tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34149052381119961302024-03-19T01:59:43.828-07:00Story MagicianMARSHA DIANE ARNOLD'S BLOG,
FULL OF WRITING AND TRAVEL ADVENTURES
AND OTHER MAGICAL STORIES.Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-70227776745020834872012-01-27T20:15:00.000-08:002012-01-27T20:19:42.133-08:00Come on over to Storymagician.com and my brand new website!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am super excited about my revamped website, <a href="http://www.marshadianearnold.com/">www.marshadianearnold.com</a>. That's where you'll find my Storymagician blog now, right under "Blogs/Media". You can always find my blog at <a href="http://www.storymagician.com/">www.storymagician.com</a> too.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've enjoyed connecting with students, librarians, teachers, readers, and other writers here. Thanks for visiting. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now all things "Storymagician" will be in one spot, <a href="http://www.marshadianearnold.com/">www.marshadianearnold.com</a>. See you there!</span><br />
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</span>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-19624213740105840172012-01-18T19:27:00.000-08:002012-01-18T19:44:40.405-08:00Thank you, Stillson Elementary Creative Writers, for skyping with me today!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Stillson Elementary Creative Writers,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was such fun meeting with you today through Skype. I am so inspired that you are seriously pursuing your writing by meeting and talking and thinking and WRITING! Say hooray for yourselves!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to share that my NEW website should be up by next Wednesday. Check www.marshadianearnold.com then and you'll see a brand new, dynamic site. Under the MEET MARSHA tab you can read a bit about my life and how I started writing. There's also an ASK MARSHA section. If you want to know more about where I get my ideas you can click my books under MAGICAL WRITINGS. I share a bit about each book.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember to try to write a little every day, even if only for five minutes. And remember to read the best books you can find, as well as write the best stories you can write. Good writing has a rhythm, a flow. When you read wonderful writing, it will get into your mind and your "bones" and it will help you become a better writer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And just for you, here's an early draft of ROAR OF A SNORE. If you read the book, you'll see there were LOTS of changes...for the better, I think.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have fun writing wonderful stories!! And thank you, Ms. Merconti, for making it all happen!</span>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-36588559620298923342011-12-03T08:53:00.000-08:002011-12-03T08:53:46.093-08:00Skyping with Geary Elementary<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Yes, that's me on the wall, both the child me (from many years ago) and the current me. I use three screens: Keynote for the slideshow, Skype so I can see the students, and Photo Booth so they can see me. Some issues doing it this way, like I don't know WHERE to look, but it works quite well.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Have any of you started your own Scribbles and Scraps file yet? It can be a file folder, an envelope, a box...anything you want. You can name your file "My Great Idea File" or "Scribbles and Scraps" or "Story Seeds" or make up your own name. It's a great place to keep story ideas that may someday become wonderful stories.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In my writing funshops, I enjoy sharing story ideas with students. Story seeds, I sometimes call them. Below are a few. See what fun stories you can come up with from these story seeds.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1) Some time ago I visited t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">he Galapagos Islands, a group of volcanic islands </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">off the coast of Ecuador in South America. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On the Galapagos, you find strange and unusual animals. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some, like the marine iguana and the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Galapagos tortoise, are found nowhere else on earth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite animals on the Galapagos Islands </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">is the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">blue-footed booby. </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In this photo he appears to be <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">amazed</span></b> by his own <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">feet</span>!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They are pretty amazing. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Bright blue.</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This one photo is enough to begin the storytelling process. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What if he didn’t like his blue feet? Can you tell that story?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or what if he loved his blue feet so much, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">he became vain and boastful. Can you tell that story?