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16Jun

Ways to Get Kids Reading

Excite kids about reading: wtnh.com National Ambassador Walter Dean Myers and me (I had to stand on a chair!) In conjunction with Brain Burps About Books' 100th episode this week with the three National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature, I appeared (or…

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14Jun

How to Get Kids Reading

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I sent out a press release yesterday about my 100th podcast episode with the first three Ambassadors for Young People's Literature and was very happy when I heard from the producer at WTNH. I was interviewed via Skype!

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13Jun

#100 – What is Literacy? The First Three National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature Answer

Podcast by Katie Davis

The First Three National Ambassadors for Young People's Literature, Jon Scieszka, Katherine Paterson, and Walter Dean Myers gave me the honor of appearing on Brain Burps About Books' 100th episode. I do believe they were the perfect choice, and I'm…

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12Jun

How to Moderate a Panel

Appearances by Katie Davis

How to moderate a panel? More like how do you moderate a successful panel? I didn't know the answer before I was invited to do just that at this year's BlogWorld & New Media Expo. I felt like a dork…

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6Jun

#99 – Banned Picture Book: The Dirty Cowboy Gets Banned For Being … Dirty

Podcast by Katie Davis

Subscribe for: iPod, iPhone & iTunes / Zune / Android Buy the podcast app! Brought to you by Audible.com - click here for a FREE trial ... don't you want a free audio book and help support the podcast at the same…

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2Jun

BlogWorld & New Media Expo!

Appearances by Katie Davis

I'm getting so excited - and less nervous - about my panels at BlogWorld & New Media Expo. Now that my questions are set for the panel I'm producing, I've got my moderator "script" done, and the handout is finished…

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1Jun

Syd Hoff: Finding Home

Podcast by Katie Davis

Dina Weinstein is curating an exhibit of Syd Hoff's work. I've pasted the info below from the Miami-Dade Public Library System in case you need a reminder of who he was. Here is why I'm telling you this. I don't usually…

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30May

#98 – Your Questions Answered About Facebook Part 2

Podcast by Katie Davis

Subscribe for: iPod, iPhone & iTunes / Zune / Android Buy the podcast app! Brought to you by Audible.com - click here for a FREE trial ... don't you want a free audio book and help support the podcast at the same…

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27May

Bilingual Books On Good Morning Connecticut Today

Appearances TV by Katie Davis

Here are the books I brought on the show today: My own Who Hops? / Quien Salta? Soap, Soap, Soap/Jabon, Jabon, Jabon by Elizabeth Dulemba Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner More bi-lingual or all Spanish language books to enjoy: Visit The Reading Tub for more…

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26May

The Power of Stories

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A preface: I got the idea for my middle grade novel, The Curse of Addy McMahon, when I read a New York Times article in 1999 about some road workers in Latoon, Ireland who refused to build the road as planned because…

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