Category: What’s New
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Do You Want to Get Happy?
Fans addicted to Mary Amato’s Guitar Notes will be thrilled to find Get Happy (due out October 2014, Egmont USA). Advanced Reader Copies are just now out for reviewers. Summary: Hilariously eccentric Minerva Watson wants a ukulele for her 16th birthday. What the aspiring songwriter gets instead is a totally shocking invitation from her long-lost…
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National Library Week Buy a Book
Many libraries sell books and use the funds to support their programs. In celebration of National Library Week Day#3, head over to your library and buy a book today!
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National Library Week Song
Here is my song to celebrate National Library Week. Lyrics and uke chords to share. Follow me on twitter to see what I’m doing each day to celebrate National Library Week.
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National Library Week Free Author Skype
In celebration of National Library Week (NLW), I am donating a free 30-minute Skype workshop to the first library that contacts me with the answer to the following question: What is the name of the beloved librarian in my book, The Word Eater? If you win my free Skype workshop, you can schedule a workshop…
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Mrs. Guarnero and the Carpenteria Middle School Students
I love librarians, especially ones who know how to get students excited about books. Mrs. Guarnero at Carpenteria (CA) Middle School does a lot to connect kids with books. I had the chance to be a guest author for one of her “Lunch with an Author” days, thanks to Curious Cup bookseller Kiona Gross. When…
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Who Am I: Writing Residency
Check out the voice in this wonderful and imaginative writing by a student in my latest writing residency: Avedis’s Writing by Mary Amato, Author Thanks to the McNair Elementary School PTA, staff, and students, I was able to teach writing workshops with students in grades 1-5. Avedis’s piece is just one example of all the fabulous…
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Good Crooks will Steal Your Heart!
Good Crooks Book One and Book Two are out. Twins Billy and Jillian have a big problem. They want to do good deeds, but their parents are robbers! A Book of the Month Club selection Great reviews by Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal (coming soon) Extra Resources
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Guitar Giveaway
Exciting news…In celebration of Guitar Notes, Luna Guitars is offering a chance to win a free Luna travel guitar for you AND one for you to give to a friend! Entries will be accepted January 15 through March 15. And on March 17, I’ll announce the lucky winner in a video posted right here. Teachers,…