I’m excited to say that I have decided to start a Once-A-Week Memoir Writing Event on Monday, September 23, 2024. I’ll call the even Memoir Mondays or #MemoirMondays. I’ve tried doing the all-month, every-day events, but that is almost impossible for anyone participating, as well as for me. I’ve researched the area of memoir writing…
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The Legend of the Bluebonnet – Retold and Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Retold and Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
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Tomie dePaola Changed the Appearance of Strega Nona Over Time — He Dared to Edit — He Dared to Try Something New
I’ve taught people of all ages, and I have noted that most people resist changing their original product–be it a bit of writing or a bit of visual art. [I have taught both writing and art.] People resist changing what they thought were their creative babies. I am studying Tomie dePaola’s writing and illustrating career…
The Magical World of Strega Nona – Tomie dePaola
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Letters from Strega Nona – Lessons from Tomie dePaola
Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazon Illustration from Strega Nona’s Harvest The prolific picture book author and illustrator Tomie dePaola was born on September 15 I have recently fallen in love with Strega Nona, and I decided that I’d create a series to further peoples’ understanding of the manificence of that set of books. Before…
Tuck Everlasting Chapter 2 – A Lesson in Creating Characters, Conflict, and Foreshadowing in Writing
Chapter 2 of Tuck Everlasting provides us with a beginning Character Study of Mae Tuck, as she is about to enter a new chapter of her life — a New Dawn. And so, at dawn, that day in the first week of August, Mae Tuck woke up and lay for a while beaming at the…
Advent Daily Calendar & Stories
Day 1 – December 3, 2023 The Story & the Song Day 2 – December 4, 2023 The Beginning: Creation of a Perfect Home from Genesis 1 – 2 Day 3 – December 5, 2023 The Terrible Lie: Adam and Eve in Eden from Genesis 3 Day 4 – December 6, 2023 A New Beginning:…
#14DayPBChallenge – Day 4 – February 2023 – How Metaphor and Simile Added Spice to Writing
First, let’s talk about what metaphors and similes are. A Metaphor is a comparative device that helps us better understand the writer’s meaning. A metaphor merely says that one thing IS another thing. The reader is left responsible for deciphering the metaphor. “A man is a lion” is a metaphor. Obviously, a man is not really a…
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema – Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. The text, a West African tale, is perfectly written, and the illustrations are superb. I have read this book to groups many times, and I have used the art in the book to teach art to all ages. Certainly, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears is a must-read…