Posted on January 30th, 2012 by sitwithakid
We got news and quotes back from our printer, so this seemed like the perfect time to catch everyone up on how our quest has progressed so far and where we’re at now. For those few of you who don’t know or who haven’t looked anywhere else on our blog, we’re attempting to publish a […]
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Posted on January 22nd, 2012 by sitwithakid
Books are like agates. I always end my school presentations for the book, Agate, with this line. Books and agates have this in common: they both make us want to pick them up because we know there is something truly special inside. Learn, teach, have fun You can learn anything from a book. Stephen Chu, […]
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Posted on January 16th, 2012 by sitwithakid
Our DoU series (wish us luck with the publishing!) is all about making choices – kind of like life. In our series, all roads lead home, which I particularly like. That makes it easier to understand that no choice is the “wrong” one. My grandpa used to say: “If it’s a hard choice, neither one […]
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Posted on January 8th, 2012 by sitwithakid
The reason so many stories use this opening is that it works! You are immediately transported to the land of the story – in almost any place, time, or culture (for example [from wikipedia]): German: Es war einmal… ‘Once there was…’ French: Il était une fois… ‘There was a time…’ Norwegian: Det var en gang… […]
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Posted on January 1st, 2012 by sitwithakid
Our first post! 😀
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