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Just Spring

Martin and Root — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:08:05 +0000

Phyllis: e.e. cummings said it best when he described the world as mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. Snow melts and runs babbling away, days lengthen, green sprouts of skunk cabbage and rhubarb poke out. This month we are looking at muddy, squishy, rainy, wet stories in honor of spring.
Mud by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Lauren Stringer, begins, “One night it happens.…… more

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Juxtaposition

Maurna Rome — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:00:12 +0000

jux·ta·po·si·tion | jəkstəpəˈziSH(ə)n/ | noun

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. Example: “the juxtaposition of these two images”

Juxtaposition. The word has been swimming around my head for several weeks. The best month of my entire career filled with some of my proudest moments as an educator happening at the same time big decisions are being made by the “powers that be,” changes that will profoundly affect what happens each day in Room 123.… more

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Skinny Dip with Heather Vogel Frederick

Marsha Qualey — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:00:47 +0000

What is your proudest career moment?
I don’t think anything will ever beat getting that phone call over a dozen years ago from Simon & Schuster (editor Kevin Lewis, to be exact) letting me know that they were going to publish my first book, The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed. I hung up the phone afterwards and burst into tears.… more

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