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Missed Reviews
Fall was... oh, so busy. Crazy, crazy busy. That's the only way I can explain how I JUST came across these reviews for my cheer series at 3am. (Obviously, I bypassed the whole winter, too!)
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National Library Week
Librarians: Masters of the Info Universe? I like the sound of that! And who knew that Casanova was a librarian?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/04/12/librarians.masters.of.universe/index.html?hpt=Sbin
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Because BOTH of my computers were hijacked, (BOO, HISS to mean, rotten, EVIL people) I missed all sorts of fantastic news this week. I'm just now finding out that my writing bud, Linda Bozzo, had her book nominated for an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award. Congrats, Linda!
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Bean Boozled!
Dog Food Jellybean anyone? How about a Moldy Cheese or a Pencil Shaving Jellybean?
BARF! (Yep- they have that, too!)
Where have I been the last few years? Yep- it's been out that long but I never saw/heard/read about it.
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Camera Magic (Whitenes teeth! Erases Wrinkles! Adds Makeup!)
A few years ago, my daughter proudly held forth her school photo. Since those things can be hit or miss, we were both so happy with the way it turned out. She was entering that awkward girl phase but you couldn't tell by the picture.
She pointed to her gleaming, white teeth: "See, I AM brushing."
That had been an issue. Oh, my.
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By the Numbers
6: Number of new chapter books I was asked to write for Calico Chapter Books (imprint of ABDO Publishers) on Friday. May I say Yea, Yea, Yea, Yea, Yea, and Yea?! After I finish up my next two Katharine books, I'll start the new series. Fun!
5: Number of "glitches" I've had with my newish built-for-me-computer. The most recent one being this past ( Read more... ) -
Some Husbands Bring Home Flowers...
mine brings home books! Now that John's a K-5 media specialist, I get my daily dose of picture book reading without having to trudge through the snow and ice. These were his choices from yesterday. Two of them (Cowboy Camp and Little Chimp's Big Day) I had already read but reread again:
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