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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe to this podcast! In the interview we talk about how to submit apps and ebooks (obviously!) William Joyce’s interview with Mary Ann Scheuer Julie’s template for storybook app proposals, called, appropriately, Julie Hedlund’s Template for Storybook App Proposals that story still has to be the driver, not More »
Betsy’s site Betsy on Twitter From Betsy: Poetry’s a portal I walk through, where I scratch scabs to find forgotten memories, where I tickle kids with tiny details, where I even wake up teens with no interest in writing, whatsoever. ‘Cause poetry can do that. ‘Cause poetry’s a portal anyone can walk through. More »
Today’s guest poetry poster is Rebecca Kai Dotlich, giving a very serious lesson, so pay extra attention. 1. Put yourself in a rhyme trance, focusing only on rhyme. Hummmmm cat bat hat hmmmmmm sat fat rat hmmmmmm …. Get the point, joint? 2. Make sure the rhyme is forced. Frog loved to play music More »
Writing and reading in rhymes: wtnh.com Here are the books I took on WTNH today:
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Gail Carson Levine is today’s guest poetry poster and is the author of many award-winning books for children, and, I’m pleased to say, a friend and a couple-of-towns-away neighbor. Gail’s guest post for poetry month: For fun and devilment, I wrote a bunch of poems which are collected in my new book, Forgive Me, I More »
We’re almost ready to hit the ground running, running right into Poetry Month! I’ve got guest poetry posters all set up throughout the month, and you are in for a huge treat! Go here for a great list of Poetry Month events on Jama Kim Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup.
Illustrators, if you ever had trouble drawing a character, and couldn’t figure out why it’s not working, this video game, by the same token, sometimes written characters aren’t working either. The uncanny valley can apply there too. Is your character robotic? Have you brought your creation to life, or is he or she just a More »
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