Hello SheWriter friends,

This week's blog post is for You. For you have befriended me here, have liked a post or two, have written encouraging and kind words, and have shared your time with a fellow writer.

So I'd like to send thanks to you.

"Since leaping into online reading/writing community boards about six months ago, I've made new friends: fellowmen…

November is Picture Book Month. Today I’m going to leave you with a link to a great picture book celebration at PictureBookMonth.com. Check out their ...

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Fall has fallen.

Quietly.
Like
Leaves
Leaving
Mother Tree.

Safely
Back
Home,
To 
Her
feet.

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http://www.carryusoffbooks.com/1/post/2011/09/my-imagined-autumn.html

“The streets of Heaven are crowded with angels tonight.”



That was a line from President Bartlett (of ‘The West Wing’) in an episode about a bomb attack in a school, in which many terrified students tried to escape and more than a few clambered back to rescue fellow students (and ultimately died). 



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Here in Singapore (and in many Chinese-speaking countries), we'll be celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days.



Children also call it the Moon Cake Festival. Sounds romantic, huh?



When I was a child, my sisters and I held paper lanterns, and burned up a few too many of them when the candle within

toppled. My father was always around to help put out the fire ... and to light another lantern for us. Nowadays, children lift battery-operated lanterns. Ehhh ~…

A burly, ferocious something from last week's post sparked an idea for this week's blog. (Hint: The Gruffalo)



Creepy, growling, drooling beasts ~ A-ha!



I love monsters who chill the spines of children around the world, and the lovely ones who stretch a claw out to form friendships from their dark, damp, wailing haunts.

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(And I'd really…

This week, I want to share a few Shel Silverstein poems.

 

Because they are kooky,

wooky,

quirky

and quaint.



Because they reflect

a child’s imaginative mind;

And one reminds us

to always be kind.



(And for the writer friends who’re gracing this blog post, one in particular might just be about us and all artists …)



So here they are:



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My recent reading materials are mainly children’s poems. There are also always a couple of books on writing lying around so I could better reach for them during a manuscript revision. But the main event is nevertheless the pile of verses and nonsense rhymes and sweet poems climbing higher on my desk.

 

 Poems for children are insane. Guess that’s why they tickle me so much ...

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Hello She Writers,

I just blogged about the top children's magazines that I wish to recommend to parents and educators here:http://www.carryusoffbooks.com/1/post/2011/06/top-childrens-magazines.html

Have a good day!

Claudine

Hello, please read my latest blog here:

http://www.carryusoffbooks.com/1/post/2011/06/clues-to-what-your-child-is-thinking.html

or here:

The genre of books you're currently reading reflects the sort of mood you're in, or the type of issues or conflicts you're handling. So it is with children.



For all of us, reading is a way of…

Which books have cheered you on, offered comfort and courage, and made you ... different after reading? Maybe it's a story that's stayed with you since childhood, or one you've read in school that motivated you a little, made you feel a tad more adventurous, or helped you overcome a personal issue?…