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>blue-footed booby</b></span> is your first story seed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2) Here's your second story seed:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Look at the baby sea lion in the picture below.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He appears a bit lost.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thankfully he knows how to <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">read signposts!</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: large;">If you want to stay closer to home :-), you might like to write about a pet of your own or a pet that belongs to a friend. Remember how I asked during our Skype chat how many of you had pets or knew a pet? Remember how I told you pets are a good place to get ideas for stories? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: large;">You might have a great story about your pet to write. Fantastic! But I'd also like you to consider the third story seed below.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">3) Write two letters. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">In the first you are writing a letter to your pet. Just a few paragraphs. It might start like this: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;"><i style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dear Twinkie, Since you’re a cat and can’t come to school, I’m going to tell you what it’s like around here.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">In the second letter <i>your pet is writing to you</i> about things that are happening at home. Just a few paragraphs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Dear Sally, Since I’m a cat and you’re not, I think you should know why I scratched up your bean bag chair last night…</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">There you have it, Geary Elementary Story Magicians. Three story seeds to lead you into three stories. Have fun!</span></span></div>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-67056627875340872372011-11-19T07:36:00.000-08:002011-11-19T07:36:41.864-08:00Skyping through the fall and winter, in my cozy homeLast week I had the pleasure of chatting with Mary Beth Hudek and her delightful 2nd grade class. They attend Madison Elementary in Middletown, Ohio. I told them a bit about my picture books, answered the students' great questions, and showed them my garden and office (By moving the monitor. Mary Beth, don't tell about the accident I had while moving it! Actually, I spilled my tea, but the students checked out the garden while I cleaned up and soon we were on track again.) Note to self: No tea on my desk while skyping, even if I do have a bad cough.<br />
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Thanks for a wonderful visit across the miles!<br />
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</span></div>In September, Tina contacted me again by e-mail, with the subject heading "News...better than I imagined".</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9; font-family: Verdana;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZx7aAr1zvUiY_aoBYYwx4_Z9oxDnY_8okD87lsMn013WlImnIJI4SVlqxuL9pV_ZUBPSGdDMK9SLJgSQQ5OBiDPNA3FujN90xDkWOQnJ91ODbYVa9rS_dcAPbozBPkeZD2xmkOYv0Xe2L/s1600/GW322H885.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZx7aAr1zvUiY_aoBYYwx4_Z9oxDnY_8okD87lsMn013WlImnIJI4SVlqxuL9pV_ZUBPSGdDMK9SLJgSQQ5OBiDPNA3FujN90xDkWOQnJ91ODbYVa9rS_dcAPbozBPkeZD2xmkOYv0Xe2L/s320/GW322H885.jpeg" style="cursor: move;" width="116" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;">One of the teachers at Reedy Elementary is also part of the Read Aloud committee for West Virginia. She contacted the state director about our Skype visit. The next thing Tina knew the visit had made statewide news. You can read the entire story at <a href="http://www.readaloudwestvirginia.org/RoaneSkype.php">http://www.readaloudwestvirginia.org/RoaneSkype.php</a>. I'll also post it below.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;">Now Tina is arranging for three more West Virginia schools to Skype with me, this time with an honorarium and organized activities at each school. She's also had contact with a college that's interested in learning more about Skype visits with educators and authors.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;">Congratulations to Tina Riley, a special person and tireless educator and all the educators involved in connecting students with authors and illustrators. May the Skyping continue on.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;">Here's the wonderful news that was shared with all of West Virginia:</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c26f9;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.32401396524104975" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Roane students Skype with author Marsha Arnold</span><span class="style92" style="color: #666666; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On one of the last days of the 2010 - 2011 school year, Reedy Elementary School’s second, third, and fourth graders hustled into Mrs. Hall’s fourth grade classroom to quickly find a seat. Using web cameras and Skype at promptly 12:30, students dialed to begin traveling across the USA via the computer. On the opposite coast in California, it was 9:30 in the morning and author Marsha Diane Arnold clicked on the phone icon as the computerized phone ring sounded in her home. Students were thrilled to see a split screen come into view as they said hello to Ms. Arnold while at the same time being able to watch themselves!