I was an only child…with a really big family! The way I grew up, relatives who lived outside your house were just as much “family” as the ones who lived inside it. My family included many aunts and uncles, and lots of cousins to play with. People always ask if I was spoiled as an… Read more »
October 2010
Your Friend, Cynthia Leitich Smith
Dear Reader: I hope you enjoy HOLLER LOUDLY! It’s a celebration of my love of public libraries, small towns, and the southwest. When I was growing up, my mama took me to the public library every Saturday morning. First, I’d go the “new” section, so I could see what had come in. My goal was… Read more »
Your Friend, Tameka Fryer Brown
Dear Reader, How are you? Fine I hope. As for me, I’m very excited these days because I have just published my first picture book called AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS’ DAY. AROUND OUR WAY is special to me because it was inspired by the place where I grew up: Miami, Florida. Miami is a… Read more »
HOLLER LOUDLY
Author Cynthia Leitich Smith has made it darn-tootin’ easy for her charming tall tale, HOLLER LOUDLY, to be assimilated in Pre-K through Grade 2 classrooms anywhere in the USA. Why, she’s gone and had some larger-than-life cross-curricular classroom guides made that are packed with age-appropriate reading comprehension, vocabulary building, grammar, mathematics, spatial awareness, science, social studies, music,… Read more »
AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS’ DAY
Tameka Fryer Brown’s AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS’ DAY is a vibrant, poetic celebration of a diverse community of friendly people enjoying life together. The Teacher Activity Guide posted below has been designed to compliment the text and illustrations in an artistic, creative, and sensorial way. Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day Teacher Activity Guide
A Peek at Tameka’s Office!
Wherever my laptop computer is, that is my office. Sometimes I have a dining room office… Sometimes I have a living room office… And sometimes I have a bedroom office. A traveling office works for me! Read more about Tameka on her website HERE.
