August, 2010
Wordfind, Mary Lou Williams
13, 10
FIND-A-WORD
Find the following words and names that are hidden up, down, across, backwards, and diagonally:
Andy Kirk, arrange, bebop, big band, boogie-woogie, Close to Five, composer, Mary Lou Williams, mentor, OO-Bla-Dee, piano, Roll ‘Em, stride, Walkin’ and Swingin’
Book Bites for Kids
12, 10
I had the pleasure of chatting with Suzanne Lieurance on Book Bites for Kids. We talked about Mary Lou Williams, THE LITTLE PIANO GIRL, and writing in general. If you’d like to hear the interview, go to your browser and type “Book Bites for Kids on Blog Radio.” You’ll find out what my teachers thought about my writing. Hmmm….
Blue Berry Haiku
10, 10
Hot off the press! One of my poems will be featured in Blue Berry Haiku. Look for it in September online or on my website. I so want to share it with you here but will refrain. In the meantime, write one of your own.
Try this for a change of pace:
four syllables
seven syllables
four syllables