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Poetry Friday: Haiku Giveaway
Janice at Salt City Verse is our host today. Haiku Calendar Giveaway I made a 2024 calendar of never-before-seen haiku and photos. I usually give them as gifts to editors and critique partners. But I saved one to use as a giveaway for Poetry Friday. …
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Poetry Friday Hosting & Wait, Rest, Pause Companion Books
Welcome Poetry Friday friends! I’m hosting this week. I hope you’ll enjoy reading everyone’s posts. Drop your link in the roundup at the end. Wait, Rest, Pause Companion Books Way back in pre-COVID times, my book WAIT, REST, PAUSE: DORMANCY IN NATURE came out in the fall…
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Wait, Rest, Pause Links (and more)
Wait, Rest, Pause News This has been such a whirlwind of a fall. I’ve been busy with various events around WAIT, REST, PAUSE: DORMANCY IN NATURE. WAIT, REST, PAUSE was just listed as one of the Evanston Public Librarians “Great Books of 2019.” Thank you to Betsy Bird and…
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Wait, Rest, Pause Launch Day and a Prize!
Today is the day! Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature launches into the world. Many thanks to the team at Millbrook Press/Lerner! If you want to order this book, check out these links: For personalized, signed preorders, please visit this link. Order from Lerner Order from Amazon Order from…
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Dormancy Fun Fact #6
My book, WAIT, REST, PAUSE: DORMANCY IN NATURE comes out on September 3, 2019. During the week leading up to the launch, I’m sharing fun facts about dormancy. Most of these are outtakes–things that couldn’t fit into the book fully. My hope is that teachers and librarians will share…
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Dormancy Fun Fact #4
My book, WAIT, REST, PAUSE: DORMANCY IN NATURE comes out on September 3, 2019. During the week leading up to the launch, I’m sharing fun facts about dormancy. Most of these are outtakes–things that couldn’t fit into the book fully. My hope is that teachers and librarians will share…
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Dormancy Fun Fact #2
My book, WAIT, REST, PAUSE: DORMANCY IN NATURE comes out on September 3, 2019. During the week leading up to the launch, I’m sharing fun facts about dormancy. Most of these are outtakes–things that couldn’t fit into the book fully. My hope is that teachers and librarians will share…
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Dormancy Fun Fact #1
My book, WAIT, REST, PAUSE: DORMANCY IN NATURE comes out on September 3, 2019. During the week leading up to the launch, I’m sharing fun facts about dormancy. Most of these are outtakes–things that couldn’t fit into the book fully. My hope is that teachers and librarians will share…
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Wait, Rest, Pause Celebrations
Wait, Rest, Pause: Dormancy in Nature is one month away from debuting! Recently, Jenna Grodzicki and I interviewed each other for the Lerner blog. Her book, I See Sea Food: Sea Creatures that Look Like Food, is coming out from Millbrook Press in October. Read Jenna’s interview with me…
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ALA Firsts
The American Library Association’s Annual Conference was in DC this year, and since I live close enough to commute, and I am a librarian, I took full advantage of this. It was full of firsts for me. My first time at the ALA conference. My first time meeting my…
