This is a re-post from July 2021 (seems like yesterday). I left it as originally written but I’ll add a bit. I was skimming through The Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books in English (Victor Watson, ed., Cambridge University Press 2001) yesterday and read the entry on Randall Jarrell (1914-1965). Jarrell was a brilliant poet–he was
For those who enjoyed reading What Are the Odds? and clicked to read more about Missy’s Epic Novel, I packaged the entire tale–edited and with added scenes–into a single, very funny short story (PDF). See the description below. Use coupon code epic! to take 20% off at checkout. Just click here or on the image.
Cross-posted from the Kid Blog at Miss Missy’s School, the website for my children’s chapter book, Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. At the Kid Blog I talk with kids (and their grownups) about reading and writing. Please click on over–I’d welcome your comments. Original illustrations by Richard Doyle (published 1869) Princess Nobody
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
Dear Readers and Bloggers, We’re having recurring difficulties over at Miss Missy’s School. Posts aren’t showing up in the WP Reader again. If you’ve enjoyed the occasional re-posts from the Kid Blog, where the author of this family-friendly book (that’s me) talks with kids about reading and writing, the Grownup Blog, where I discuss what
Dear Readers and their grownups, A lot of pretty exciting things happened back in the days before Missy and her pack rescued the nameless, homeless hound and her pup, and eventually realized they needed a school for all of the animals living on or near Farther Along Farm. The Times Before Miss Missy’s School is a collection
I am wandering around January 2016 looking for a recipe to post–it will probably be spicy deer meat burgers–and I came across this and laughed out loud. For the new folk–Daughter C, as she’s known here on the blog, and her husband, The J-Man, used to live on The Farm. It’s a big place. The
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviews of Miss Missy’s School ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I fell in love with this pack of dogs and their people ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I am sure I have shared this little “Ah-ha!” moment before, but I’ll do it again. When I was getting started digging into how to publish Miss Missy’s School, I started coming across phrases like
Literature Primers: Greek Literature. R.C. Jebb. American Book Company, New York. 1890. That’s a post from back in 2016 and I can certainly understand the sentiment. But I’m inclined to say the alphabet itself is “one of the most precious things to come down from the past.” Where besides Miss Missy’s School are kids going to
“Wholly charmed by Miss Missy, I was caught unawares by a book unique in many dimensions. Not just a child’s book, though children will indeed love it for the dogs’ adventures, surprisingly it is also…
For those who haven’t seen the new page, “Marica’s Other Places,” in the menu (above), I thought I’d share it as a post. I’ll add a bit more commentary than what’s at the page. I’m hoping you will be so impressed with the variety of content that’s available in my little empire [we don’t really
What a day. No really. It’s beautiful out there. The bluejays are out first thing in the morning squaking their heads off. Robins are everywhere again. Sun burned off the little bit of fog. Very nice. I, however, spent most of the day inside. This morning I finally solved the WordPress JetPack problem that had
The blurb Missy wrote for the back cover of Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School says, in part, In our tale there are no dragons for heroes to slay, or world for wizards to save. … I know you’ll love our story! We are an entertaining pack, and
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
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
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
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:
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
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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