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It's All About...Cooking Up Ideas In November

    It's All About...Cooking Up Ideas In November

    Mira Reisberg Jan 4, 2025

    November is a perfect month for cooking up delicious ideas. Here are a few prompts to help with inspiration: 1. Write a list of your favorite childhood dishes. Then note a...

    This Book Makes Me Think About: Bing, Bop, Bam Time to Jam! By Valerie Bolling and Sabrena Khadija

      This Book Makes Me Think About: Bing, Bop, Bam Time to Jam! By Valerie Bolling and Sabrena Khadija

      Mira Reisberg Dec 26, 2024

      Bing, Bop, Bam: Time to Jam is the latest collaboration of Valerie Bolling and Sabrina Khadija, and it will surely make your heart sing. The duo creates a colorful community of...

      Coming Out On Top

        Coming Out On Top

        Mira Reisberg Dec 2, 2024

        “I am right!” “I am better!”Competition demands striving to place ourselves above.To be the highest, not the lowest.To be at the top, not the bottom.How can children learn that competing...

        Embracing Comfort in Children's Books

          Embracing Comfort in Children's Books

          Mira Reisberg Nov 12, 2024

          ​What keeps a young child smiling and secure 24-7? Their loving parents? Doting grandparents? How about their comfort toy or blankie! “Transitional Object” is the technical term for these prized possessions...

          COOKING UP IDEAS IN NOVEMBER with Melissa Stoller

            COOKING UP IDEAS IN NOVEMBER with Melissa Stoller

            Mira Reisberg Nov 11, 2024

            It's all about Fall foods for November's inspiration. Follow these prompts to cook up ideas for future fiction and nonfictions children's book stories.

            It's All About... Colorful Ideas In October

              It's All About... Colorful Ideas In October

              Mira Reisberg Oct 14, 2024

              What Makes Community

                What Makes Community

                Mira Reisberg Oct 7, 2024

                Sukkot, the week-long harvest festival, is named for huts: in Hebrew, one hut is a sukkah, and many are sukkot. The Sukkot huts have symbolic meaning. In bygone times, farmers...

                A Big Question for Little People…

                  A Big Question for Little People…

                  Mira Reisberg Sep 27, 2024

                  It's All About...Writing In September

                    It's All About...Writing In September

                    Mira Reisberg Sep 13, 2024

                    Character Driving Plot from Mira

                    Character Driving Plot from Mira

                    MIRA REISBERG Aug 13, 2024

                    As KidLit creatives, whenever we look at that blank page, whenever we’re making decisions on where to take a character, whenever we submit our work or attend a conference, we’re...

                    It's All About... Animals In August

                      It's All About... Animals In August

                      Mira Reisberg Aug 12, 2024

                      "Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!"

                        "Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!"

                        Mira Reisberg Aug 5, 2024

                        Reading, Writing, Marketing...OH MY!

                          Reading, Writing, Marketing...OH MY!

                          Mira Reisberg Jul 22, 2024

                          Summer Reading by Melissa Stoller

                            Summer Reading by Melissa Stoller

                            Mira Reisberg Jul 18, 2024

                            For some students summer is about halfway over and for others they are only about three weeks into summer. Regardless, it's never too late to be thinking about summer reading. 

                            It's All About... Jumpstarting July

                              It's All About... Jumpstarting July

                              Mira Reisberg Jul 9, 2024

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