Saturday, January 19, 2019

"Thirty Minutes Over Oregon" curriculum guide

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Once upon a while ago, I would put together curriculum guides for my books. Life  (surely for all of us)  has gotten busier since then, ...
Friday, January 11, 2019

Featured Speaker at 2019 Texas Library Association Conference

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Among authors of books for young readers, the Texas Library Association Conference holds an almost mythic status. Some say it's the sec...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Most humbling "Batman & Bill" tweets/posts of 2018

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The documentary Batman & Bill came out in May 2017; the love for it (i.e. for Bill Finger) continued throughout 2018. Not one but two ...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

"Thirty Minutes Over Oregon" on Nerdy Book Club list of best nonfiction picture books of 2018

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Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story is one of the 18 titles elected to the Nerdy Book Club's lis...
Friday, December 28, 2018

"Thirty Minutes Over Oregon" on Fuse #8 list of favorite nonfiction picture books of 2018

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" One of the most interesting titles of the year …  beautifully illustrated, and beautifully told" Congrats to the ot...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Visiting Beatles sites in Hamburg, Germany

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My wife was raised in Hamburg, Germany and so, in a way, were the Beatles. Between 1960 and 1962, the band came there for five engagements,...
Friday, December 21, 2018

"Thirty Minutes Over Oregon" on list of Top 20 Books of 2018

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And not just any list…the list jointly compiled/posted by Mr. Schu (John Schumacher, the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic) an...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

2019 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List

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My two 2018 picture books made the 2019 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List , one of them by unanimous committee vote. Guess which? ...