I enjoy talking with students about writing and about the content I present in my novels. These photos are from a visit I made in pre-virtual days to St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH. In discussions with students we explored issues around my writing of The Good Braider, our role as writers, and the idea…
Joseph’s Big Ride Art Lesson for Joseph’s Big Ride Discussion guide for Either the Beginning or the End of the World Either-the-Beginning-or the End of the World Discussion Guide. Discussion Guides for The Good Braider The Good Braider Blog reading lists of books about Africa, hear a South Sudanese rap star, follow my journey in…
I’m reading The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup at the Lakes Region Community Services’ Author’s Tea on July 13 on Facebook. Welcome everyone to this line up of stories everyday of the week, a new author each day. The Children’s Author’s Tea is a joyous, literacy project of the committed Family Resource Center staff of…
The wish Joseph has in Joseph’s Big Ride finally comes true, his wish to ride a bike. The bike ride came to life in a school in Westbrook, Maine. Master’s of Education students at the Maine College of Art made it happen with an Art Lesson they presented with the students. They began with drawing…
“This is how we’re gonna do. We’re gonna dance the Nepali song. Cross left leg over right. One – two – three – go.” Then the movie song, Kale Dai, blasted from the instructor Pujan Wagley’s phone through the school gym. Over the weeks, we moved from the Nepali dance into “Whatcha Gon Do With…