Tag: Mary Amato
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Good Crooks Three is Coming
What would you do if your parents were crooks and you had a secret desire to be…good? Coming this February, look for the launch of a new series by Mary Amato and illustrated by Ward Jenkins. Books 1 and 2 will be available in all formats, humor for ages 7-10.
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Revision can be fun!
Check out this video made by a school after one of my interactive presentations about revision. After creating a rough draft, I asked students to revise for word choice, dialogue, details, plot, character development, setting, etc. The improvisation was so funny and full of great examples of living writing.
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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 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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Secret Extras for Good Crooks Fans
My Good Crooks Book series is about twins Billy and Jillian Crook. Even though their last name is Crook, they love doing good deeds, especially when that involves animals. Have fun reading and singing and dancing to the songs that are included in the books. And, of course, have fun doing good deeds! Books…
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Hearing through New Ears
At the 2013 Golden Globes, Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) thanked a group of friends to whom he reads his scenes aloud. “You don’t tell me what I’m doing wrong…” he said. “Reading it to you helps me to hear it through your ears.” So important! But kind of hard to find friends who have the…
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Diamond ES in Gaithersburg, MD
Thanks to the PTA of Diamond Elementary School in Gaithersburg, MD, especially Shelia Bouley (pictured on right) and Patty Markey (on left), for supporting my author visit. After learning that I always carry a small blank notebook with me, Sheila Bouley had the wonderful idea of making sure that each child…
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Ritchie Park ES, Rockville, MD
I loved the great enthusiasm from students, teachers, and parents at Ritchie Park Elementary School during my recent visit. What a nice idea to have students do the introduction! Thanks to the PTA and parents Kim Testa and Janice Woo.