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Drumroll, please! We have a winner for my EARTH MONTH #giveaway honoring John Muir & the birds he fought to protect & thrive in wild spaces including nat’l parks. Congrats @ElemSciTchr! DM me your address & I’ll mail out FIRST GEN & MAGNIFICENT BIRDS this wk. #EarthMonth #nature
In my APRIL #giveaway, I’m honoring environmentalist JOHN MUIR—featured in FIRST GENERATION--by giving out FIRST GEN & Narisa Togo’s MAGNIFICENT BIRDS—birds MUIR fought 2 protect. #Teachers #Educators RT/TAG & you must FOLLOW 2 win. Winner chosen 04/29 #EarthMonth #edchat #nature
DID YOU KNOW that NFL player Ernie Barnes spent lots of indoor time as a kid, drawing & playing trombone? BETWEEN THE LINES--the story I wrote on his life--has an amazing Discussion Guide by @sljournal's @clssrmbkshlf ideal 4 #distancelearning. https://t.co/DwLQcTN69c #kidlit🏈🎨
At my hometown school sharing BETWEEN THE LINES w/amazing kids, talking making our dreams real, visual reminders of what matters--like Ernie never selling THE BENCH--& celebrating with a red velvet cupcake à la Ernie Barnes. TY librarian Julie & to @cliforg 4 sponsoring my visit!
NONFICTION FRIDAY & RIGHTING HISTORY: WHAT ARE YOU READING? I’m re-reading @SteveSheinkin's PORT CHICAGO 50 as the Navy names an aircraft to honor Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, the first African American awarded the Navy Cross. https://t.co/0HRDlPiYLM #BHM
ON NONFICTION FRI, I 💛 seeing educator MRS. HEWING of CENTRAL SCHOOL BOOK TALKS discussing BETWEEN THE LINES. Wow! So honored that my picture book collaboration with BRYAN COLLIER is an Illinois 2020 BLUESTEM AWARD nominee! https://t.co/VYVpzF4cDH
#Bluestem2020 #kidlit #ncte20
@bluestemaward As a football player in the 1960s who didn’t earn much money, Ernie Barnes was offered $20,000 for his 1st football painting called THE BENCH but turned it down. Ernie kept the painting as a reminder of his artistic dream. Here’s the palette he painted it with. #Bluestem2020
TRAILBLAZER TUES: We 🧡 talking Jonathan Daniels & @RWallaceBooks & I spoke about the Jonathan Daniels mural by artist Chris Lovelady honoring Jonathan's allyship in making #CivilRights change. The talks are 4 the Historical Society Walldogs class @KeeneState_ #BeTheChange #YAlit
Educators, we want you to be as excited being at Chappaqua Children’s Book Fest as we are so we’re giving away a FREE VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISIT on FIRST GENERATION! It’s all part of the amazing #educator #giveaways at the Fest! See you in the Author Tent OCT 5! #BeTheChange #kidlit 🗽
WOW! @RWallaceBooks & I are thrilled to learn that both BLOOD BROTHER & BOUND BY ICE are finalists for the 2019 New Hampshire Literary Awards! Being recognized for your work in your home state means so much. Congratulations to all the finalists!
#kidlit #mglit #amwriting