</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks to Roane County Schools’ Technology Integration Specialist, Tina Riley, and the Read Aloud WV committee, Reedy Elementary School students were able to spend a twenty minute visit being able to talk with published children’s author, Marsha Diane Arnold. After a quick discussion of the difference in the weather in both places (it was sunny in West Virginia) and a view of the rain in Ms. Arnold’s back yard, the group moved on to the reasons Ms. Arnold became a writer. Ms. Arnold shared her “idea file”, where “jumbles of scribbles and scraps (napkins, envelopes, and check deposit slips to name a few) live”. Ms. Arnold explained how to capture ideas while encouraging students to begin their own idea file. </span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ms. Arnold spend another part of their visit showing the process of creating a book by demonstrating how a story and it’s illustration evolve from those jumbles of scribbles and scraps. She emphasized the rewriting process, showing samples of her own rewrites and explained illustration changes from early sketches to the final picture. It certainly gave the students something to think about as they were finally able to stand and one by one ask their questions of Ms. Arnold. From why did you decide to become an author to where did you get the idea to write the book, </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Roar of the Snore,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to how many children do you have, Reedy Elementary students spend the last ten minutes sharing with Ms. Arnold. As the twenty minutes rolled to an end, the students said their good byes and waved to Ms. Arnold. </span><span class="style92" style="color: #666666; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The “Skype An Author Network” virtual tour between Reedy Elementary School and Ms. Arnold was used as an pilot with the hopes to bring it to the other three county elementary schools in the next school year. After spending almost an entire year viewing the different authors, Tina Riley, Roane County Schools’ Technology Integration Specialist approached the Read Aloud WV committee for help to make this pilot happen. Read Aloud WV Roane County Coordinator, Meg Goffreda offers this advice to other schools wishing to give it a try. “ After had the experience of a virtual visit with an author and having authors visit our school, the discussion and interaction between the author and the students whether in person or on a screen is so very much the same. Once students understand how the technology works and we all know how quickly they are able to adapt, they’re more than happy to carry on the conversation as if the author is right there in the room with them. It was an awesome experience that I would encourage other schools to try. Mrs. Riley’s many talents as our school system’s TIS enabled her to find the website, Skype An Author Network, and be able to set the entire project up for our school. The site alone has thousands of authors who are willing to skype with libraries and schools across the country. While most of the time is a cost involved, some of the authors will provide the service giving twenty minutes for free. Marsha Arnold was one of those special authors and due to her skyping with just one of our county schools, we’re hoping to bring her back for more than the free twenty minutes to do the same of the other Roane County elementary schools. Most published authors have web sites so picking a book and then contacting the author to skype with your class is another option to look into. Skyping is so simple. All the directions for needed materials, how to set, and skyping the other party are all right there on the Skype An Author website. Roane County Schools is so fortunate to have the many talents of our TIS, Tina Riley. We would never have been one of the first school systems in the state of West Virginia to use the Skype An Author (Skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com). Our Read Aloud committee is excited to see what she shares with us next year!”</span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-65224392181050287522011-09-24T09:48:00.001-07:002012-01-18T19:41:22.203-08:00150 Best Ks Books, THE BRAVEST OF US ALL goes digital, Kansas sesquicentennial and Book FestivalDorothy Gale, Amelia Earhart, and Marsha Diane Arnold. What do we have in common? We're all from Kansas! Today Kansas is celebrating some of its "children" and stories at the Kansas Book Festival in Topeka.<br />
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It's an especially wonderful festival as this is also the year Kansas is commemorating its sesquicentennial. The Kansas State Library selected 150 "Best" Kansas Books in celebration of 150 years, so this adds a glow to the festival, especially in my eyes as <b>two</b> of my books made the list. Thank you Kansas librarians.<br />
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My parents' family, grandparents' family, and great-grandparents' family spent many years farming and surviving on the Kansas plains. They knew dust storms, tornadoes, crop failures, and tornadoes.<br />
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Both of my books were inspired by my Kansas roots. <i>Prancing, Dancing Lily</i>, the story of a cow who doesn't fit in with the herd, was inspired by my father's Ayrshire dairy herd.<br />
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<i>The Bravest of Us All </i>was inspired by my Grandmother Krehbiel's storm cellar, which she and her family used not only for root vegetables and laying hens, but to seek shelter from storms and tornadoes.<br />
