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Genre Jumper: Jacqueline Jules

Posted on February 10, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

You should see the variety of items Jacqueline Jules brings in to our writing critique group every other week. Picture books, poems, middle-grades, early readers. You name it, Jackie’s written it. This week, on the cusp of  the publication of … Continue reading →

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Genre Jumper: Deborah Heiligman

Posted on January 23, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Though she’s been writing for a long time, the first book I read of Deborah Heiligman’s was Intentions, which won the Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teen Readers last year. If you’ve read it, you know how different it is … Continue reading →

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Genre Jumper: Sarah Sullivan

Posted on December 9, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I started jumping from picture books to other kid-lit genres due to curiosity, an itchy typing finger, and knowing that what I needed to say would sometimes take more than 500 words. It was not what I’d call a stroke … Continue reading →

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George’s People, Marfé’s Book

Posted on October 8, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

The government is shut down, but Mount Vernon is open, so it seems like a fine time to focus on a book about George Washington, whose estate is front and center in Marfé Ferguson Delano’s Master George’s People: George Washington, His … Continue reading →

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Erica Perl

Posted on July 27, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I have yet to see Erica Perl in a pair of Clark-Kent glasses, but if she did wear them — and then took them off — there’s a distinct possibility that she’d  sprout a leotard and cape. Because Erica is … Continue reading →

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