Congratulations are in order! Meg Lippert, Director of Storytelling for LEARN WITH HOMER, has been writing for this educational iPad app for the past year. Designed for children 3-6, the app includes phonics lessons and engaging science units integrated with folk tales, fables, poetry, folk songs, and original stories. It's in the i-tunes app store: LEARN WITH HOMER. A... Continue Reading →
Come See a Play About Youth Literacy (and support Meg Lippert)
WORDS FLY: A play about youth literacy developed by Amy Rider King and Meg LippertWhen: Friday, November 18 at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 19 at 2 p.m. Where: Seattle Central Library, Meeting Room 2, 4th floor 1000 Fourth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 206-386-4636Parking: There is a parking garage under the libraryWORDS FLY is the culmination... Continue Reading →
The inside scoop on The Inside Story
SCBWI Western Washington would love to celebrate your new book at The Inside Story, a twice-yearly salon to celebrate the new books of local authors and illustrators.If you have a book coming out on the Spring 2010 list, you may be eligible to apply for the Spring Inside Story, which will be on Wednesday, April... Continue Reading →
A study of excellence: WHEN YOU REACH ME
The Story Sleuths--our own Meg Lippert, Allyson Valentine Schrier, and Heather Hedin Singh--analyzed Newbery Award winner WHEN YOU REACH ME in November.If you want to study what makes that book great, check out their lists of posts on the book.
Meg and Allyson: story sleuths
Meg Lippert and Allyson Valentine Schrier have launched a new blog that should be really helpful for all of us trying to figure out what makes a great book tick:Story Sleuths Goes Online! What happens when you mix two children's writers with the books they love to read? Story Sleuths--where Meg Lippert and Allyson Valentine... Continue Reading →