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Illustrator Brad Sneed and I are delighted <i>The Bravest of Us All </i>is now available in digital form. You can find the digital storybook "app" for the iPad and the iPhone on <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-bravest-us-all-interactive/id449710106?mt=8">iTunes</a>. Enjoy the story, all about tornadoes, sisters, family, fear, and courage.<br />
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Find the Kansas Book Festival at: The Kansas Historical Society, 6425 SE 6th Avenue, Topeka, Ks from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., today, September 24th.Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-11871632598650894912011-09-19T19:08:00.000-07:002011-09-19T19:08:52.578-07:00What would you like to know?<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So far this year, I've been booked at two conferences - as a speaker for the California Reading Association in November (<a href="http://www.californiareads.org/">http://www.californiareads.org/</a>) and as a speaker/teacher/consultant at David Greenberg's amazing week long Oregon Coast Workshop (<a href="http://www.occbww.com/">http://www.occbww.com/</a>) next July. I would love my readers input!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">For CRA, I'll mostly be talking with educators. My talk will be about the honorable and dishonorable in children's literature. I plan to talk about my and other authors' work and about the changes in the publishing world. What would you as an educator like to hear about?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My presentation and workshop in Oregon will be mostly for aspiring writers. I'll be talking about writing picture books, but haven't decided on the specific themes yet. It will be mostly nuts and bolts plus, I hope, lots of fun. What do you as an aspiring writer want to hear about?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I like to think of my first book, HEART OF A TIGER, as perhaps my most "honorable" book.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreQdyl18XRUl7EO6W4l8xGgtv_HcnPHbqz5oIB9zg8T_Ofdmp6v87eTwUMuFVTKLtrj0adpWfUrmycVVSnfusAXCYtEGKbryB_RKLtrcd8kGD5Vhuof_PcXMDOAGeD4_i8wWM8olhMTge/s1600/hp_scanDS_671293520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreQdyl18XRUl7EO6W4l8xGgtv_HcnPHbqz5oIB9zg8T_Ofdmp6v87eTwUMuFVTKLtrj0adpWfUrmycVVSnfusAXCYtEGKbryB_RKLtrcd8kGD5Vhuof_PcXMDOAGeD4_i8wWM8olhMTge/s200/hp_scanDS_671293520.jpg" width="151" /></a></div>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-91492741058879800982011-09-15T07:45:00.000-07:002011-09-15T07:45:24.946-07:00Delightful morning Skyping with Kindergarteners in South CarolinaWhat better way to start the morning than Skyping with happy, enthusiastic kindergarteners. So glad you enjoy my books. Thanks to Mrs. Bean, the other teachers at Stella Maris School, and of course, the delightful kindergarteners. Happy Reading! (Photos to follow soon.)Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-87419693714927061742011-09-12T12:17:00.000-07:002011-09-12T12:17:29.423-07:00So glad ROAR OF A SNORE makes you smile, Maya<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>117</o:Words> <o:Characters>668</o:Characters> <o:Company>Oakmar Enterprises</o:Company> <o:Lines>5</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>784</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>14.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">I just received the most gracious email from the Smedley family in Tennessee. It's mail like this that keeps me inspired to continue writing for our precious children. Thank you Bryon, Celeste, and sweet Maya for letting me share this with my Story Magician readers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;">Just wanted to let you know that my daughter Maya (just shy of 2 1/2 years old) LOVES <i>Roar of a Snore.</i> I have been required to read this to her every night at bedtime for over 100 nights straight. Needless to say, I have the story memorized. She now reads about a third of the book to me when I insert carefully placed pauses in the dialog. Thank you for making my daughter so happy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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Find out when you download my new interactive storybook. THE BRAVEST OF US ALL book went out of print earlier this year, but it's nowavailable to fans in digital form. Recently selected by the Kansas State Library as one of 150 "Best" Kansas books, I'm happy to have this available to educators and students. I know some of are doing play of the story for the KS sesquicentennial. Thank you! Download at iTunes for just $2.99 or follow this link, <a href="http://www.myblackdogbooks.com/marsha-diane-arnold/bravest.">http://www.myblackdogbooks.com/marsha-diane-arnold/bravest.</a>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-78084775146440786042011-08-06T17:58:00.000-07:002011-08-07T17:04:11.563-07:00Skyping through the summer - with Martin Luther King Family Outreach Center and moreThis summer, I've been busy skyping with libraries, summer camps, and more. It was a surprise that there were so many wanting me to skype during the summer, but I loved it. These photos show one special day with Martin Luther King Family Outreach Center in Spokane, Washington. Each year, the center has a Summer Youth Academy for K-6, where children learn about writing and illustrating. Each class also writes and illustrates a book of their own.<br />
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I first open Skype, then my Keynote presentation, and finally Photo Booth on my Mac. Photo Booth allows the children to see myself, as well as the presentation, and I can see them through Skype. My eyes probably look as if they are rolling all over the place...because they are (ha), but it seems to work quite well.<br />
