Me, Laura and Heather at the Alabama Library Association. Last week, I had the honor of speaking on a young adult panel at the annual convention of the Alabama Library Association. Seriously, you guys--a whole room full of book-loving librarians? Died and went to heaven.Authors Heather Montgomery and Laura Golden joined me on the panel. It became evident pretty quickly that … [Read more...] about On Passion and Librarians
Kids, Museums & Research
The Metropolitan Museum, Anubis and Me
I really can't believe that I forgot to post about this but my wonderful editor at Boyds Mill Press, Larry Rosler, got Dr. Janice Kamrin, associate curator of the Egyptian Galleries at THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART to vett my upcoming Anubis book. (And yes, I know putting things in all caps is the equivalent of yelling, but seriously, that needed to be yelled because, … [Read more...] about The Metropolitan Museum, Anubis and Me
Have I Mentioned how Much I love the JCL?
Note: I learned about the Boston Marathon bombing while in a Houston airport gift shop after attending the Texas Junior Classical League state convention and a local school visit. My heart sunk so low, it's been hard to think about much of anything else since. At the same time, it seemed wrong to ignore all those wonderful moments of warmth, humanity and connection from the JCL … [Read more...] about Have I Mentioned how Much I love the JCL?
Congrats to Latin Teacher Winners
Five Latin teachers won free signed copies of Cleopatra's Moon in a recent teacher-drawing. The winning teachers came from Woodburry Heights and Princeton, New Jersey; Tallahassee, FL; Portland, OR; and Brookfield, WI. Congratulations and happy reading!(If you are a Latin teacher and did not receive notice about the drawing and would like to be included in future drawings … [Read more...] about Congrats to Latin Teacher Winners
Getting Kids Excited About Ancient History
My friend and fellow docent Conway Bracket teaches Latin and ancient Greek in Atlanta. This pastsummer, she joined us at Little Shop of Stories in Decatur for our week-long Camp Half-Blood, based on the best-selling Percy Jackson series. She taught the kids ancient Greek because that's what they do at Camp Half-Blood. For the first time, she also taught Latin because Rick … [Read more...] about Getting Kids Excited About Ancient History
