Author Archives: madelynruth@yahoo.com

Bigger than a Breadbox

Posted on September 21, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

There are many different types of bravery, and one type is imbued in the pages of Laurel Snyder’s Bigger than a Breadbox, set to be released on Sept. 27th. It’s a story about magic, primarily, but interwoven in that magic … Continue reading →

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Five for Friday

Posted on September 9, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

My friend Wendy Shang wrote once (in her blog? on Facebook?) about how psyched she was when she got her first ISBN number. I totally understood what she was saying this week when I got my own. It came with … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading

Posted on August 23, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

You know, for kids: Today is the book birthday for Darth Paper Strikes Back, an Origami Yoda Book by Tom Angleberger. In our house, this has been the most highly anticipated book of the summer. We got a hold of … Continue reading →

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Serendipity

Posted on August 22, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

The Savages lived two houses down from us on our dead-end street in Blacksburg, Va. I never knew Lon Savage well because when you’re a kid, adults only seem to enter your life when they yell at you (the Savages … Continue reading →

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The Mostly True Story of Jack and Kelly

Posted on July 25, 2011 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I’ve decided that when I say “today on the couch” I sound too much like a therapist. Besides, Kelly Barnhill, another member of The Lindsay Situation*, doesn’t seem like the sort of person who sits still for very long. If … Continue reading →

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