Author Archives: madelynruth@yahoo.com

Sydney Taylor

Posted on January 10, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

This is my copy of All-of-a-Kind Family, the first in a series of books by Sydney Taylor. I loved this book as a kid and I still show it off when I visit schools. Because when I discovered this book, I … Continue reading →

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Eleven

Posted on January 7, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I finally finished watching Stranger Things with my family and now I feel like I’m caught up culturally again, even if the Post put Millie Bobby Brown on the out list this year. (Not in my house, Post!) Storm Reid … Continue reading →

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Take Care

Posted on January 7, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Take Care, a picture book about taking care of the world — and each other — came out this week. It’s illustrated by Giuliana Gregori. I write about where the idea for the book started over here and I don’t … Continue reading →

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Self Defense

Posted on January 7, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I see posts online at the start of each year with recommendations on “how authors should behave,” a list of things we should do and not do in the year ahead, mostly related to social media and reviews and writing … Continue reading →

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Putting it out to the universe…

Posted on January 7, 2018 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

My friend Kristen Lippert-Martin said recently that if there were things I wanted to do, I should just put them out there to the universe. She meant mentioning it to actual humans in the hopes that they might have connections … Continue reading →

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