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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 #3
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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Research Tip: Using Google Alerts for Preliminary Research
I love to write nonfiction. The research process excites me. It always feels like a time of intense discovery–like trying to figure out how the puzzle pieces fit together. I’m trying to be better organized with my research. I also love to muse over multiple topics at a time.…
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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…
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Creating in Chaos
Facebook memories can remind you of lovely things and heartaches. My Facebook memories lately have reminded me that in April and May of 2015, my life was a bit chaotic. My husband was at a new job 5 hours away. The kids and I were finishing out the school…
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My Debut Picture Book!
I’m very excited that my debut picture book is coming out September 3, 2019 from Millbrook Press. You can pre-order a personalized copy from my local independent bookstore, One More Page Books. Click here for the pre-order link.
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Studying Mentor Texts with Spreadsheets
I’m over at ReFoReMo (Read for Research Month) today with a guest post about first and last line in nonfiction picture books. I talk about 10 books specifically. Hop on over to read my post there. I thought it might be helpful to dive deeper into how I read…
