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If you love books, especially those written for children and young adults, then you are an honorary member of The Nerdy Book Club. Nerdy Book Club was designed to give us a home to share that love of reading with others as well as to organize voting and announcing winners of our First Annual Nerdies Book Awards.
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1w ago
While it is a story that explores how children relate to and see themselves in the natural world – neurodiversity and disability included – my book, Together, a Forest: Drawing Connections Between Nature’s Diversity and Our Own, is also a culmination of some of my own big life changes and shifts in perception. Like ..read more
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1w ago
As we observe the holy month of Ramadan and celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, it’s the perfect time to highlight the incredible stories of Muslim women who have defied expectations, shattered barriers, and changed the world! These trailblazers have challenged stereotypes, redefined narratives, and paved the way for future generations, embodying the strength ..read more
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1w ago
Nerdy Book Club Readers, I bet you’re wondering how my latest book, TRIAL AND ERROR, came about. I’m so glad you asked. Nerdy Book Club Readers always ask the best questions. As a lawyer, albeit currently retired, I’ve always wanted to write a book that would introduce kids to the kind of work lawyers do ..read more
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1M ago
It was nearly midnight in the little village on the north shore of Loch Ness, but the sun still hung stubbornly in the sky. The loch’s placid surface was a blue-grey mirror. Seagulls cawed noisily overhead, interrupting the otherwise silent night. I checked into my tiny roadside cottage, decorated in kitschy Loch Ness Monster décor ..read more
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1M ago
In my informal, lifelong study of horse girls, which is widely accepted to be a gender neutral term within the community, I have found that we horse girls are usually born, not made. I wrote Presley and the Impossible Dream for all the horse girls who, like me, weren’t born into horsey families and had ..read more
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1M ago
“Some time or another, we all experience that feeling that every day is the same, the same people and places, the same conversation, the same food – and wonder about what if it wasn’t?” I’ve spent nearly half my 38 years living in the house where my picture book Sunday takes place, in a small townhouse in ..read more
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1M ago
The seed for Safe Harbor was planted one cold, blustery winter day when I spotted a lone seal on a beach in Rhode Island. By the time “my” seal (which was quite well as it turned out) returned to the water, my sixth novel for young people was starting to take shape. I could see ..read more
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1M ago
I became a writer by accident, and I owe my writing career to my students. Before I fell into writing, I spent seventeen years as an elementary school teacher and reading specialist. When I wasn’t teaching in the classroom, I led book clubs for middle school and high school students. I cowrote my first novel ..read more
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2M ago
This year has been a challenging one for readers of all ages. Increasingly, an onslaught of book bans, scripted reading programs, budget cuts, and other restrictions seem to limit young people’s access to books and deny them opportunities to connect with reading. In many schools and libraries, educators and librarians fear legislative mandates that seek ..read more
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3M ago
My two-year-old grandson Ezra loves to laugh. His irresistible giggling brings joy to my heart and a wide grin to my face. Together we read and laugh and share the joy books bring. Few things please me more than humor, whether through children’s books, via smart sitcoms and movies, or through laughter that brings catharsis ..read more