Taking a Stand Can Be ScaryBook Review –Lenny Loses His Lunch by Dan Taylor and Damon J. TaylorReviewed by Lisa M. Hendey “If all of your friends were going to jump off a cliff (or insert your own preferred outrageously dangerous behavior here), would you follow them?” What parent hasn’t used this line at least […]

John Grisham wrote a book called SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. Amazon.com reports: “John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season, and the result is Skipping Christmas, a modest but funny novel about the tyranny of December 25. Grisham’s story revolves around a typical middle-aged American couple, Luther and Nora Krank. […]

Learning is a wonderful thing. My mother always told me that children are like spongesyou can teach them just about anything, and they usually remember it. Here are a few books your children can absorb. THE ABCS OF FOOD: A Study of Food as History, Story, Tradition and Nutrition by Louise Ulmer and Richard S. […]

How to build complex, multi-dimensional characters 10 Tips for Creating Multi-faceted Characters By Maxine E. Thompson http://www.maxinethompson.com =================================== When I was sixteen, during the Civil Rights era, as part of a one-way student exchange program (from the inner city of Detroit to suburban Traverse City, Michigan), I lived with a white family as part of […]