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- Accepting Dad Dad supporting his gender variant child. Lots of resources.
- Lambda Literary National queer literary organization.
- Reading in Color Teen blog reviewing books about People of Color
- Lee & Low Blog of Lee & Low Books–a publisher of books about diversity
- Through the Tollbooth blog about children’s literature and craft issues
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- Waging Peace Political blog–Women against war exploring and supporting non-military ways of solving conflicts.
- The Pirate Tree Children’s book blog about social justice.
- Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! All sorts of interesting book lists and links.
- Cynsations Cynthia Leitich Smith’s blog about the writing bus.
- Queer YA: Fiction for LGTBQ Teens Review blog of fiction of interest for Queer teens.
- ReadingWithPictures Resources and research for using comics and graphic novels in the classroom
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Writing as a Spiritual Practice
My writing isn’t going well. This makes sense since I’m not actually doing it. I’m not sitting down at a pre-determined time or any other time, either. When I do sit down to work on my novel, I inevitably realize … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged Buddhism, Laraine Herring, spiritual practice, Writer's Block, Writing begins with the breath
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Book Give Aways
I have received some wonderful books that I’ve featured on this website and they are beginning to build up, so I’ve decided to offer them to anyone who posts here who knows a particular child or a particular community that … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Homeless students
This was a very touching story about homeless kids excited to learn. It was in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/education/02winerip.html?_r=2
Posted in Current Events
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Life, Love, and Lesbian Literature
So, this has been a crazy past couple of weeks for me. I spent last week preparing to give a talk about graphic novels at the New England SCBWI conference, and as I was packing to go on thursday evening, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Lists, Current Events, Organizations, Thoughts
Tagged foster care, GLBTQ, Lesbian, Nancy Garden, SCBWI, VCFA
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Picture Books about Fear and Violence
This is another list of books generated on my grad school’s student forum. This one is about dark picture books. I’ve listed a few of these books elsewhere. I’ve talked a lot on this blog about my opinion about what … Continue reading