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It was a delight being with the children and both Jeani Brickner, Children's Services Director, and Brittini Allen, Program Coordinator, were lovely to work with. Check out their great work at <a href="http://www.mlkspokane.org/">www.mlkspokane.org</a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Sparked by training received as a result of winning a grant through the Professional School Library System at PNW BOCES, library media specialist Susan McCormack worked with the BV PTA enrichment coordinator Mrs. Andrea O’Malley to make this first virtual author visit a reality.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Throughout the month of May, students in kindergarten and first grade spent their library class listening to books by author Marsha Diane Arnold. They learned about her life as a child growing up on a farm in Kansas and about the redwood forest that inspires her in her current home in northern California. Students connected to the curriculum as they discussed life in rural communities as compared to urban and suburban ones. Through the use of satellite images, students got a sense of the space and isolation between the great farms of the Midwest Great Plains states compared to the homes spread throughout the communities of Buchanan, Verplanck and the lower Hudson Valley. Students began to make connections between how life experiences inform fiction writing. They learned about tornadoes and bravery while listening to Mrs. Arnold’s story: The Bravest of Us All. They heard how stories based on farm life and animals can be fictionalized and infused with humor in: Roar of and Snore and Prancing, Dancing Lily. Students prepared questions for the author ranging from how she gets ideas for her stories, to how she chooses an illustrator to more personal questions such as does she have any pets?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Using web cameras and Skype, students visited with author Marsha Diane Arnold via computer screen split in three: the author, themselves on camera and the author’s presentation. At the end of her presentation, the kindergarten students called out, “Goodbye, we will miss you!” as the author, Ms. Arnold, signed off. Thanks to the tremendous support of the BV PTA, we hope to make virtual author visits a regular annual occurrence.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br />
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Andrea and Susan McCormack did a wonderful job putting together the "happening". We had such fun, but not enough time to answer the many questions. So I'm answering more of them here.<br />
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First, I want to share with everyone that many questions about my books and me can be found at www.marshadianearnold.com. Secondly, I want to thank the great kindergarteners and first graders of Buchanan-Verplanck for a fun time. Thanks so Andrea and Susan also.<br />
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One of the first questions I'm asked is "<b>How do you choose an illustrator." </b>The students in New York wanted to know the same.<br />
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Last week I got an email from Megan inviting me to invite our old writers' group crowd to a weekend of Judy Moody festivities here in Sonoma County. You see, we all heard the very first Judy Moody drafts when Megan was part of our writers' group. So, the "old" writers' group met at Screamin' Mimi's Ice Cream Shop in Sebastopol for a little reunion, a little ice cream, a little book signing, and of course, to congratulate Megan on the opening of <i>Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer. </i> We sampled two special Judy Moody ice cream flavors - Moody's Mud and Thrillalectric. We even got to meet the delightful Jordana Beatty who portrays Judy Moody in the movie. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The once and always great Sebastopol Writers' Group -<br />
Lisa Shulman, Me - Marsha Diane Arnold,<br />
Megan McDonald, Jordana Beatty (No, not in the group...too young when it began.)<br />
Teri Sloat, Matthew Gollub, Susan Meyers.<br />
Missing in a bookstore somewhere - David Schwartz</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matthew Gollub and I sharing a special Judy Moody flavor - Thrillalectric. Yum!</td></tr>
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</i>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-26591082547194682392011-06-13T20:08:00.000-07:002011-06-13T20:08:40.523-07:00Inaugural Technology Day at West Elementary SchoolI had a fabulous Skype visit on June 9th with West Elementary School in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Yes, that Plymouth - the historical"America's Hometown", the site of the colony founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.<br />
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Amazing first grade teacher, Andy Young, invited me to be part of the annual school Read-A-Thon and their INAUGURAL Technology Day. It's such fun to be part of something new that will be a continuing tradition for students.<br />
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Thank you Andy and West Elementary second graders.Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-7047737212862505092011-06-09T18:14:00.000-07:002011-06-09T18:14:10.858-07:00Thanks to Fairfield and the Trinity Star Arts CouncilSometimes when I visit schools, the community goes above and beyond. That's what Fairfield, Texas did this May when I spoke with the Elementary and Intermediate schools. Authors are so lucky to be able to meet new friends all over the world and experience new things...all because they wrote a book.<br />
