Tag: eugenia
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December 6, 2022
I was in the grocery store last week and a woman came up to me and told me that she and her four-year old son had been reading A Very Mercy Christmas every night before bed. “He calls the it the book where Eugenia smiles,” the mother said to me. “Wait,” I said. “Does she…
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October 28, 2020
“What is Eugenia’s middle name?” Maddy, who is five years old, asked me this question in a recent letter. People often ask writers where their ideas come from. The answer is complicated; but sometimes, a story shows up when you ask the right question. For me, “What is Eugenia’s middle name?” is the right question.…
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April 16, 2020
Here is a happy thing: I saw a child in a bike buggy go whizzing past me. The kid had on a helmet and was holding a book. The father was pedaling furiously. I thought: how great is that? Riding and reading. The father stopped the bike suddenly. He called out something to a neighbor.…
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November 7, 2019
TWO EUGENIA STORIES At the Carle Museum on Saturday, a young girl came through the line and said: “I love that book about Eugenia Lincoln. Guess what I asked for after I read it?” “What?” I said. “An accordion,” she said. “You’re kidding! Did you get it?” “I did! I got an accordion.” “Tell her…
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February 12, 2019
From a reader named Tom: “I just read your book, Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package . . . Eugenia found out how to play the accordion. I liked how her hands trembled when she played the notes. I like how the accordion made Eugenia’s grumpiness turn into happiness.” Dear Tom, Your letter made my…
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August 29, 2018
At the beginning of summer, I was in the grocery store (in the dairy aisle) when a woman came up to me and said, “Oh, I’ve been hoping I would run into you. I teach first grade and I have to tell you that on the last day of school, the kids and I were…