[ A Family Tree also has a main trunk. If you were an apple, your apple family tree would look like this: In the above photo, you are the big apple, and the two apples above you are your mom and dad. A Family Tree is a Place to List Your Parents and Your Grandparents…
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What Is a Jesse Tree & Why Is a Jesse Tree an Important Part of Christmas?
A Jesse Tree is a representation of the Family Tree of Jesus Christ. Imagine that you are an apple and that your parents and grandparents are apples, too. Your family tree would look something like the one in the above photo. In the above photo, you see the beginning of your family tree, without any…
Advent – Preparing Ourselves for a Miracle – Author Jacki Kellum Shares Advent Crafts & Stories for Kids
Today, I’m thinking about all the times that I have waited–Waited for something Wonderful to Happen. Advent Is A Season of Waiting God Created the Miraculous Baby Jesus. God is the All-Powerful. He could have waved his hand and said: “Voilà! Let There be a King of Kings. Let there be a Wonderful, Counselor, Almighty…
How to Make a Donkey Sack Puppet with Patterns & Materials List
I’m about to leave on a big book tour in honor of the publication of my debut picture book The Donkey’s Song. I’ll do some book signings, some story hours, and some school visits, but trust me, when I come to read a book, I don’t just read a book. The event turns into a…
Jacki Kellum and Her Picture Book The Donkey’s Song are Preparing for Their Holiday Book Tour
After Christmas, I’ll try to explain what it means to market a debut picture book. Right now, I’m caught in the whirlwind of it all. For one thing, I’m making my final plans to drive from the Ozarks [where I currently live] to Mississippi [where I lived most of my life]. I hope to stop…
Picture Book Writers: Let’s Get Published – Query Letters, SCBWI Tips, Agent List
Did you get a like on #PBPitch yesterday? If you didn’t, don’t worry. That’s only one way to get yourself noticed by agents and editors. A Reminder to All of Us Who Did Not Succeed in PBPitch: Tip Number 8: Try Not to React Personally to Whether Your Pitch on a Twitter Party is Liked…
Use an Apostrophe to Show Possession–Even if the Word Ends in “S” – Grammar Rules
When my college students wrote about Hemingway’s story “Soldier’s Home,” many of them failed to show the possessive case of Krebs. It is tricky to show the possessive case of words that end in “s.” You can choose either of the following forms to show possession of the name Krebs: Krebs’ Krebs’s When you talk…
Verb Tenses: Don’t Mix Them – Grammar Rules
Grammar Rules! Use Them or Lose Them! Today, I’m posting several grammar rules that #writers might like to review. Let’s Review Using Verb Tenses: If you begin writing a book review, a tweet about your story, or a pitch about your book, etc., in one tense. Don’t Mix Tenses. Example: Miss Emily is not…
Prepositions: Grammar Rules
The Rule for Prepositions Is That You Should Not Position A Preposition at the End of A Sentence, Phrase, or Clause. Like Most Rules, However, There Are Exceptions to That Rule, but Try to Rearrange Your Sentences So That You Have No Dangling Prepositions. Yet, don’t take this rule too far: “This is the type of errant…
How to Create a Citation for a Book
In another post, I tell you how to create a citation for a book that you read online–at a site like gutenberg.org. In that case, you create the citation as a web page. How to Create MLA Citations for Books on Gutenberg But the format of the citation is different for an actual, physical book…