![]() I’m especially hungry for more middle grade. ![]() Let’s nurture the next generation of activists and advocates! Climate change and pollution (still looking for a great book about plastic) are topics I very much want to see more books about across all ages. ![]() I’m particularly passionate about the environment, conservation, animal welfare, and social justice and these are all themes I’m always happy to see in picture books. I would especially love to see more biographies about young climate activists. I’d love to find more biographies and what some call “ficinformational” picture books (books with a fictional story that ties into the Common Core, or with a true-life story that has been fictionalized but includes factual back matter), a la Jess Keating’s EAT YOUR ROCKS, CROC! and Karen Jameson’s WHERE THE WEE ONES GO as examples of the former and Carole Lindstrom’s WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS and Laurel Neme’s THE ELEPHANT’S NEW SHOE for the latter. (Science! Biographies! Common Core topics made fun!). I’m also on the hunt for nonfiction picture books. I’m looking for picture books that inspire emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and empathy in a non-didactic way. And, on the other side of things, I’d like to find something sweet with a deeper meaning and beautiful language. I love irreverent character driven stories with a surprise ending or twist. ![]() I’m looking for picture books, middle grade, and YA (no chapter books please).įor picture books, I love to laugh. ![]()
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Neely gets a break when she is hired to dance in a show starring a famous actress named Helen Lawson, and then gets noticed for her ability and becomes an understudy to a big role. Through Burke she meets Jennifer North, a beautiful model who gets acting opportunities despite having no discernible talent. Anne is courted by a man named Allen Cooper, but falls in love with a man who worked in the law office named Lyon Burke. At her humble boarding house, Anne meets Ethel O’Neil, called Neely, who is a dancer seeking her big break. ![]() She secures a job at a law office and quickly becomes one of their most valuable employees. She is advised by an employment agency to look into modeling because of her looks, but Anne prefers office work. The story begins in 1945 as the beautiful 19-year-old Anne Welles arrives in New York City seeking work. A story about drug use and drama behind the scenes in show business, many of the characters were based on real-life celebrities. It was a runaway bestseller upon release and remains one of the best-selling novels of all time. Valley of the Dolls is the 1966 debut novel by Jacqueline Susann. ![]() ![]() ![]() Noel Streatfeild was astonished by the success of Ballet Shoes, her first book for children. In her best books the reader has the experience of living intensely with the child characters, understanding exactly how they feel about things, and why -perhaps this is why her books still seem alive to young readers 50 years after they were written. She wrote 58 books for children many are still in print, including her most popular title Ballet Shoes. ![]() ![]() She could think herself back into childhood and recall the delights of pets and holidays and Christmas - as well as the miseries of being snubbed, overlooked and excluded. Noel claimed to have a 'blotting paper memory' that was the secret of her success as a writer. Her ten years on the stage were not very successful but they gave her valuable knowledge of theatre life to use later in her books. She worked in a munitions factory during World War I and after the war went off to train as an actress. She always shone in the plays she and her sisters put on for her father's parish causes. ![]() Her older sister was pretty and delicate, her younger sister clever and beautiful - Noel saw herself as the plain one and made her mark by being quite rebellious. Noel Streatfeild was born in Amberley, Sussex, the second daughter of a clergyman. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the right people saw it, clearly, because in 2017 Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions brought the book to J.J. The book was well-received, and while it was successful in genre circles, it didn't quite land on any New York Times bestseller lists. ![]() When author Matt Ruff's pulpy, historical fiction/sci-fi/horror/fantasy genre-bender of a novel Lovecraft Country was released in 2016, it wasn't immediately a massive hit. Here are all the biggest changes, and points of comparison, between HBO's Lovecraft Country and the novel by Matt Ruff.Showrunner Misha Green says Ruff's book was "a beautiful jumping-off point" for the series.HBO's new series Lovecraft Country is based upon the book of the same name by Matt Ruff, which was released in 2016.Spoiler warning: The following story contains spoilers for HBO's Lovecraft Country. ![]() ![]() She has had books selected for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed, or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, People, and USA Today and appeared on many newscasts including local television and Entertainment Tonight. ![]() Dalton, Georgia Romance Writers, Affaire de Coeur, Romantic Times, and more. She is pleased to have been published in approximately twenty languages, and to have been honored with awards frorn Waldenbooks. ![]() Heather was a founding member of the Florida Romance Writers chapter of RWA and, since 1999, has hosted the Romantic Times Vampire Ball, with all revenues going directly to children's charity. She wrote the launch books for the Dell's Ecstasy Supreme line, Silhouette's Shadows, and for Harlequin's mainstream fiction imprint, Mira Books. After some trial and error, she sold her first book, WHEN NEXT WE LOVE, in 1982 and since then, she has written over one hundred novels and novellas including category, romantic suspense, historical romance, vampire fiction, time travel, occult, and Christmas holiday fare. