Tag: character
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March 19, 2015
When kids (and adults) ask me where I get the ideas for my stories, I tell them that I keep a notebook with me. Always. In the notebook, I write down what I see and what I overhear. I write down character names that pop into my head. I write down images that haunt me.…
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February 23, 2012
A potato masquerading as a pig! This delighted me no end and I wanted to share it with you. Cathy S. (a school librarian in Missouri) asked her students to use a potato to create their favorite character from a book. The Mercy Watson potato you see here is the work of a kindergartner named…