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It was the marvelous folks of the Trinity Star Arts Council who put these visits together. The council is a non profit organization whose members are committed to the enrichment of Freestone county through the arts.<br />
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Below are a few photos of my friends Bev and John, a visit to an exotic animal ranch, and a celebratory BBQ at a beautiful Texas ranch.<br />
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Thanks for the memories, Trinity Star and Fairfield schools.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dear friend & sweet hostess, Bev Awalt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Host John Awalt</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-20415381001098266632011-06-01T11:18:00.000-07:002011-06-01T11:18:54.752-07:00A Big Texas Welcome from Fairfield<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In early May I had fabulous school visits with the wonderful students of Fairfield Elementary and Fairfield Intermediate. What a Texas-size welcome I had from Angie Hernandez, Rachel Bossier, and the students at Fairfield Intermediate. Kameron was the M.C. and other students shouted their welcome. Kameron should be a newscaster. As we walked through the school he announced, "Welcome" wherever we turned. Thank you Fairfield! (More about the Fairfield visit to come.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHB3TQDGRT-Uzp8hHIcJjKoIUFAoeNCj3VntPWDMSTFlRHLR6j3J8BNKc5LAuKrpMEJ6MqSARX70UBr0KfFcdt1p20MmVIEbMqZkAolMeGQBtXKSyG7nfijbSpNtw4bLLbsMqg7iOh6_G/s1600/author+welcome2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHB3TQDGRT-Uzp8hHIcJjKoIUFAoeNCj3VntPWDMSTFlRHLR6j3J8BNKc5LAuKrpMEJ6MqSARX70UBr0KfFcdt1p20MmVIEbMqZkAolMeGQBtXKSyG7nfijbSpNtw4bLLbsMqg7iOh6_G/s400/author+welcome2.jpg" width="206" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXAGpZbjxxRxqCeu8e1SXYOmM9bf4xZcdz26TAKHii9wNRsDNbld28AO2SDJGAT5ftxbg6A4JxAX3lk1jUSA3vCT1-ePSmBIrnUDJ70J8WsIZ7iaH0BXSALyFzKWh2GrR4wCkLVSpMj7e/s1600/girls+w+welcome+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXAGpZbjxxRxqCeu8e1SXYOmM9bf4xZcdz26TAKHii9wNRsDNbld28AO2SDJGAT5ftxbg6A4JxAX3lk1jUSA3vCT1-ePSmBIrnUDJ70J8WsIZ7iaH0BXSALyFzKWh2GrR4wCkLVSpMj7e/s400/girls+w+welcome+sign.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="206" /></a><br />
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Even though I couldn't see you in real time, first graders, I enjoyed seeing your bright, shining faces. I can tell you are a moovelous class. Oh, I mean marvelous. :-)Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-40203322432563211542011-05-09T13:29:00.000-07:002011-05-09T13:40:13.886-07:00Skype, skype, I love to skype<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcPJ8U_sgT6fHgGhFYw55pnxuwkpeJpKum6-Ys5qfIIwIBm6JnZtcqJbqv2QXncSyeYPXduniKqCUtI61VpZWAMpkRHmG7msvvIde0NU3fzLSVeieC301X9ELLpCaAE5WqXJik9QDUQ15/s1600/SDC11166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcPJ8U_sgT6fHgGhFYw55pnxuwkpeJpKum6-Ys5qfIIwIBm6JnZtcqJbqv2QXncSyeYPXduniKqCUtI61VpZWAMpkRHmG7msvvIde0NU3fzLSVeieC301X9ELLpCaAE5WqXJik9QDUQ15/s320/SDC11166.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>One of the benefits of the technological revolution is being able to chat with people all over the globe without traveling there. Every month this school year I've visited kids and teachers through Skype. I have more visits coming up in May and July, one in Mexico. Here's a photo of some of the fabulous first graders I skyped with in Easton, Pennsylvania. Thank you fabulous first graders and Ms Cianfaglione for a wonderful visit.<br />
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"It was truly a great experience for the kids!" First grader teacher, Jennifer CianfaglioneMarsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-2492316873838187482011-04-19T11:21:00.000-07:002011-04-19T11:21:09.564-07:00MORE BOOK CHARACTERS COME TO LIFEHere are more fun photos of some of the Branson Primary students...and teachers too...dressed up as characters from my books. Mesa Mitchell's class wrote me the sweetest email saying, "We are story magicians." What could be better?<br />
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Misty Morre, Dana Round, and Myra McNeil.<br />
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</tbody></table>Marsha Diane Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815935197279478842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414905238111996130.post-1410559535736064092011-04-15T12:19:00.000-07:002011-04-15T12:19:49.820-07:00MY CHARACTERS CAME TO LIFEWhen I visited Branson Primary in March, I was delighted to see multiples of some of my favorite characters walking into the room. There were fancy Sophie LeBeques...oh, so fancy...from <i>Metro Cat, </i>Jack Huffles and Old Dog Blues from <i>Roar of a Snore,</i> Little Cottontails from <i>Hugs on the Wind, </i>Quacks from <i>Quick, Quack, Quick, </i>tigers from <i>Heart of a Tiger, </i>Joshua Summerhayes from<i> The Pumpkin Runner, </i>and lots of Little Skunks from <i>The Tail of Little Skunk. </i>Here are a couple of photos of the sweetest skunks plus other characters from Mesa Mitchell's class.<br />
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When I visit schools, I have the younger students send hugs to someone they miss with me. We think of someone we miss, make a hug with our arms over our heads, and Whish...Whish...let the wind take them.<br />
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