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Today I’m headed to our local Glacierview school to talk with third through fifth graders about The Puzzling Life of One Author. Promoting literacy through puzzles–yippee!
We’re going to make a puzzle from scratch. I’m not going to walk them through a puzzle I’ve pre-planned; I’m going to wing it, using a joke or fact they choose, and creating on the spot with their help. I don’t know if it will be a puzzle that uses a long wordy answer or one that uses a single word, so I can’t even plan what sort of puzzle it will be.
I’ve always claimed I can make a puzzle out of anything. I’ve met challenges posed by editors, but I expect it will be different having to perform the challenge live. Wish me luck!
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Remember, The Needlework Show starts today. Funk & Weber Designs is hosting a puzzle contest, and Pine Glen Designs is hosting a bookmark-stitching contest.~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Tomorrow, April 16, is Support Teen Literature Day, and since I have to be in Anchorage, I plan to participate in Operation T*B*D (Teen Book Drop) organized by readergirlz, GuysLitWire, and YALSA.
I will be leaving at least two YA books in public places where teens will see them and, I hope, pick them up and read them.
I will be including a hand-stitched bookmark in each, hitching my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy Bookmark Challenge wagon to the T*B*D star. I hope you other Bookmark Challengers out there will do the same. If you do, take a picture of your drop and send it to me.
More info about Operation T*B*D is available here.
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