with a nice hot beverage and a good story. Tea recipes here at Big Food tomorrow, and then it’s coffee time! If you’ve already gotten Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, you can help me issue a second edition with a different cover by tossing some change into
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Miss M made the paper Christmas Star many years ago. Beautiful, isn’t it? And vaguely familiar. It was an inspiration to Daughter C–illustrator of Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School.
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Have I told this story before? When I was writing Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, I had an easel on which one, of many, things to help me and the story stay organized was a timeline of the story’s events. I was writing along with the aim–obviously–of
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He is quite the character! And believe-you-me, Mr. Turkey is well acquainted with the particulars of Early American History. These family reading ‘gift’ posts are cross-posted from the Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School, the website for my book, Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. Here’s what one
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Recipe: Vánočka (Czech Christmas Bread) Reposted from December 20, 2021 You could say it’s an annual Christmas tradition! Mr. Big Food will be making this year’s loaf tomorrow, which is Marica Cooks Tuesday. So I’ve chosen to make Chicken Merlot with Mushrooms in the slow cooker so he has the kitchen all to himself. Recipe:
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Well, sure. Why not? It has an index, too. I mean, how are you supposed to remember where that quote from Abigail Adams is without an index? Likewise, how do you appreciate the humor in Charles*–the Leader of the Prairie Voles–argument that the name of the school should be changed, if you don’t know a
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Yay! Another re-post from the Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School, the website for my middle-grade, young adult kids’s book, Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School (on sale now at many many online book sellers). “It’s Parliamentary, Sir” | A Gift from Chapter XII of Miss Missy’s School
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Cross-posted from the Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School which I probably should have noted five or six posts ago. These post are addressed to kids! You should wander over there and give it a follow. Lots & lots of stuff for Kid Readers & Writers. “Recess? Never Heard of It” | A Gift from
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Dear Readers, Hope eveyone has been enjoying the gifts from Miss Missy’s Schoool. I’m sorry but there is no new family reading time short story gift from Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of farm Dogs Starts a School today. Trying to catch up. It’s a busy time of year. 🙂 Meanwhile, I want to be
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Dear Readers and Their Grownups, We’re just about one-third of the way through Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. You will never guess what happens in this chapter! If this is the first “gift” from Miss Missy’s School you’ve seen, the gift is the gift of family reading. We’re posting
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Dear Readers and Their Grownups, We’re continuing on with short story gifts from Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. We’ll be posting these family reading excerpts–from almost the whole book!–now until Christmas. We started by sharing our idea for these family reading night gifts, and the letter Missy wrote to readers
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Dear Readers and Their Grownups, We’re continuing on with short story gifts from Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. We’ll be posting these family reading excerpts–from almost the whole book!–from now until Christmas. Learn more about these gifts here. Last night in the story Missy and her Dear Friend Rocky discovered
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It’s called ‘Perfect’ for a reason. Before we get to the recipes–regular and adaptation for bread machine–I’d like to draw your attention to something amazing. From time to time I go on a “Please hit the tip jar” campaign and many of you are kind enough to contribute. I assume it’s because you like what
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Dear Readers, Writers, and Their Grownups, Yesterday we shared the news that Miss Missy’s School is going to be giving you free gifts from now until Christmas. And we showed you the letter Missy wrote for the back of the book blurb. From now on, our gifts to you will be sneak-peeks of chapters from Miss Missy’s
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A Gift from Miss Missy’s School Dear Readers, Writers, and Their Grownups, This Christmastime and Holiday Season, all of us at Miss Missy’s School would love to give you the gift of family reading. If you’ve read our book for middle-grade and young adult readers and their grownups, please pass along to your family and
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Don’t forget, Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School is on awesome sale at Amazon. Check out more Kid Blog posts. Visit Miss Missy’s School to preview this fun (and educational) book for middle-grade and young adult kids and their grownups! Er the Gobble-uns’ll git you Dear Readers and Writers– That
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The Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School has short posts about some aspects of reading and writing. We start with something from Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, and then turn to children’s book writers from the past to continue the topic. By the way–Miss Missy’s School is on tremendous
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I’d just like to pass along a couple of thoughts this afternoon. First, this coming Sunday I will turn one year younger than standard retirement age. Should be a good day, though I long ago retired from my day job to become a lady of leisure with nothing better to do than blog. I have
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Tiger the Cat is a member of Missy’s pack from Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. On sale now at Amazon! This is a little post at the Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School where you can preview the book for middle-grade and young adult kids and their gornwups. Too
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What happens when Missy and her Dear Friend, Rocky find a poor scrawny little fox hound crouching over her pup? The hound asks, “Please, please. C-c-can me and my son crawl under your porch? Little Tommy is so wet and I’m afraid he’ll c-c-catch his death if I cain’t get him outta the wind,” she
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