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Monday, May 19, 2014

As Easy as ABC: Awards, Best Sellers, and Critical Thinking

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The author with one of his many awards. Award-winning,* best-selling** author Greg Pincus here. I wanted to write a little today about t...
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Friday, May 02, 2014

30 Poets/2 Years/1 Day

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April and 30 Poets/30 Days are done, but I wanted to wrap up the month that just passed here on Poetry Friday (and you can see the roundup...
Thursday, May 01, 2014

Meet Andrew Huang ("A Genius!" Says I)

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I don't think I'm prone to hyperbole, so I truly mean it when I say that Andrew Huang is the type of brilliant, creative talent I...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

30 Poets/Day 30 - Pat Mora and Walter Dean Myers

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What a month! And today's poems by Pat Mora and Walter Dean Myers seem like a perfect way to close, at least to me. It has been a th...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

30 Poets/Day 29 - Douglas Florian and Liz Garton Scanlon

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It's a good day when you have Douglas Florian and Liz Garton Scanlon gracing your blog, I say. (And I say this even though back in 2...
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Monday, April 28, 2014

30 Poets/Day 28 - April Halprin Wayland and Francisco X. Alarcón

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OK, here on day 28 with April Halprin Wayland and Francisco X. Alarcón and my search for daily themes once again leads me to say "I ...
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Sunday, April 27, 2014

30 Poets/Day 27 - Kenn Nesbitt and Graham Denton

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When you have Kenn Nesbitt and Graham Denton on the same day, well, it's a day of smiles and smarts in poetry form (aka, a good day!...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

30 Poets/Day 26 - Joan Bransfield Graham and Jacqueline Woodson

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Once again, with these works by Joan Bransfield Graham and Jacqueline Woodson , here are two totally different types of poems, both of wh...
Friday, April 25, 2014

30 Poets/Day 25 - Julie Larios and George Ella Lyon

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Ahhh, yes. Aren't these poems by Julie Larios and George Ella Lyon just gorgeous? That's why I chose them for the 25th, Internat...
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Thursday, April 24, 2014

30 Poets/Day 24 - J. Patrick Lewis and Georgia Heard

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It's Day 24 of 30 Poets/30 Days and today, with J. Patrick Lewis and Georgia Heard poems for you, I present theme-by-coincidence: po...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

30 Poets/Day 23 - Nikki Giovanni and Charles R. Smith, Jr.

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Here on Day 23 with Nikki Giovanni and Charles R. Smith, Jr. poems, I'm reminded again that the unifying factor every day in 30 Poet...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

30 Poets/Day 22 - Janet Wong and Heidi Mordhorst

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So, here on April 22 with poems by Janet Wong and Heidi Mordhorst there actually IS a theme... because the 22nd is Earth Day and these p...
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Monday, April 21, 2014

SCBWI Summer Conference Registration is Open, And...

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... I'm on faculty this year, so I say you must attend so we can chat! Have you seen the lineup of keynote presenters ? Wow. Every y...

30 Poets/Day 21 - Greg Pincus and Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

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Elephants and pasta both have natural ties to the 21st of April because... huh. I guess the fact is that Greg Pincus (a.k.a. me!) and Tra...
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Sunday, April 20, 2014

30 Poets/Day 20 - Jane Yolen and Brod Bagert

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Teachers and personification are well treated by Jane Yolen and Brod Bagert here at the 2/3 mark of National Poetry Month and 30 Poets/3...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

30 Poets/Day 19 - Arnold Adoff and David L. Harrison

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Once again we have two poems that are very, very different - this time from Arnold Adoff and David L. Harrison - once again showing the ...
Friday, April 18, 2014

30 Poets/Day 18 - Kristine O'Connell George and Elaine Magliaro

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Although there's no set theme to April 18, today's poems by Kristine O'Connell George and Elaine Magliaro are both about cre...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

30 Poets/Day 17 - Jon Scieszka and James Carter

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Day 17 brings us Jon Scieszka and James Carter , both of whom tip their hats to poets who have come before. Okay, fine, maybe Jon Scieszk...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

30 Poets/Day 16 - Betsy Franco and Bobbi Katz

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I love the different perspectives that Betsy Franco and Bobbi Katz write from in these two poems... and how each perspective rings so tr...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

30 Poets/Day 15 - Mary Ann Hoberman and Eileen Spinelli

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Halfway through April, and here come Mary Ann Hoberman and Eileen Spinelli bringing you insects and animals (some extinct, some not). I ...