In the past, I haven’t written anything about picture books, mainly because I don’t actually read picture books. I’m not entirely sure I’ve picked up a picture book since the days when my little brothers loved “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” But this year is a little different because of the Notable Book project I’m working on…
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Shameless Self-Promotion
Hey, remember that ALA blog that I got picked to write for? How I was all excited about a while ago? How I couldn’t be more thrilled about working for free? (Better than paying tuition to do work). It finally went live last month. I’ve written two posts there, if you’re interested in checking them out. A Favorite Book? Classic…
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Don’t Jump to Conclusions
Remember how, when Bart and I did that crazy little High School Musical number, I mentioned that my family is very much about doing things the right way? This tendency extends to many other sorts of things like Christmas. Bikes unwrapped under the tree? I should say not! Instead, we’d find an envelope under the tree, containing the end of…
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You Don’t Know Me
Last Christmas, I met Katie for the first time. She’d married Bart’s cousin earlier in the summer, but I’d missed the wedding. She’d commented on my blog a few times, so I knew she read and I knew she’d been reading for a while. It was the first time I’d met someone I didn’t know who read this site. Throughout…
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Quitting
Almost nine months ago, I quit my job. I had agonized about doing it for weeks, and then, when I finally told my boss that I was going to grad school, I almost threw up on my shoes. And then he offered me a part-time job and la-de-dah, everythng was lovely. Except than Bart got a job which he needed…
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