I’m really excited to announce that Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg won 2nd place in the “Show-Me” Book Awards category at the Missouri Writers’ Guild conference on Saturday night. Any Missouri Writers’ Guild member can enter their adult or children’s book that was published the year before in this category, and they [...]
May 1, 2013 in Book Club Possibility, Books With Social Studies Content, Elementary Educators, Finding My Place by Margo Dill, Middle Grade Novel
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I recently received two thank you notes–one in a roundabout sort of way–from children about my book, Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg. I thought I would share them here. These are my first ones from kids, and so I’m super excited! I am not changing spelling and or punctuation when re-typing, and [...]
January 30, 2013 in Book Club Possibility, Elementary Educators, Finding My Place by Margo Dill, Middle Grade Novel, Middle School Teachers
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Are you a writer and a teacher? A writer and a parent? Do you have dreams of authoring your own book and hoping kids and /or adults will use it someday? If you live in the Midwest and are looking for a great writing conference to go to, I highly recommend The Missouri Writers’ Guild [...]
December 8, 2010 in Elementary Educators, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Writing Skills
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