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Apr 27, 2016
#WallowinWonder: 1677: "What Makes Your Tongue Burn?"
We've been working with Catalog Verse in Room 407. You might recognize this type of poem if you've ever listened to:"My Favorite Things" from The ...
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Apr 24, 2016
#WallowinWonder: #201:"What is the Best Place on Earth?"
This picture is from our family vacation in Northern Michigan last fall. This area is often referred to by locals as "God's Country." While walking ...
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Apr 21, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 14, 15, and 16: Synthesis/Sestina Poem
You've probably wondered where I've been. I wish I could answer like Zora Neale Hurston's Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God to say, "I've been ...
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Apr 14, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 13: #1667 "How Do Homing Pigeons Find Their Way Home?"
"How to Find Your Way Home"Move about--from little room to little room.Look about--little room after little room.Move in--make this one your little ...
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Apr 12, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 12: #1666: "Why are There Seven Days in a Week?"
I'm going to cheat a little today. Only because our students in Room 407 are working with Pantoum form today and tomorrow.And. . .Pantoum has seven ...
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Apr 11, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 11: #115: "Are Debit Cards and Credit Cards the Same?"
I've already used one of these machines today. And by the end of the day, I will have probably used one again. It reminds me that while in ...
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Apr 10, 2016
WallowInWonder Two-For Sunday: Poems 9 and 10
Feeling a little under the weather and I did not get a post in on Saturday. So, if you are following the blog during the month of April, you are ...
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Apr 9, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 8: "Why Can't You Drive As Fast As You Want?"
I am very late to the game today. It's been that kind of week. And here we are. . .at the end. . .of that kind of week. You know the kind of week, ...
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Apr 7, 2016
Wallow in Wonder Poem 7: #1663: "How Sweet is Honeysuckle?
Here is a "Spine Poem" inspired by Wonder #1663, "How Sweet is Honeysuckle?"This wonder inspired me to wonder how sweet it is that we have a month to ...
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It was a small town and an even smaller library. The children’s section formed an open cube, perhaps six feet on each side. But the small size ...
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Apr 11, 2021
10. Be Forgetful. Forget your bad ideas and put them in a box and put that box under your bed. Ten years ago I had an idea for a children’s book ...
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Apr 10, 2021
Hey, you there! I dare you. Yes, you. I dare you to become an extreme reader. And no, I’m not talking about laminating a book to bring it ...
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Apr 7, 2021
The Nerdy Book Club is a community built on connections—between educators, authors, and especially readers. I was lucky enough to form a Nerdy ...
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Apr 6, 2021
When you’re a writer, people expect you to love reading. For me, they’re partly right. I love stories and ideas. I love wandering in a made-up ...
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Apr 5, 2021
For my new book, War and Millie McGonigle, I committed grand theft. Fortunately, the victim is my husband and my ill-gotten goods are his memories of ...
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Apr 3, 2021
Middle and high school students have strong sense of justice, innovative ideas, and the potential to make a significant impact on their communities. ...
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Apr 1, 2021
On a cold New Mexico night I walked down the driveway, the sky huge with winter stars. At the mailbox I pulled out an oversized envelope, my ...
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Mar 30, 2021
Writers write stories. Writers write characters. What we don’t write are themes. But our themes always find us. After we’ve been writing ...
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