Hi everyone, Sometime back, TIM RASINSKI, MARY JO FRESCH, and I wrote companion books for Scholastic: Partner Poems and Word Ladders, Building Fundamental Literacy Skills (K2 and 1-3). My part was to write poems, each inspired by a single sound or blend of sounds. Tim created word ladders for the poems and Mary Jo wrote … … Continue reading →| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
Hi everyone, I’m very pleased to welcome JO VAN ARKEL back to Poetry from Daily Life with her second column. Her first one appeared April 21, 2024. You can find her reading it on Poetry from Daily Life Free Poetry Library at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6JrObD3Jkg&t=6s Jo lives in Springfield, Missouri where she is a Teaching … … Continue reading →| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
Hi everyone, My term as Missouri Poet Laureate began on July 1, 2023 and will end on September 30, 2025. My concluding activity will be the event at The Library Center in Springfield on my last evening as PL. I am always grateful that Springfield has such a stellar library system and that the crown … … Continue reading →| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
Hi everyone, Thanks to our host ELAINE FRY, in the evening after my writing workshop in Kansas City, we were guests at her club, The Saddle and Sirloin, for a night of good food and friendship listening to a talented band and watching some outstanding dancers demonstrating variations of line dancing. And late in the … … Continue reading →| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
Hi everyone, I’m happy to welcome ELLEN HOPKINS back to Poetry from Daily Life with her second guest column. This is #96 in the series of 101 essays on how poetry plays important roles in our lives. The column gets its name from a suggestion by AMOS BRIDGES, Editor-in-Chief of our host newspaper, Springfield News-Leader. … … Continue reading →| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
Hi everyone, We had sixteen register for yesterday’s workshop in Kansas City on how to write books for children, a good number for a two-hour, informal session. It went well. Midway through the event we learned that our space had also been booked by another group so we moved several blocks away to a book … … Continue reading →| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
Hi everyone, I’m proud to tell you that my featured guest this coming week on Poetry from Daily Life is ELLEN HOPKINS, who lives in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Ellen’s first column came out on May 12, 2024. You can find her recording of it on Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqwdh4RzCHE Her … … Continue reading →| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
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Hi everyone, Forgive me for flogging this, but I leave for Kansas City in a couple of days for the workshop on writing books for children. I’m told that ten people have registered to attend. That’s a good number for this kind of intimate, two-hour workshop. I would comfortably take two more, no more than … … Continue reading →| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
Hi everyone, I’m off to David Harrison Elementary School to greet the kids as they come for their first day of classes this fall. I’ve been doing this for quite a while now at the invit…| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
Hi everyone, Yesterday during an online meeting, I sneaked a peek at my email. I know. Rude. Bad manners. The sign of true addiction. Bad David. But what I found was that MARY JO FRESCH and I have …| Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog
