Title: Skink on the Brink Author: Lisa Dalrymple Illustrator: Suzzane Del Rizzo Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside (2013) Reviewer: Yolanda Ridge ISBN: 9781554552313 Stewie is a skink with a beautiful blue tail and a love of songs and rhyme. Lisa Dalrymple’s delightful picture book, aimed at five to eight-year old readers, follows Stewie the blue through the trails of adolescence […]
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The Industrial Revolution for Kids
Title: The Industrial Revolution for Kids: The People and Technology that Changed the World Author: Cheryl Mullenbach Publisher: Chicago Review Press (August, 2014) Reviewer: Yolanda Ridge ISBN: 9781613746905 I had the privilege of interviewing Cheryl Mullenbach, a former middle and high school history teacher and state education department consultant, for the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors. Check out […]
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
Title: Compost Stew Author: Mary McKenna Siddals Illustrator: Ashley Wolff Publisher: Tricycle (2010) I just featured this title on the Authors for Earth Day Facebook page as the Eco-Book of the Month. It is scheduled for release in paperback in October. Here’s my blurb: This rhythmic, rhyming picture book starts with a call out to environmental chefs to mix up […]
Thicken Thou Skin
My latest thoughts on writing and rejection at The Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors; Thicken Thou Skin.
google doc II
Road Block is now a google doc too.