Josette Abruzzini
Historical Fiction immersed in Art!
A Light of Her Own by Carrie Callaghan (Amberjack Publishing, 2018) Carrie Callaghan’s A Light of her Own is a newly released historical...
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Josette Abruzzini
Dec 6, 20182 min read
Water Books Everywhere!
Here’s a list of picture books about water, with thanks to those around the world who love and protect waters that give us life and...
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Josette Abruzzini
Dec 6, 20182 min read
Spreading Curiosity
Over the past few months I've shared my writing projects with close to a dozen elementary school classes. There's nothing like the...
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Josette Abruzzini
Aug 13, 20181 min read
Imaginations will float, vanish and drench!
“All the Water in the World ….is all the water in the world.” How’s that for a opening line? The entire book delivers on the promise of...
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Josette Abruzzini
Dec 8, 20172 min read
The Birds & the Bees - Who Knew What and When did they Know it?
Edward Dolnick presents this broad story in a clear narrative style that all readers will appreciate. Readers of Seeds of Life will revel in
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Josette
Nov 30, 20171 min read
A Boy and an Idea
Here's my final book rec in celebration of Picture Book Month! The Boy Who Invented TV, , written by Kathleen Krull and illustrated by...
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Josette Abruzzini
Nov 16, 20171 min read
Girl Power!
In celebration of my daughter's birthday AND of Picture Book Month, today's recommendations show what girl power can do in math and the...
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Josette Abruzzini
Nov 12, 20171 min read
Einstein & Sandow Inspire!
Two more engaging picture books to celebrate Picture Book Month! Strong as Sandow: How Eugen Sandow Became the Strongest Man on Earth,...
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Josette Abruzzini
Oct 31, 20172 min read
Happy Picture Book Month!
In celebration of November being Picture Book Month, I’ll be sharing a few wonderful science-minded picture books with you! Most will be...
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Josette Abruzzini
Feb 13, 20172 min read
Thank you, SCBWI!
This weekend I attended my first writer’s conference, and I’m pretty sure I’ll be going back for another. The winter conference of SCBWI,...
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Josette Abruzzini
Oct 24, 20162 min read
Magical Words on Every Page
The Dreamer, by Pam Munoz Ryan, is a mandate for allowing each and every child to grow into the person he or she is meant to be. Magical...
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Josette Abruzzini
Jul 7, 20164 min read
6 Ways Fiction can Boost STEM Learning
The following article was published in STEAM Ed Magazine, July 2016 edition. Who among us has never doubted something that we’ve been...
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Josette Abruzzini
May 16, 20162 min read
Eye of the Beholder
This is an updated version of a review I had written when Laura Snyder's Eye of the Beholder was released just over a year ago. This week...
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Josette Abruzzini
Mar 10, 20164 min read
My 3-Squared Career
If my life were a quilt, three of its squares would represent the phases of my career. One of those squares would signify music, my first...
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