A New Year's Bedtime Report, Part 1
Sooooooooooo, I'm way behind on bedtime reports. I haven't done one in more than a month, and I'm going to try not to overfill this post....
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Christina Dendy
Nov 11, 20216 min read
There's a Wall in This Book ... and This One ... and ...
32 years ago November 9, two days ago, the Berlin Wall in what was then East Germany started coming down. Of course, that syntax suggests...
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Christina Dendy
Oct 25, 20212 min read
It's Halloween Month! (Week 3)
I'm late again! Gah! But I've got some good recommended Halloween picture books and similar reads for you. To capture the trick-or-treat...
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Christina Dendy
Oct 21, 20211 min read
ASL Interpretative Reading of The Wall and the Wild
I'm super-excited to share a collaborative video read-aloud of our book, The Wall and the Wild. In a plot of land at the edge of town,...
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Christina Dendy
Oct 13, 20214 min read
It's Halloween Month! (Week 2)
So, I decided to split my celebration of all things (at least all kidlit things) Halloween by week so the posts don't get too long. I'll...
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Christina Dendy
Oct 6, 20213 min read
Books for Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Each year, nearly 1 in 700 children are born with Down Syndrome (DS), a condition that affects as many as six million people worldwide....
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Christina Dendy
Oct 3, 20213 min read
It's Halloween Month! (Week 1)
Huzzah! October is here! Time to post lots of spooky and not-so-spooky but always awesome Halloween for those who celebrate Halloween and...
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Christina Dendy
Sep 29, 20213 min read
Bedtime Report #9
I'm clearly way behind on my bedtime reports again! Since I last posted, we've worked our way up to Book 12 in the Magic Tree House...
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Christina Dendy
Sep 16, 20212 min read
Huzzah! Get Wild!
The Wild is loose! I'm so excited to share that my debut, The Wall and the Wild, with Katie Rewse is officially out in the United States...
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Christina Dendy
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Labor Day, Picture Book Style
The word labor has stayed pretty consistent throughout its etymology. In Latin, its distant origins, labor meant "toil, hardship and...
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Christina Dendy
Sep 4, 20211 min read
Unboxing Our Picture Book
This will be a short post ... It's here! Check out our first copies of The Wall and the Wild, state-side: Also, in case you were...
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Christina Dendy
Aug 21, 20212 min read
Bedtime Report #8
I know it's not quite Fall and Halloween time yet, but I'm always ready to curl up with something deliciously dark that'll make me shiver...
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Christina Dendy
Aug 13, 20214 min read
Bedtime Report #7
Happy Friday! It's been a busy week full of some great reads, old and new. On the adult side, I finished Nina George's The Little Paris...
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Christina Dendy
Aug 7, 20214 min read
Bedtime Report #6
I'm behind again, so let's get to it! Before we talk picture books, I want to call out some middle grade. We recently blazed through all...
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Christina Dendy
Jul 22, 20212 min read
Wild Reads #1
Ana, the determined protagonist (fancy word for main character) in my debut picture book, The Wall and the Wild, with Katie Rewse, not...
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Christina Dendy
Jul 16, 20214 min read
Out-of-This-World Books and More
This is Juno, intragalactic voyager and space explorer. Since launching in 2011, Juno has traveled millions of miles to reach the largest...
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Christina Dendy
Jul 13, 20215 min read
National Forest Week
Okay, so this week, July 12 through July 18, is National Forest Week. Personally, I think we should celebrate forests and trees and...
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Christina Dendy
Jul 12, 20213 min read
Bedtime Report #5
I'm a wee bit behind because I took blogging time out to write about firefly and rain books! That said, we've been busily reading some...
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Christina Dendy
Jul 11, 20214 min read
Rain, Rain ...
Go away? Or come and stay? That rather depends on various conditions. We can't survive without rain, but like many good things, too much...
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Christina Dendy
Jul 6, 20214 min read
Firefly Time!
Did you know that the ancient Greek word for firefly is kysolampis, which roughly translates to "shining butt"? (The root words mean...
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