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Tag: Fears
Why Spooky Stories? a guest post by Lindsay Currie
We all have fears. We all have struggles. Reading stories that allow us to face some of the spookiest, scariest things the world has to offer in a non-intimidating environment is a great way to balance out those fears.
How I Coped with Death by Moving into a (Fictional) Funeral Home: Managing Anxiety Through Literature and Creativity, a guest post by Emma K. Ohland
Funeral Girl is about sixteen-year-old Georgia Richter who lives in her family’s funeral home--she is literally surrounded by death, which doesn’t help her death anxiety. To make matters more difficult, she can speak to the dead.
How to Befriend Your Fears, a guest post by Ryan La Sala
We can’t always understand the things that scare us, but scary stories are the safest places to experience our fears again and again, as many times as it takes for them to become comfortably familiar.
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A Message to My Younger Self, a guest post by Erin Entrada Kelly
Every time I write and illustrate a new adventure for Marisol, I’m reaching back thirty-five years, whispering to a younger version of myself, saying: You are not invisible. You are not alone.
Book Review: Let the Monster Out by Chad Lucas
It might be the "creepy" factor that will interest kids in picking up this book, but it's the layers to the story and the complicated, authentic characters that will keep kids reading.
On Overcoming Fears and Becoming Superheroes, a guest post by Christina Li
I was quite a shy and fearful child. Speaking up in class terrified me. I wanted to become an author, but I was scared I wouldn’t know how to write. As one of the few Asian kids in my Midwestern hometown, I was reluctant to embrace the culture of my Chinese-American immigrant family. Time and […]
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