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Hello, May Flowers!

Ah, May…the month of celebrating moms, first visits to the lake or pool, last days of school for some lucky kiddos, and gardens just starting to bloom with those colorful, gorgeous harbingers of summer—flowers. In celebration of May and all it has to offer, I turn my focus today to From Bulb to Tulip (cover […]Read more "Hello, May Flowers!"
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To Tinker or Not to Tinker

I picked up a new book from the library* yesterday: Between You & Me by New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris. I’m already smitten, so I thought I’d share a passage I particularly appreciated. But good writers have a reason for doing things the way they do them, and if you tinker with their work, […]Read more "To Tinker or Not to Tinker"
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Free Book Friday: Prairie Fire

Free Book Friday is back! This week, enter to win Prairie Fire, the sequel to E. K. Johnston’s much-lauded The Story of Owen. Listen! For the song of Owen Thorskard has a second verse. Every dragon slayer owes the Oil Watch a period of service, and young Owen was no exception. What made him different was […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Prairie Fire"
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Meet Alix Reid! [Part 2]

Alix Reid, the new editorial director of Carolrhoda Books and Carolrhoda Lab, is back on the blog to answer more questions, this time talking about her favorite books, hobbies, and what she’d be if she wasn’t an editor. (In case you missed it, you can find the first round of Q&A here.) 1. What were […]Read more "Meet Alix Reid! [Part 2]"
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Dancing Dreams

What did you want to be when you were little? I wanted to be a dancer. I took ballet lessons in my early years, and, when I wasn’t in class, I spent many hours twirling around the family room of my childhood home in a leotard, tutu, and pink ballet shoes. Of course, I became […]Read more "Dancing Dreams"