Category: Katherine Paterson
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All for Love: A Middle Grade Reader Romance
In celebration of attending my first SCBWI conference this weekend, I’d like to share my love of literature with you. I’ve been reading middle grade novels since I was of age—I never grew out of the genre. Even though I thought I was writing a young adult novel, on the sixth draft I discovered it […]
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Escape into Reading
This month has been filled with family and home. I’ve been surrounded by a few nieces and many more nephews, and all the things that accompany them. Laundry, food, messes, and noise. And of course fun, laughter, love, and adventure. But I’ve had to cope with lack of quiet and thinking time. So I went […]
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Reading by the Numbers
This morning I went out with the kidlets and friends on an alligator hunt and spied three gators. It’s always fun to see animals in their natural habitat—especially from a safe vantage point. This was our first week of summer break. Although I’m not officially starting back to homeschooling until mid-July, I’ve started the middle […]
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New Year, Better Me
I skipped last week. And I don’t want to muddle through any hum-drum excuses or anything. (Cough. Cough.) All the blogs I read have posts wrapping up the blogger’s 2009 thoughts so I figured I’ll actually go along with a trend. I’ve enjoyed a year of raising kids and appreciating the differences between boys and […]
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Do You Love a Banned Book?
It’s banned books week! http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm Some of my favorite authors have banned books and books that have attempted to be banned from schools and libraries. Katherine Paterson, Madeleine L’Engle, and Laurie Halse Anderson are three that come to mind. Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia is my favorite novel of all-time. Some parents have concerns about […]
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