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Interview with Patricia Newman and Annie Crawley

Last week I post­ed a review of ZOO SCIENTISTS TO THE RESCUE here. Today I’m hon­ored to fol­low up on that post with an inter­view with both of the book’s cre­ators, author Patri­cia New­man and pho­tog­ra­ph­er Annie Craw­ley, as part of their blog tour. Enjoy, and be sure to check out the rest of the stop in the blog tour, too!  (See

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Review: ZOO SCIENTISTS TO THE RESCUE

ZOO SCIENTISTS TO THE RESCUE by Patri­cia New­man, pho­tographs by Annie Craw­ley Mill­brook Press/August 1, 2017 Grades 4–8, 64 pages Here’s what the pub­lish­er says: Zoos take care of ani­mals and wel­come vis­i­tors of all ages, but that’s not all zoos do. Author Patri­cia New­man and pho­tog­ra­ph­er Annie Craw­ley bring read­ers behind the scenes at three zoos to meet sci­en­tists work­ing to save

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Author interview with Sarah Albee

A few weeks ago, I reviewed POISON: DEADLY DEEDS, PERILOUS PROFESSIONS, AND MURDEROUS MEDICINES, by Sarah Albee. Today, I’m excit­ed to host Sarah for an inter­view with the author! Read on to learn more about how she wrote this par­tic­u­lar book and much, much more… LAT: Wel­come, Sarah, and thanks for agree­ing to answer my ques­tions!  LAT: You know how much I

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Author interview with Tara Dairman and book #giveaway!

A very hap­py book birth­day to Tara Dair­man and her lat­est mid­­dle-grade nov­el, The Great Hiber­na­tion! This sto­ry has mys­tery, pol­i­tics, com­ing of age, sci­ence, and a healthy dose of girl pow­er, and it’s avail­able NOW from Wendy Lamb Books/Penguin Ran­dom House. I loved it, and I high­ly rec­om­mend it! As a spe­cial treat, Tara agreed to do an inter­view for

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How #ChangemakerEd is improving #BacktoSchool

I came across an inter­est­ing arti­cle on Medi­um the oth­er day. It talks about “reimag­in­ing edu­ca­tion in this his­toric time of change” and the impor­tance of #Change­mak­erEd, the glob­al move­ment to empow­er young peo­ple to cre­ate a bet­ter world by mas­ter­ing empa­thy and iden­ti­fy­ing as change­mak­ers. This move­ment isn’t new, but it is grow­ing. And as the author of BE

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Review: POISON by Sarah Albee

POISON: DEADLY DEEDS, PERILOUS PROFESSIONS, AND MURDEROUS MEDICINES by Sarah Albee Pen­guin Ran­dom House/September 05, 2017 Mid­dle Grade (8–12), 192 pages Here’s what the pub­lish­er says: Sci­ence geeks and arm­chair detec­tives will soak up this non-lethal, humor­ous account of the role poi­sons have played in human his­to­ry. Per­fect for STEM enthu­si­asts! For cen­turies, peo­ple have been poi­son­ing one another—changing per­son­al lives and the course

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Photos from the Two Truths and a Lie launch party

Okay, so it’s been more than a month since the launch par­ty for Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive!, and this post is _way_ over­due. In my defense, we’ve been hard at work on the sec­ond book in the series, and a writer has to have her pri­or­i­ties, right? Alright, so per­haps there’s no rea­son­able excuse for how neglected

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The Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive! Blog Tour Wrap-Up

Pri­or to its release date on June 27th (TOMORROW!!), many peo­ple worked real­ly hard to put togeth­er an amaz­ing blog tour for the launch of my newest book (with Ammi-Joan Paque­tte), Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive! The tour includ­ed reviews, excerpts, inter­views, give­aways, and more. Here’s a roundup of all of the great posts that were part of the

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7th Graders Changing the World

I recent­ly came across this arti­cle about some 7th graders from Owas­so, Okla­homa. It says, in part: Sev­er­al read­ing stu­dents at the Owas­so Sev­enth Grade Cen­ter recent­ly par­tic­i­pat­ed in the school’s first “Be a Change­mak­er” pro­gram. The pro­gram – based off Lau­rie Ann Thompson’s book, “Be a Change­mak­er: How to Start Some­thing That Mat­ters” – enabled stu­dents to affect change in

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Launch Party for Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive!

Please join me for the West Coast Launch Par­ty for TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: IT’S ALIVE!   Sun­day, June 25th, at 2 p.m. A triv­ia-style game-show chal­lenge… with prizes! Q&A, exclu­sive behind-the-scenes gos­sip, and out­takes! Book swag! Char­i­ta­ble giv­ing! Free snacks and drinks! Books, books, and more books!   Where, you ask? Secret Gar­den Books 2214 NW Mar­ket Street Seat­tle, WA 98107 206–789‑5006 (Click

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