooms Coast-to-Coast by Ann Braden
posted by CBethM
Last week at the grocery store I was putting cans of beans in my shopping cart when I heard a quiet voice: “Ann? Is that you?” I looked up, and for an absurdly long moment the two of us studied the other’s eyes, the only part of our faces visible between our masks and winter […]
March
14
A Nerdy Conversation with Jennifer L. Holm 3/15 at 8:30 PM ET
posted by Colby Sharp
COLBY: I am excited to host a conversation on the Nerdy Book Club Facebook page with Jennifer L. Holm March 15th at 8:30 PM ET. We’ll be talking about her latest middle grade novel The Lion of Mars. You can also view the conversation live, or after it is complete, on YouTube. I’ll insert the […]
March
13
Dear March 13th, 2020 by Renee Bowman
posted by CBethM
Dear March 13th, 2020, Given how much I’ve thought about you in the last year, I wanted to write you a letter in the hopes that it would be helpful to me. We have some serious catching up to do. When we were last together, it was the final day that I was an in-person […]
March
12
Dedicating ourselves to “This One’s Dedicated to…” by Chris Barton and Jennifer Ziegler
posted by CBethM
Eight months or so into COVID-19 lockdown, we finally gave in. After long putting off or downright dismissing an idea that the two of us had for a multimedia sideline (i.e. an unpaid and distracting tangent) to our work as authors, we recognized that conditions had become perfect for giving that idea a try. Namely: […]
March
11
A Live Conversation between Rajani LaRocca and Colby Sharp TONIGHT AT 8:30 PM EST
posted by Colby Sharp
Colby: I’m excited to chat with Rajani LaRocca this evening about her book ‘Red, White and Whole’. You can follow along live on Facebook or YouTube. If you visit the links after the conversation, you will still be able to listen view the conversation. I made a video about Rajani’s book that you can watch […]
March
10
Brave Storytellers by Beth Vrabel
posted by CBethM
“I like that she did things on her own.” This was the feedback I recently was gifted from a young reader about Nellie Murrow, the eleven-year-old protagonist in The Newspaper Club. When Nellie moves to a small New England town, she misses the bustle of the city. But Nellie is the daughter of […]
March
09
A TV Writer Finds His Happy Place by James Ponti
posted by CBethM
My path to becoming an author began not in a library or bookstore, but at the Royal Palm movie theater in Atlantic Beach, Florida. I could walk there without crossing any major roads, which is how it became the first “grown up” place I was allowed to go by myself. (1970s parenting at its finest.) […]
March
07
“My Brother Won’t Stop Hitting”: When Children Write about Abuse by Laura Shovan
posted by donalynm
My brother won’t stop hitting, it’s like thunder in the walls, my brother won’t stop hitting, it’s like pouring rain drops… I hold a child’s hand-written poem in my hands. The author – a long ago student from one of my poetry residencies – dated their writing March of 2005. In ten lines, this elementary […]
March
05
Cover Reveal – Crashing in Love by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
posted by CBethM
A note from Jennifer Richard Jacobson As a twelve-year-old, Peyton writes her “must-have checklist” for prospective boyfriends. Silly, right? Hmm. Perhaps not. As a young girl, creating such a list would never have occurred to me. I was nothing if not accommodating. I was quick to recognize the needs of others and bend […]
