Sign Up Now: WORLD READ ALOUD DAY!
Subscribers...you get first dibs!
I'm giving my very special newsletter subscribers (that’s YOU!) first dibs for a World Read Aloud Day virtual visit!
The date is Feb 1, 2023. Snag a spot by signing up via this link. Woo-hoo! Can’t wait to visit you and your students.
Our WRAD virtual visit will go something like this:Â
1-2 minutes: I'll give a quick introduction & talk a little about my books.
8-10 minutes: I'll read aloud from one of my books.
5-7 minutes: I'll answer a few questions from students about reading/writing.
1-2 minutes: I'll book-talk a couple books I love (but didn’t write!) as recommendations for the kids.
Please do not sign up until you can commit to a 20-minute time slot.
This form will ask you to choose a time, name a platform, give a meeting link, and indicate which of my books you would like me to read from:
A reading from THE UNFORGETTABLE GUINEVERE ST CLAIR (recommended for grades 4-8);
A selection from TEN THOUSAND TRIESÂ (recommended for grades 4-8);
A reading from the forthcoming THE MCNIFFICENTSÂ (recommended for grades 3-7)
SIGN UP FOR WORLD READ ALOUD DAY - and ASAP. I’ll be opening this up for everyone in just a few days. Looking forward to meeting your class! (Please feel free to share this link with your teacher/librarian friends).
Book of the Week: MIRACULOUS
Ya’ll, this is so good! Middle Grade 1800s historical fiction, MIRACULOUS by Caroline Starr Rose (who has an awesome teacher resource and author-interview series) tells the story of 13-year-old Jack who is traveling with Dr. Kingsbury. Kingsbury is pedaling a tonic that cured Jack’s baby sister. It heals everyone! Or…does it? Is Kingsbury everything he says he is or is a snake oil salesman - but then how did Jack’s baby sister get better? Halfway through the book I was still quickly turning pages, wondering how Caroline was going to pull this off.
As for the historical part - I found all of it so fascinating after reading Caroline’s author note. With 90% of the country living in rural areas in the 1800s, qualified doctors were hard to come by. Most relied on home remedies and medicinal herbs. What a perfect scenario for desperation to meet deceit..
Good book, and I adore the cover. WELL DONE, Caroline!
What are you reading?
Amy <3
More Good News & Links
I’ve always fancied owning a bookstore, my zeal only increasing while following Ann Patchett’s Parnassus Bookstore biz. Now Zibby Owen has a women-owned bookstore! LOVE.
At this VERY MOMENT I’m in the queue for a Taylor Swift concert ticket. Ticketmaster has crashed several times and 2000+ people are ahead of me. Do I dare hope???
Bono’s SURRENDER is out in the world. I’m fascinated with his love of Jesus. Also, Mary Laura Philpott might have gotten engaged to Bono in PARNASSUS after she threw her keys at him. I KNEW I loved bookstores.
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