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The importance of play: how turning a problem into a game can foster creative problem-solving skills, a guest post by Candy James
Being a parent teaches you many things, none more so than these two sageries: long, difficult tasks do not get any easier with age, and problems rarely go away by themselves.
Wild Mustangs Made Me a Writer, a guest post by author Jennifer Adam
Jennifer Adam, author of the upcoming Lark and the Wild Hunt, shares how mustangs helped make her a writer
All the Ways to Be Strong and Brave, a guest post by Laurie Morrison
I hope that we can make a concerted effort to celebrate the strength and courage of all kinds of characters—and all kinds of people.
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Every Little Piece, a guest post by Betty Culley
One day last summer two surprises arrived—one in my inbox and one by snail mail. The first was an email with the beautiful cover art for my verse novel THE NAME SHE GAVE ME. The second was my original birth certificate, which I also saw for the first time.
From Snow to Grow to Glow, a guest post by Naz Kutub
This book is my proudest accomplishment, and I hope that young, marginalized, underrepresented teens of the future who look like me won’t have to travel the world just to see themselves in a story.
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The Transformative Power of Imagination, a guest post by by Helena Ku Rhee
My parents often apologize to me for my childhood because they imagine it must have been a tough time—especially since, for them, that period was one of hardship. But the childhood they believe I had differs vastly from the one that exists in my memory.
Dyslexic Doesn’t Mean Dumb, a guest post by Tom Phillips
I wrote a book perfect for the reluctant reader, because I was one. I wrote a book for kids who are trying to figure out their place in the world. I wrote a book for that 4th grade Tommy who was so smart he convinced himself he was dumb.
Power and Choice: How a Pandemic-Written Adventure Can Model the Future, a guest post by Diane Magras
Kids being brave, creating change, determined to make this world a better one: That’s really what my book is about. I like that all the lockdown despair ended up in such a hopeful place.
“You Mean Not Everybody Feels Like This?”: Self-Discovery Through Writing, a guest post by Andrew Joseph White
When I was growing up, if I had a big feeling about something, books were the first place I turned…but there was nothing on the shelves that could have helped me learn about being queer, or trans, or autistic.
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