You never know what you’re going to get on a Wacky Wednesday here at Read These Books and Use Them. Today, I need your help! I love the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins (love her Gregor series, too). I even had it marked on my calendar when Mockingjay was coming out, but then. . [...]

In September, I’ll be teaching a course through WOW! Women On Writing about writing children’s short stories, articles, and fillers. I am re-posting an interview below with Angela, WOW!’s executive editor, that appeared on their blog, The Muffin, at the beginning of this year. I hope that it helps any of you who have thought [...]

I teach a class through WOW! Women On Writing about social networking for writers–but it could actually be for any small business owner or blogger. As I said last Wednesday, I know many of you, who read my blog to get ideas for the classroom, library, and home school, are also writers and bloggers. Here’s [...]

I know that many of you are not only parents, teachers, and librarians, but you are also writers in all stages of your career. If you are looking to increase your freelance income or work as a children’s writer, then I want to tell you about my friend Suzanne Lieurance. I met Suzanne about eight [...]

Yesterday, I wrote about this book, Gervelie’s Journey: A Refugee’s Diary, and today, I thought I would include a short list of resources for people who are interested in learning more about helping refugees. Interfaith Refugee Ministry: “Interfaith Refugee Ministry (IRM) is an outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina established in 1992. [...]

Evenflo has just released the Momentum 65 DLX Convertible Car Seat, with features that help make safety, installation and use as easy as possible for parents. Evenflo and JuiceBox Jungle sponsored me to write this post. They asked us to view a video, which you can also watch here. In the video, a mother has [...]

Before I get to the book Three Cups of Tea, I would like to reveal the winners of the books from Rubicon publishing! And the winners are (using Random.org): 1st choice of books: Clara Gillow Clark, 2nd choice of books: Irene Roth, and 3rd choice of books: Joyce Lansky. Congratulations to all these winners. Thank [...]

photo by lhar www.flickr.com Before I share a story from the trenches, I would like to announce the winner of last week’s book giveaway of the memoir, When Ties Break, by Margaret Norton. And the winner is. . .Sandy Young! Congratulations, Sandy. If you didn’t win this book and are interested in reading a memoir [...]

*Young adult, contemporary realistic fiction *2nd-year senior guy as main character *Rating: The Killer’s Cousin grabs hold of you from the beginning and keeps you turning pages until you reach the incredible ending. It’s a thriller for teens with an unbelievable antagonist. Short, short summary: David Bernard Yaffe is an infamous teenager for killing his [...]

A boy named Zach Hunter was 12 years old and a seventh grader when he learned in school that slavery still exists in modern day times. He was horrified as he learned more about the situation around the world and formed a group called: Loose Change to Loosen Chains (nicknamed LC2LC). In his first year, [...]