“It’s way too old for my babysitting kids,” my voice trailed off. What I was actually looking for was a picture book. Or at least, a high-illustrated non-fic. There was…
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Dear Reader: What’s the Point of Reading?
Dear Reader, What’s the point of reading, anyway? There’s something in that question that makes you squirm, isn’t there? Something that makes you feel little, and vulnerable, and inadequate. Something…
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Do you ever get to the end of a book and wish you could ask the characters some questions? Today I have that unique opportunity, as SAW Publishing presents a…
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How well do you know As the Heavens Are Higher? Why not take the quiz and find out? I totally owe the idea for this to Angie Thompson of Quiet…
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When I was a high school student, my siblings and I had a private newspaper. The editors of this paper had a limited readership, but great confidence. And in one…
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Dear Reader, One of the striking things about growing up is that the author begins addressing the preface to you. When you were very small, books didn’t have prefaces at…
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Well, guess what? It’s time for another story tag! Today’s tag is all about brevity—in fact, it’s a challenge to put an entire story into a single line! I was…
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I thought I’d open this post with a quote. There are some good quotes about history. Accordingly, I googled history quotes . . . A quarter of an hour later,…
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Are you ready for a peep at the Victorian history behind As the Heavens Are Higher? As most of you already know, I just happen to be extravagantly, outrageously, passionately…
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This book was totally another impulse-borrow. Rocket Science for Babies. It was part of a series. My public library had Organic Chemistry for Babies, too. I just had to see…
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