Tag Archives: kidlit

Cover Reveal: One Small Hop

Posted on September 9, 2020 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Signed preorders: https://www.onemorepagebooks.com/one-small-hop MR: Prior to ONE SMALL HOP (Scholastic, May 2021), I was steeped in the 1980s for two books with writing partner Wendy Shang. ONE SMALL HOP is set in the future, but I haven’t shaken the 80s, … Continue reading →

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Books about the Refugee Experience

Posted on February 2, 2017 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

The news is filled with stories about refugees: what’s happening to them and the debate over them. There are citizens who believe it’s our moral obligation to give them safe harbor. There’s a new president who has barred many of … Continue reading →

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Genre Jumper: Pamela Ehrenberg

Posted on October 11, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

The first book I read by Pamela Ehrenberg was Ethan, Suspended, a novel about Ethan Oppenheimer, who is shipped off to his grandparents in Washington, D.C. while his parents are busy not getting along at home. Her Tillmon County Fire, told … Continue reading →

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Nanny X Behind the Scenes

Posted on August 1, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

So my mother-in-law just won the Mother-in-Law of the Year award, at least in my book, for patiently submitting to the direction of a very particular director (Kid No. 1), not to mention wearing a leather jacket in July. The … Continue reading →

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Teen ’14

Posted on February 4, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Last October, I went to the library and made a bunch of new friends. I could wax poetic and talk about books, and how books become your friends, and how they’re always waiting for you at the library, but this … Continue reading →

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