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Tanya Lee Stone has another wonderful work of nonfiction out, ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: 13 WOMEN WHO DARED TO DREAM ( Candlewick , 2009). It’s sure to get any thougtful person’s bloomers in a twist and make her want to take to the streets. Tanya writes with passion and precision. Hornbook said of ALMOST ASTRONAUTS, “meticulously researched and thrillingly [...]
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- Tags: astronauts, children and poetry, children's nonfiction, Mercury 13, National Poetry Month, Tanya Lee Stone
What a Wondrous Writerly Week!
By: shutta on: Mar 28,2009 In: News, On my nightstand, Poetry, Random Thoughts, The Writing Life
It started off with a visit to Abbot School in Ann Arbor—2nd and 4th grades. So much energy, fun, and many good questions! I loved it. I left the older kids with snippets from SPITTING IMAGE and the new book I am working on, THOMAS AND THE QUEEN OF THE DRAGONS. “That’s so unfair,” they [...]
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- Tags: children's books, Cynthia Kadohata, Japanese-American books, Kay Ryan, National Poet Laureate, National Reading Month, Newbery winners, poems, Poetry, school visits
The Graveyard Book: a review.
By: shutta on: Feb 14,2009 In: News, On my nightstand, Random ThoughtsI read Neil Gaiman’s THE GRAVEYARD BOOK on a flight to Florida recently, and enjoyed it very much. I’ve not been a big Gaiman fan in the past—though I did find CORALINE interesting reading. The man is a wiz at creating suspense.
Being a librarian, I’m also especially curious about the buzz a book gets. [...]
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Shutta Crum writes books for children and poetry for adults. She is also a storyteller, a lecturer and a librarian. In addition to her current eleven books she has three forthcoming books. Several of her articles about teaching and writing have appeared in professional journals. In 2005, she was honored by being one of eight authors invited to the White House for the Easter Egg Roll. In 2010 she was invited to tour American military base schools across Japan.
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