Category: What’s New
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STEM Songwriting Project at Holton
I met with each of the three fifth grades at Holton-Arms School for an interdisciplinary songwriting residency. The concept was for each class to write a collaborative song based on something they had studied in science; to learn how to collaborate in creating a melody for the song; to rehearse and record the song. My…
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Guitar Notes has won the Beehive Book Award
Thanks to Utah readers for choosing Guitar Notes as the best YA book of 2015. I’m proud to be the winner of a Beehive Book Award.
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Winner Chosen for Good Deeds Giveaway
The winner of the Good Deeds Giveaway (via a roll of the dice) is TRACY who will give her second copy to the Park School in Evanston. Congrats to Tracy and thanks to everyone for entering.
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Good Deeds Double Giveaway
Billy and Jillian want to do good deeds. What’s the problem? Their parents are crooks and want the twins to follow in their footsteps! The twins have to do their good deeds in secret and thwart their parents’ crimes. Book three of this chapter-book series is hot off the press. To celebrate, I’m hosting a…
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Where Do Books Come From?
“It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.” –Eudora Welty I love this quote by writer Eudora Welty. As a child, I, too, thought that books couldn’t be ordinary works of effort, written…
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Creative School Encourages Reading with One Book One School
Munson (OH) Elementary School chose Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook for every student and staff member to read for the 2015 One Book One School project. The staff pitched in to build excitement before and during the big read. The book is about a thief who steals objects from a 5th grade classroom and…
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Good Crooks Book 3: News & Interviews!
Billy and Jillian Crook’s third adventure is coming soon. Read all about it in these fun blog interviews! Mr. Pig interviews the Good Crooks! Frances Lee Hall interviews me. Patrick Jennings and I interview each other!
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Spring Small-Group Workshops
If you live near MD/DC/VA and are interested in taking a small group workshop, please see my Spring Schedule for small-group sessions. Most of my classes this term are for adults, and I do have one songwriting class for kids.
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Kwame at the Children’s Book Guild
Kwame Alexander, winner of the 2015 Newbery Award for Crossover, charmed and inspired everyone at the Children’s Book Guild Luncheon in February. Alison Morris, kid lit expert, captured many of his best moments during the interview led by children’s book author and book reviewer Mary Quattlebaum. Follow @AlisonLMorris and of course @kwamealexander for much more. On…
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Egmont USA’s Last List
An amazing list of books are just out or coming out in 2015 from Egmont USA. You can see lots of great info about all these books on the Egmont Last List Tumbler page. January Releases1/06 – Hissy Fitz by Patrick Jennings1/27 – Tear You Apart by Sarah CrossFebruary Releases2/10 – White Space (paperback) by Ilsa J. Bick2/10…