Small Reads for Brighters Days
Okay, y’all might already know that I’m not the world’s best social media person—ha! But that doesn’t stop me from appreciating those who ARE able to both come up with fun ideas AND share them in wonderful ways. Check out these awesome images shared by Hanna from My Literacy Space. They show the cutest manipulatives […]
Friends–I’m doing a virtual library storytime on Monday, Jan 10, at 6pm Central Time. Family and friends with kids in the 4-9 range, hope to see you there! I’ll be sharing picture books about water, winter, and getting yarn from sheep. Learn about states of matter, animal adaptations and behaviors, and the miracle of sheep […]
I love wordplay (no surprise there), and I’m always surprised at how many idioms I come across related to any topic I research. When I was writing If You Want to Knit Some Mittens, I toyed with the idea of putting a bunch of sheep and knitting puns and idioms into the book. I didn’t […]
Illustrator Angela Matteson made some really cute activity sheets to go with If You Want to Knit Some Mittens. Here’s a little craft project for you! You can give Sheep some wool, just like a real sheep grows new wool after it’s sheared. I’d love a couple of photos of completed sheep, so if you […]
Thank you so much to those of you who were able to come to my online launch event last week with Red Balloon Bookshop! It was just lovely to see some familiar names in the Chat–really warmed my heart. Since I had gathered info and thoughts in preparation for the event, I thought I’d create […]
Y’all, I’m so excited for the virtual book launch tonight for If You Want to Knit Some Mittens! It’s at 7pm Central Time with Red Balloon Bookshop hosting me and Angela Matteson, and there will be two prizes given out at the end of the event: a pair of adorable Girl/Sheep wooden tiles painted by […]
Yesterday was the book birthday for my newest book, If You Want to Knit Some Mittens (Boyds Mills). Whee! On November 3, at 7pm Central Time, illustrator Angela Matteson and I will be joining Red Balloon Books for a launch party, and you’re invited! Those 2 charming painted mini-tiles you see, painted by Angela Matteson, […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m late getting this together, but I have three big things to share! 1) Thank you! A huge thank you to all of you who sent both donations and good wishes to my friends Steve and Vicki Palmquist last week. I am so grateful for […]
October only: Looking for how-to mentor texts to share with your students? If You Want to Knit Some Mittens takes the reader from a sheep to a pair of sunny gold mittens in 18 easy steps—including some madcap adventures and ending with a close-knit friendship. Plus Angela Matteson and I created this downloadable writing activity […]
October only: I’m so pleased to have a measuring lesson plan (using yarn!) for K-2 available on Patricia Newman’s wonderful blog as part of her LitLinks series celebrating the links between STEM topics and writing/literature. I hope you enjoy it! [My Classroom Connections posts share a way to connect one of my books or poems […]
