Archive for October, 2008

Workshop Student Published!

Workshop Student Published!

Pam Calvert has another book out! Princess Peepers

This follows her easy reader, Clue School

and her picture book, Multiplying Menace.

(And she has several more on the way!)

Congratulations, Pam!

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Easy Reader Nominations for 2008 Cybils

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to nominate a book for the 2008 Cybils.

This is the FIRST year we’ve had the Easy Reader category, and I’m pleased to say that there have been 30 nominations!

(Actually there have been many, many more! However, some books were nominated more than once and quite a few books for the other categories were nominated as easy readers – so I moved them to the categories where they belonged.)

Here are the Easy Reader nominations so far:

A Brand New Day for Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee
A Girl, A Boy, And Three Robbers by Gail Gauthier
Amanda Pig and the Wiggly Tooth by Jean Van Leeuwen

Bed, Bats, & Beyond by Joan Holub
Bones and the Math Test Mystery by David Adler

Cinder Rabbit by Lynn Hazen
Cork and Fuzz: The Collectors by Dori Chaconas
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine by Erica Silverman

Dodsworth in Paris by Tim Egan

Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris by Jane O’Connor
Fancy Nancy Sees Stars by Jane O’Connor

Get up, Tom by Betty Ward Cain
Goose and Duck by Jean Craighead George

Hooray for Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time by James Howe
How to Drive Your Sister Crazy by Diane Z. Shore
Howie Goes Shopping by Sara Henderson

I Do It by Uncle Tee
I Love My New Toy by Mo Willems
I Will Surprise My Friend! by Mo Willems

Journey of a Pioneer by Patricia Murphy

Larry and Rita by Jamie Michalak

Maybelle Goes to Tea by Katie Speck
Mr. Putter and Tabby Run the Race by Cynthia Rylant
Pip Squeak by Sarah Weeks

Spring Is Here!: A Story About Seeds by Joan Holub
Stinky by Eleanor Davis

Vampires Do Hunt Marshmallow Bunnies by Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey

Woogie’s Travels: Looking for a Friend by Sharon Miner

Zoom! Boom! Bully by Jon Scieszka

If you have a favorite 2008 easy reader (8-64 pages maximum) nominate it by midnight tomorrow, October 15, 2008!


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Workshop Student Published!

Ruth McNally Barshaw’s Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel is now in paperback!

And the NEW book, Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School, is on the shelves too!


Congratulations, Ruth!

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Anastasia Suen

Anastasia Suen

The author of 115 books, I teach writing to students of all ages.

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    Children Learning to Read
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    the Six Traits of Writing

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