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write, working on short horror stories and romances. ![]() New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. ![]() Also published as Heather Graham Pozzessere and Shannon Drake. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was Dean of the Council for Educational Development from 1980 to 1984 and Dean of Undergraduate and Intercollege Curricular Development at UCLA from 1984 to 1991. He moved to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was an assistant professor, 1966–68 associate professor, 1969–72, and full professor from 1972 to 1994. Academic career Īfter serving as Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School (1959–62) and completing his doctoral degree, he joined the faculty of Princeton as an instructor in 1964 and an assistant professor in 1965-66. He had four children with his first wife, Chris Workum Nash, and had nine grandchildren. Shelton, a former graduate student of his. ![]() Nash was married for 40 years to Cynthia J. Weeks (DD-701), where he was antisubmarine officer and then gunnery officer. He attended Princeton University, where he earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees (BA 1955, PhD 1964). Nash was born in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, suburb of Merion where he attended Lower Merion High School. ![]() He concentrated on the Revolutionary period, slavery and race, as well as the formation of political communities in Philadelphia and other cities. Gary Baring Nash (J – J) was an American historian. ![]() ![]() Tradition credits Ambrose with developing an antiphonal chant, known as Ambrosian chant, and for composing the " Te Deum" hymn, though modern scholars now reject both of these attributions. As bishop, he took a firm position against Arianism and attempted to mediate the conflict between the emperors Theodosius I and Magnus Maximus. ![]() His preachings, his actions and his literary works, in addition to his innovative musical hymnography, made him one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century.Īmbrose was serving as the Roman governor of Aemilia- Liguria in Milan when he was unexpectedly made Bishop of Milan in 374 by popular acclamation. He left a substantial collection of writings, of which the best known include the ethical commentary De officiis ministrorum (377–391), and the exegetical Exameron (386–390). He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promoting Roman Christianity against Arianism and paganism. 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. ![]() ![]() ![]() Filioque, anti-paganism, mother of the Church Īmbrose of Milan ( Latin: Aurelius Ambrosius c. ![]() ![]() Even through a hail of gunfire, Homer never loses heart-but will he find his brother? Or will it be too late?With engaging wit and comical repartee reminiscent of Mark Twain, master storyteller Rodman Philbrick introduces us to the unforgettable character of Homer in this groundbreaking historical novel. With laugh-aloud humor, Homer outwits and outruns a colorful assortment of Civil War-era thieves, scallywags, and spies as he makes his way south, following clues that finally lead him to the Battle of Gettysburg and the dramatic story of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top. history!In this emotive Newbery Honor-winning page-turner, 12 year-old orphan Homer runs away from Pine Swamp, Maine, to find his older brother, Harold, who has been sold into the Union Army. A Newbery Honor Book, this warm, funny, & heart-wrenching Civil War novel introduces readers to the Battle of Gettysburg & "Little Round Top," one of the most famous feats of bravery in U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since the new year, I've actually been reading again! I've been writing more. I'm finding balance and clarity and purpose in new ways. At 36, I might actually know who I want to be when I grow up. Not that much of anything has actually changed. It seems like I might finally be moving out of survival mode. ![]() In all, it's been a wild couple of years. I destroyed a couple of hard drives and an entire MacBook. A whole bunch of my closest friends have moved out of state. My husband lost his job and went back to working freelance. ![]() I lost my day job, found a new job, lost that job and am now getting ready to start yet another job. In that time, I saw The Trick to Landing published and contributed a short story to Coming Home, a beautiful anthology centered around adoption. It's been more than three years since my last post here. ![]() |