Category: What’s New
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Alexandria Story Festival
Thanks to Trish Brown and Ellen Klein at Hooray for Books and Leigh Hoyer and Luisa Reyes at Wright to Read and Chris Gutierrez and Michele Grayson at TC Williams Carson Reading Room all the amazing volunteers for the wonderful Alexandria Story Festival. If you missed it this year, come next!
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Favorite Fan Mail of the Week
Dear Mary Amatto, Thanks to you, I got a Book and wrote my feelings in it and I keep it under my pillow! thanks! from, Ava
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Favorite Fan Mail of the Day
I loved when we turned into the characters. so now every time I get stuck in a Story I stop and pretend I’m the character. Hope you can visit again!! Sencerly, Layan
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Favorite Fan Mail of the Week
thank you Merry amato for expiring us and for makeing us belive <3 – Saior
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Favorite Fan Mail of the Week
Dear Mary Amato, I learned to think like and be the character in your story. That one sentence helped me a lot. I never really knew what to do when I got stuck. You taught us that when we got writer’s block, it just means that we aren’t thinking about the character. Thank you for…
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Favorite Fan Mail of the Week
Dear Mary Amato, I like that you inspire me to keep writing. I have been haveing hard Times at my house so I tride writing and it realy worked so thank you !! from: Sophia
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Middletown Elementary School
Thanks to Middletown (MD) Elementary School media specialist Daryl Lindstrom, parent Monica Hauser, and all the kids and staff at Middletown ES. How fun spending the last day of the year with you! I love my new pens, my notebook, my turtle, and chocolate. And I so enjoyed seeing the Please Write in this…
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Writing Through Hard Times
When I give author presentations, kids expect me to talk about how I write funny books. I do that, but I also remind them that writing is a powerful tool to express emotions, one that they will have their entire lives. I show them my childhood journals and explain how writing helped me through some difficult…
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Favorite Fan Letter of the Day
“I LOVE your book Please write in this Book. The writing is very good and fancey. I am on page: 25. ” –Jake in Rochester
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Ladue in St. Louis
A big thank you to Anne Penrose at Old Bonhomme Elementary School in the Ladue distort of St. Louis for coordinating my author visit. Thanks also to librarians Julie Stone and Susan Davis. I met readers and writers at Old Bonhomme, Reed, and Spoede. The life-size drawings of characters from my book Please Write in…