On Tuesday, The Wish List #1: The Worst Fairy Godmother Ever will be released into the regular world! Want to celebrate with me? Let’s flood the world with official fairy godmother cheer! On TUESDAY (i.e.: not Memorial Day), tweet or post your wish to make someone else happily ever after. Use the hashtag: #BeAFairyGodmother and…
Meet the Illustrator: Heather Burns!
Good morning! Last week, after I introduced a group of readers to The Wish List #1: The Worst Fairy Godmother Ever, a reader asked me a question I have been asked many times before: Did you design your cover? And in this case, did you draw the illustrations? I LOVE this question! Like many writers, I…
Do you know a real life fairy godmother (or godfather)?
To celebrate the release of The Wish List #1 — The Worst Fairy Godmother Ever, I want to profile real life godmothers (and of course, godfathers)–people who go out of their way to make others happily ever after! Do you know someone who makes the world a better place? Would you like to celebrate their…
Hi Readers!
When I think about fairy godmothers, I think about magic. And sparkles. And of course, happily ever after. Pretty soon, I’m going to post more info about my #BeAFairyGodmother program! It will be great for classrooms that want to help share the sparkle and make the world better for all!
Writing FAST
This month, I am writing fast! I have to write fast! Because I am on a deadline! I have never written fast before, so I made up some rules: 1. NO INTERNET until after 4 pages written. 1a: But first, I made a PLAN. I wrote an outline and a couple of storyboards. So I…
Final Presidential Quote on Election Day
WHO SAID THIS????? People can judge me for what I’ve done. And I think when somebody’s out in the public eye, that’s what they do. So I’m fully comfortable with who I am, what I stand for, and what I’ve always stood for. And this? You don’t walk away if you love someone. You help…
Presidential Quote #25: Barack Obama
Until Election Day, let’s honor our President, Barack Obama. (The truth is: I could quote him all day.) Here’s a really good one: Now, as a nation, we don’t promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look…
Elly Swartz
FINDING PERFECT To Molly Nathans, perfect is: The number four The tip of a newly sharpened number two pencil A crisp, white pad of paper Her neatly aligned glass animal figurines What’s not perfect is Molly’s mother leaving the family to take a faraway job with the promise to return in one year. Molly knows that promises are…
Presidential Quote #24: Teddy Roosevelt, laughing
WHY IS TEDDY ROOSEVELT LAUGHING?????? Because he was the president in 1908–the last time the Cubs won. Here’s a look at what else was happening! And here’s a quote!!!! Believe you can and you’re halfway there. LOVE IT!!!!!! #PresidentsWithoutPolitics!!!!! Thank you, Cubs!!!!! What a game!!!!!
Carmen Oliver
Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies All the students in the class are assigned reading buddies. Except for Adelaide. She already has one. A bear! And Adelaide is quite persuasive as she explains to her language arts teacher, Mrs. Fitz-Pea, and the reader, that bears really do make the best reading buddies. They sniff out…