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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 &#8216;Em, stride, Walkin&#8217; and Swingin&#8217;
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Try this for a change of pace:
four syllables
seven syllables
four syllables
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]]></description><link>http://anningallswrites.com/news/648/</link> </item> <item><title>Grandma Reads</title> <description><![CDATA[My dear friend, Joan, sent this photo with her darling granddaughter. Just put this up for your enjoyment and mine.
]]></description><link>http://anningallswrites.com/news/grandma-reads/</link> </item> <item><title>The Long and Long of It</title> <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, June 16, Maryann and I gave a presentation to second grade students at Politics and Prose Bookshop in Washington, DC. The children were adorable.
On Thursday, we went to Sidwell Friends. We were then met by Anna Uriciolo, the extra-nice music teacher. She gave us a brief tour of the school, took us to [...]]]></description><link>http://anningallswrites.com/news/long-long/</link> </item> <item><title>Spencer Goff, Jazz Fan</title> <description><![CDATA[
Spencer Goff, fifth-grade student at Manor Hill Elementary in the Liberty, MO recently invited me to his school. He asked the librarian, she asked the principal, they asked the classroom teachers and then they asked me. We all said, &#8220;Yes!&#8221;
I had a great time there with hundreds of kids, bunches of teachers and especially, Spencer [...]]]></description><link>http://anningallswrites.com/news/spencer-goff-jazz-fan-2/</link> </item> <item><title>Eileen Spinelli</title> <description><![CDATA[Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Missouri Association of School Librarians.
One of my all time writing heroes, Eileen Spinelli, the author of HERO CAT and SOMEONE LOVES YOU MR. HATCH, was in attendance. She just happened to win the 2009 Show Me Readers Award presented by MASL.
I had the good fortune of [...]]]></description><link>http://anningallswrites.com/news/eileen-spinelli/</link> </item> <item><title>Patricia Polacco</title> <description><![CDATA[Is there anything better than touching a real meteor, especially one that grants wishes? Several hundred children, librarians, teachers and I got to do that not long ago when Patricia Polacco spoke at Pembroke Hill Day School. I haven&#8217;t gotten my wish yet but it&#8217;s just a matter of time.
Patricia&#8217;s presentation was direct, warm, funny [...]]]></description><link>http://anningallswrites.com/news/patricia-polacco/</link> </item> <item><title>School Visits</title> <description><![CDATA[Yesteday I had the pleasure of presenting to three groups of children in grades K, 1, 2 and 3 at St. Elizabeth&#8217;s School in Kansas City. We had loads of fun with vocal improvisation. listening to blues and boogie-woogie and reading LITTLE PIANO GIRL. The children were delightful. This is what the cultural arts chairperson [...]]]></description><link>http://anningallswrites.com/news/school-visits/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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