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March 29, 2014 at 4:14 pm
Sounds like as good a reason as any to curl up with a book!
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- American Library Association Awards awards include Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott, Sibert, Theodor Giesel, and Laura Ingalls Wilder medals
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- Caribbean Children's Literature celebrates Jamaican and Caribbean lives
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- Celebrating Latino Children's Literature, Literacy, and Libraries evaluation of Latino children’s and young adult literature
- Delightful Children's Books a blog featuring children’s books for reading around the world
- Fifty Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know introduces 50 essential books and a range of authors and illustrators for children
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- Jewish Book Council book list curated by the Association of Jewish Libraries, which fosters access to information, learning, teaching and research related to the Jewish experience
- Latinos in Kid Lit Exploring the World of Latino YA, MG, and Children’s Literature
- Multicultural Children's Literature annotated bibliographies of children’s multicultural books appropriate for the elementary grades
- Oyate educational organization that reviews children’s literature and advocates for Native Americans to be portrayed with historical accuracy and cultural appropriateness
- Paper Tigers emphasis on books set in Pacific Rim and Asia
- Sea Stacks information about Atlantic Canada books for children and young people
- The Brown Bookshelf push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers.
- Thirty Multicultural Books Every Teen Should Know introduces thirty essential books and a range of authors for teens
- Twenty Eight Days Later: The Brown Bookshelf a black history celebration of children’s and young adult literature
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- Amelia Bloomer Project recommended feminist literature for birth through 18
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- Young Adult Problem Fiction and Nonfiction annotated list for teachers of young adult problem books
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- Six Word Saturday All that’s necessary to participate is to describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words.
- Wish List Wednesday Post about one book per week that has been on your wishlist for some time, or just added, that you can’t wait to get off the wishlist and onto your wonderful shelves.
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- 4-H Dog Agility is all about Having Fun Published October 2012 online and in an insert.
- A Girl, A Cat, and A Fairy Published June 2010 on the Aurora Wolf Ezine. Available in print in the Aurora Rising Anthology.
- A Heart for Homeless Cats My article about the work of a local rescue group that helps homeless cats appears on page 18.
- Adventures in Publishing My response to the question: “What genres are you sick of seeing?”
- Adventures in Publishing My response to the question: “How has blogging changed how you read?”
- Barnabas, Son of Encouragement Published May 2015 as a guest post in Open Theism.
- Blogger Love interview and guest review at Nightly Reading
- Canada-A New Homeland Published July 2013 as a guest post in Open Theism.
- Collaboration produces pet ownership curriculum A news report about one of a series of educational plays that I wrote for Hearts United for Animals
- Customer Snapshot blurb about me at Lincoln City Libraries site
- Deadline near for Lincoln Animal Ambassadors’ The Mighty and the Tiny' Project Published August 2016 online and in an insert.
- Freedom Published July 2014 as a three-part guest post in Open Theism.
- Having fun competing at highest levels of dog agility Published December 2012 both online and in an insert.
- Lincoln Animal Ambassadors My educational blog posts committed to improving the lives of animals.
- Lincoln Animal Ambassadors Honored at Homeless Coalition
- Lincoln Animal Ambassadors, The Cat House raise over $7,500 at Meow & Chow Published November 2016 online and in an insert.
- Lincoln Animal Ambassadors’ Food Bank Moves to Bigger Location
- Meow & Chow is just around the corner Published October 2016 online and in an insert.
- Nominated for Liebster Award!
- Students Help Local Animal Shelter A news report about one of my Community Learning Center clubs: “Writers to the Rescue”.
- The Masquerade Crew interview with me about Allison’s Book Bag
- Their Daughter Rose Published April 2010 on the Enchanted Conversation Ezine.
- Three Ways to Help Animal Ambassadors Published April 2017 online and in an insert.
- Volunteers Needed for Lincoln Animal Ambassadors Published December 2017 online and in an insert.
- YA Promo Central interview with me about Allison’s Book Bag
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April 5, 2014 at 2:31 pm
Thanks for the well wishes! Just when I thought I was getting better, I woke up today with a head cold. 😦 Well, I do have some magazines I’d love to read. 🙂