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Will Tugs be the first lucky Button?

Hear a sample here.


Now in paperback and e-book

A boy, his dog, a raft, a river, the falls...


Can writing a letter mend a heart, unite a family, help a girl grow up?

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Y?

If I had to answer in one word the question

Where do ideas come from?

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WHY

It's all about the wondering

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Ylvi...what?

Ylvisaker = ILL vi soccer

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In the Children's Literature Network's Bookscope, I look back at how Little Klein came about. I've made some lucky mistakes in my day, and this is the story of one of them. 

Novel and Nouveau is Barbara Watson's excellent blog about writing and reading middle grade lit. She generously reviewed The Luck of the Buttons recently, and asked me to write a guest post about process as well. 

Bruce Black, author of Writing Yoga, interviewed me about process on his wonderful blog wordswimmer. Thanks, Bruce!

To celebrate The Luck of the Buttons release, there was a pie party on Amy Alessio's excellent Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts blog! Read and bake here: Memory PieIt's All About the CrustPie Worthy, and Launch Day Pie. Then try Amy's excellent pie craft

Children's Literature Network interviewer Tom Owens asks me, What's right with children's literature today? Libraries, that's what!

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Thursday
Apr012010

Surf Words A to Z

I walked at high tide yesterday and the ocean was heaving and rolling, enormous waves crashing against the cliffs. Along the swells, a scattering of dark figures. Sharks? I thought. No, surfers, waiting to hitch a ride. At home, I searched the web for surfing words and came across this surfing dictionary. A sample from a to z (minus x):

ahu, bammerwee, chuf, duckdive, endo, floatwaller, gremmy, hennalu, isobath, jivel, kootzy, lexidex, muku, narb, ollie, paralax, quasimoto, redonculous, shibby, tapioca twizzler, upwelling, velzyland, waldo, yardsale and zimzala.

I'm not ready to pick up a board or put on a wet suit, but I am in favor of any hobby with its own dictionary. 

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