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Nomad Press
If you’ve poked (polked?) around Polka Dot Suitcase at all, you know I’ve got a couple books out, published by Nomad Press. Since we’re wrapping up the Blogathon, I’m working on little sleep last night (courtesy of a thunderstorm/deadline one-two punch), and I feel like I need a breather…I just want to direct your attention to this great little publisher. It’s an indy publisher from Vermont, in the land of Yankees where they grow people rugged … Read entire article »
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Energy book giveaway!
The guys were testing this week. I know what you’re thinking: Kids are challenging every day. Yuk, yuk, yuk. Yes, they are. But my guys were taking their end-of-year exams this week. On Tuesday, it was just under three hours of tests (unless I added wrong…sheesh, good think I’m knot taking them thar tests!). I tell you, good thing my parents raised me right, too. The temptation to peek in at their answers was overwhelming. I … Read entire article »
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ENERGY won an award!
Hey, just heard that my third book, Energy: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power and How We Get It just won a children’s book award! It got a silver medal in the environment category. How fun is that?! … Read entire article »
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Yay! Nice Energy review
So, I was trying to find a “toot your own horn” category to place this under, but the idea of ego-stroking still makes me squirm — maybe a leftover token from my Catholic upbringing? So I’ll just file this under “education.” But in any event, the National Science Teachers Association has a really generous review of my third book, Energy: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power and How We Get it. Many thanks to … Read entire article »
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Energize, Scotty! Energy: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power…
Totally tickled to announce my new book is out! Energy: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power and How We Get It just showed up on my doorstep late last week. (My next book is Titles: How to Make Them As Long As Possible and Why We Do It, coming soon.) It looks pretty slick — the illustrator did a fun job with the pictures and the layout team really did a super job. If you’ve got … Read entire article »
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