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Introducing the newest Lucy McGee book
So excited to share the newest Lucy book with my readers. In this fourth book, Lucy experiences some tumultuous emotional storms! I love exploring the social-emotional learning that comes with being a part of a friend group and a part of a family–with a little music-making along the way, of course. And don’t forget to…
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The Chair
A new Firefly Shadow Theater production of Mary Amato’s story The Chair is available as a video to share. The Chair is just one story in a new audiobook collection called Traveling Tales. Find out more about Traveling Tales. To purchase audio book: https://awesound.com/MaryAmato/audiobook/traveling-tales/ Credits: Puppets and film by Andrea Caspari and Mary Amato (www.fireflyshadowtheater.com)…
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Traveling Tales
From the pen of award-winning children’s book author Mary Amato come three timeless, original stories specifically written for audio. Each story features a character who takes an unexpected journey. Lovingly-crafted long-form stories with rich language and imagery, The Chair, The Umbrella Maker and her Son, and Goose Child are meant for young children and adults…
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Join Me for Summer ONLINE Workshops
I’m teaching several workshops that meet once a day for five days through Carpe Diem Arts. https://carpediemarts.org/summer-artventure-2020-class-offerings
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Good Crooks Book Four: Quackily Ever After
Good Crooks Book Four: Quackily Ever After! The grand finale of the Good Crooks series is being currently offered exclusively as a free audio book by the author in response to the school closures of 2020. Amato is releasing several audio chapters each week, starting April 1st, 2020, until the book is done. Keep coming…
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Mary Amato’s Poetry Post Challenge
NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR THIS CHALLENGE ENDED MAY 30, 2020. THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED. Dear families, I’m an author of fiction, poetry, essays, plays, and songs. To encourage creative writing during the school closures, I’d like to give back by inviting school-age students to participate in Mary Amato’s Poetry Post Challenge. Knowing…
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Rock Creek Forest ES Stem Songs
If the moon could talk, what would it say to us? What might a shadow be thinking? What would a star brag about? What’s the purpose of a constellation? For four days, I worked with fifth graders at Rock Creek Forest Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD, to write, revise, rehearse, and record original songs…
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Shadow Theater Workshop (Middle School)
Example of student shadow-theater project Students learned: Script writing Puppetry making Lighting and “set” design Filming techniques Paper engineering
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Kidlit TV Appearance for Lucy McGee Series
Kidlit TV asked me to talk about my Lucy McGee series and answer one very interesting question. Find out about my books and what I’d do if I found a whale in my bathtub.
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Songwriting at Carpe Diem Arts Camp 2019
In my songwriting workshops at Carpe Diem Arts Camp this year, we focused on what it means to seize the day and wrote a collaborative song. Below is the recording we made after our two work sessions. As a songwriting teacher, I believe it’s important to talk about how to sing the song once it…