Category Archives: kidlit

My Father’s Dragon

Posted on January 20, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I’ve spent the past couple of nights reading The Tales of My Father’s Dragon. It got me kind of teary-eyed (though it’s not a teary story) because I’m pretty sure it’s the first book my son handed to me and … Continue reading →

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Bee-Bim Bop

Posted on January 13, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

My son came home from the library this week with a copy of Linda Sue Park’s Bee-Bim Bop. We used to check it out all of the time when he was little. “This is a little young for you, don’t … Continue reading →

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Interview with Kathy Erskine

Posted on January 8, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

A girl with Asperger’s having to face life without her brother–which ultimately means having to deal with the world by herself, which is what all kids with Asperger’s, and all of us, have to do–well, that was a real plot. Continue reading →

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Death and Disney

Posted on January 4, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

SPOILER ALERT We came out of the movie darkness and into the light. My kids were both bawling and the tears didn’t stop, not even after we wandered into the mall for an Aunt Annie’s pretzel and a couple of … Continue reading →

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Will Write for Furnace

Posted on December 14, 2009 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I signed my first children’s book contract this year and in it I found about a dozen potential futures. Some of them were heady: there were clauses and line items about commercial rights and movie and television options. Some of … Continue reading →

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