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Would you eat a currant pie or a current pie? Would you see a cygnet or a signet on a lake? Would you write about what happens each day in a dairy or in a diary? Do dear or a deer live in the woods? currant, current A currant is a small, seedless grape or…
Are emotions confusing for your toddler? Does he frown when he is happy? Smile when he is sad? Maybe she acts scared when she is surprised. Or does she act amused when she is mad? Emma: An Emotions Primer is another great addition to the BabyLit collection of books. There is a world of things…
Would you hide a key in a crevasse or in a crevice? Would you invite a critic or a critique to dine at your restaurant? Would you stand in a cue, a Kew, or a queue to get tickets for a movie? crevasse, crevice A crevasse is a deep fissure, or opening, in the earth’s surface or…
Toddlers begin learning about shapes from the toys they play with. Shape sorting cubes are made for children as young as one year old. There are also board books for babies that start teaching the shapes, but what about those of us who want to instill a love of great literature in our young ones…
How long will it take you to clean out your refrigerator on National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day? How many people will you tell to have a bad day on Have a Bad Day Day? Will you take advantage of Stay Home Because You’re Well Day and stay home from work? Have fun finding a peculiar…
What would you do if you found out that the county was going to take your house away? Zollicoffer, Tennessee, is a little town with a big name. Lou Mayhew, who is about to enter the sixth grade, lives there with her parents. Her dad is the local junkman. Lou is not exactly thrilled with…
Is writing letters a form of corespondents, correspondence, or correspondents? Would you learn the definition of cosign or cosine in math class? Would a polite lady courtesy, curtesy, or curtsy? Do children like to play in the creak or the creek? corespondents, correspondence, correspondents Corespondents are the third parties in a divorce preceeding. The divorce case had…
What do deer, reindeer, Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, elves, and a bunny rabbit have to do with the Christmas Cats in Silly Hats? Deer are beautiful creatures. I love to watch them visit the corn feeder we have out for them. Unfortunately for me, they usually visit it after dark or when I’m not looking…
What prompted the author to write this story? How much research did she do? Did she interview any cats or rats before writing this book? Does she find children’s fiction easier or more challenging to write than fiction for adults? How can her fans keep up with what she is working on? NOTE: This interview…
Most people think of rats as nasty disease-ridden animals. But people keep rats as pets, and rats are also kept in laboratories as test subjects. Cats are known for chasing and killing rats. It has been said that cats and rats are incapable of getting along with each other, but the same has been said…
How many sandwiches will you eat on National Sandwich Day? Will you make a pizza on National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day? Will you have an x-ray taken on X-Ray Day? What will you make for dinner on Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day? A historical fiction novel could be written around the…
Jamie Quinn practices family law in Hollywood, Florida, but she always seems to end up handling cases that are about much more than family. This time she is approached to handle a divorce case. Divorce cases are simple, right? Well, not this one. Nan Glasser, the wife of the most famous attorney in town, comes…
Are you a fan of the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes? Do you love studying the Word of God? If you do, this book is for you. I’ll admit that my hopes for this book were not high. Still, I had to discover how the author managed to write a devotional using Sherlock Holmes and the…
How much writing will you do on I Love to Write Day? Will you write a tongue twister in celebration of National Tongue Twister Day? For how long will you study the Fibonacci sequence on Fibonacci Day? Are you going to eat a cookie on Cookie Monster’s Birthday? Choose one or more of the following…
Do those in kindergarten learn their consonance or consonants? Is the flu contagious or contiguous? Would rebels stage a coo or a coup? Does an apple have a core or a corps? consonance, consonants Consonance is agreement. It is also harmony of sounds. She longed for consonance and peace in her life. Consonants are the letters that are not…
Laughter is great medicine. When you read these quirky essays about the humorous aspects of life or listen to them as are driving or cleaning house, they will make you laugh. “A Trip to the Hardware Store” – This is the hilarious tale of a dad who frequents the hardware store because he wants to…
What was the author’s inspiration for this book? How deeply does he develop his characters before beginning to write? Is there some special way he chooses their names? Has he always wanted to write? What advice does he have for those who are trying to have their writing published? What was your inspiration for this…
Everyone deserves a second chance, right? Jed Cooper’s past is rocky, but he has cleaned up his act. Now he is making an honest living as a handyman. But when he is found standing over his employer’s dead body by the local police, it looks as though his past deeds have caught up with him.…
Would you find a conch or a conk on the beach? Do you want to concur or conquer your enemies? If you can see and hear what is going on around you, are you conscience or conscious? complacence, complaisance Complacence is indifference or self-satisfaction. Brittany had so much complacence about her ability to pass the test…
When I think of monsters, I think of scary movies and childhood nightmares. Thanks to my vivid imagination, monsters were always hiding underneath my bed, in my closet, or in the room around the corner. And never wanting to be seen in the light of day, they were always hiding in the dark. Not all…
With Halloween right around the corner, everywhere we look we see the orange and black color scheme, decorations of skeletons, ghouls, witches, and ghosts. When you go into the city, you see store aisles and occasionally entire stores dedicated in celebration of the darkest holiday of the year. On this day of vampires, witches, and…
So, you want to write about the zombie apocalypse, but you don’t want to travel down the same beaten path as the ones before you. How many times can you tell the same story and still keep readers on the edge of their seats? You can do it several times as long as you change…
A young governess travels to a secluded estate to care for two children. She discovers, much to her horror that a couple of ghosts are hanging around, and these children are communicating with them. The governess fears that these ghosts are evil and attempting to possess the children. The rather creepy children know about these…
The literary incarnation of the vampire has changed significantly over the last few years. Gone is the eerie, long shadow casting creeping of Max Scheck’s portrayal of Nosferatu, lost is the sophisticated charm and bloodlust evoked by greats such as Bela Lagosi and Christopher Lee to such great effect. It seems the current public image…
