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Your Friend, Susanna Reich

May 7, 2012
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ShareDear Readers: Thank you for reading Minette’s Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat. I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did writing it! When I was a kid, my whole family used to watch “The French Chef,” Julia Child’s cooking show on TV. She was enthusiastic, skillful, [...]

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What’s Your Story, Susanna Reich?

May 6, 2012
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ShareI was born in New York City and lived in the Bronx with my parents and my older brother, Matthew, until I was 7. Our apartment was across the street from a big park, and Matthew and I spent a lot of time in the playground. When I was very small my favorite spot was [...]

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Welcome to ReaderKidZ, May 2012

April 30, 2012
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ShareThe stories about the lives of real people are fascinating to many young readers. They like to find out who famous people were as children and how they grew up to do the things they became famous for. Or learn about the lives of people they’ve never heard of but who are a part of [...]

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Water Sings Blue – Giveaway

April 8, 2012
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ShareYou know, it’s always a joy to spend time with special guests, such as Kate Coombs. Not only is she a brilliant author, poet, and generally delightful individual – the lovely lady is generous, as well. We’re thrilled to have Kate featured as our Author-in-Residence for April, National Poetry Month. And, what’s equally exciting is [...]

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A Letter to Readers from Kate Coombs

April 5, 2012
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ShareDear Reader, Water Sings Blue started when I wrote a poem about a jellyfish. I was thinking about how jellyfish look like those glass cake dishes—you know, the ones with a glass dome on top that has a kind of ruffled edge? Anyway, I turned that into a poem. And then I decided I’d like [...]

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What’s Your Story, Kate Coombs?

April 3, 2012
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ShareI grew up in Camarillo, California, where I spent every minute I could reading. When I was little, my parents read us stacks of bedtime stories every ight. Then when my sister and I got old enough, we rode our bikes to the library every Saturday and picked out 10 books—which was the limit. I [...]

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Welcome to ReaderKidZ, April 2012

April 1, 2012
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ShareKids love to play with words. Almost as soon as they’re old enough to babble and coo, they begin to experiment with the sounds of language. Nursery rhymes, simple chants, made-up songs, and poems of all kinds fill those early years with delight. This month’s Author-In-Residence, Kate Coombs, knows all about the magic of words. [...]

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