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TOP TEN Ways NerdCampMI Saved Our Professional Careers by Jennifer Sniadecki, Melanie Roy, and Kelly Vorhis

Published: 20/07/2017

NerdCampMI is an “ed camp” annual event where teachers from all over the country (and the world!) meet in Parma, Michigan to learn together with authors, illustrators, and other fabulous educators. We ... Read more

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The Science of a Fiction Picture Book (#STEAM) by Leslie Helakoski

Published: 16/07/2017

Even a fictional picture book can engage young minds in scientific thought. Comparing and contrasting are great tools for learning and what better way to explore this concept than a fun story? HOOT ... Read more

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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #543: Featuring Suzy Lee

Published: 16/07/2017

“This beautiful day …”(Click to enlarge spread) I’ve got a review over at BookPage of Richard Jackson’s This Beautiful Day (Caitlyn Dlouhy/Atheneum, August 2017), ... Read more

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TEN BOOKS TO HELP YOUR CHILD BECOME MORE COMPASSIONATE by Susan Dobrodt

Published: 15/07/2017

This is a difficult time for schools, for our country and our world. No matter what your beliefs, parents and teachers can’t help but be concerned about what is happening and how our kids have b ... Read more

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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Lauren Tobia

Published: 14/07/2017

“‘Shh!’ she said. ‘Amazing Anna Hibiscus is busy growing up.'”— From Atinuke’s You’re Amazing, Anna Hibiscus!, illustrated by Lauren Tobiaand coming to ... Read more

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Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes – Review by Mary Boehmer

Published: 13/07/2017

Towers Falling is a compelling novel set in Brooklyn, New York, fifteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Jewel Parker Rhodes writes an eloquent story about fifth graders who were not alive to w ... Read more

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A Smorange Kind of Book

Published: 11/07/2017

(Click to enlarge spread) “The illustrations in this book were rendered in fruit.” That’s the illustration note on the copyright page of Adam Rex’s newest picture book, ... Read more

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Two (or More) of Us: How Writing Communities Shaped the Authors We’ve Become by Jennifer Ziegler and Chris Barton

Published: 11/07/2017

JENNIFER: Long before Chris and I got married, I used to double-date the Beatles. Well, not all the Beatles — only Paul and John. And they weren’t technically Beatles anymore, the band having br ... Read more

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Other Duties As Assigned by Emily Visness

Published: 10/07/2017

Summer is here, and as the weeks of shuttling my kids to swim team practice, swim meets, and for-fun swimming consumes many of my waking hours, I also spend time chipping away at my enormous “To Be Re ... Read more

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How Soldier Boy by Keely Hutton Came to Be by Kate Olson

Published: 9/07/2017

An incredibly powerful YA book with an amazing creation story – read on to learn about how Soldier Boy by Keely Hutton came to be….. Several months ago, I was sent a box of books from a p ... Read more

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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #542: Featuring Christian Robinson

Published: 9/07/2017

Christian’s art in the studio, sans text(Click to enlarge) Poet Julie Fogliano has a way with words, and in her newest picture book, When’s My Birthday? (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook P ... Read more

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Authors’ Advice for a Better Writing Life: Read Widely by Marci Glaus

Published: 8/07/2017

In an attempt to capture the recursive, complex, messy process we call writing, I started asking authors from my state to do something extremely awkward. I asked them to allow me, and sometimes a smal ... Read more

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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Eva Eriksson

Published: 7/07/2017

“Then Ella put the two heart halves on the ground. She laid them close together so they made a whole heart. …’Rest in peace, dear hearts!'” Today at Kirkus, on account o ... Read more

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My Kirkus Q&A with Leda Schubert

Published: 6/07/2017

“Who invented the hot shower? I owe most of my first lines to that brilliant person. I can research and write and think and suffer, and then one morning—if lucky—the shower gods deli ... Read more

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Looking Forward and Looking Back: Impyrium by Henry H. Neff – Review by Oona Marie Abrams

Published: 6/07/2017

I consider it providential that I started reading Impyrium, a young adult science fiction fantasy novel, on the same evening as parent orientation at the local middle school. My husband Jason had draw ... Read more

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I’m a Gamer by Jaleigh Johnson

Published: 4/07/2017

I had planned to take this opportunity doing a guest post to talk about the experience of writing a middle grade series of standalone books all set in the same world. I still plan to do that. But I ... Read more

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#classroombookaday & The Power of Shared (Picture Book) Stories by Jillian Heise

Published: 3/07/2017

It started with inspiration from Donalyn Miller, as many great things do. It started three years ago with a few extra minutes of class time, and thinking about how best to use them. It started with la ... Read more

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My Reading Journey by A.F. Harrold

Published: 2/07/2017

Jorge Luis Borges said, “I think of myself as being essentially a reader. As you are aware, I have ventured into writing; but I think that what I have read is far more important than what I have writt ... Read more

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7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #541: FeaturingUp-and-Coming Illustrator, Sophie Page

Published: 2/07/2017

It’s the first Sunday of the month, and that means that here at 7-Imp I showcase the work of a student or debut illustrator. Today, I’ve got the artwork of Sophie Page, a mixed medi ... Read more

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Top Ten MG Books to Use as Read Alouds Beginning of Year by Cassie Thomas

Published: 1/07/2017

When students enter the classroom at the first of the year, a lot of schools are spending days/weeks on ensuring respect, understanding, and creating a classroom culture of family. To do this more eff ... Read more

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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week, Plus What I DidLast Week, Featuring Jacqueline Ayer and Lizi Boyd

Published: 30/06/2017

“When Miss Moon showed the villagers her tree, they said, ‘Oh well, of course—those are the old man’s paper flowers on a stick. You can’t grow a tree from a bead!'” ... Read more

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