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Random Agent Thoughts

April 27, 2025 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  23 Comments

Cynthia's dadYes, this is a blog post of random agent thoughts.

A few weeks after my father’s heart stopped beating for the last time, we discovered among his office files a three-ring binder labeled “497 Random Thoughts.” Over the course of …

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The Reader-Writer Bond

November 10, 2024 //  by Janet Grant//  3 Comments

When a reader picks her next book, she unwittingly creates a bond with the author. And when a writer decides to create a book, he unwittingly forms a bond with the reader. This reader-writer bond is powerful–and meaningful to both …

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Reading Resources for the Current Times

May 4, 2020 //  by Rachel Kent//  4 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

I hope you are all doing all right during these crazy times! Hang in there, friends.

My kids and I have been enjoying some of the great book resources available out there on the internet.

One of …

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My Favorite Book of 2018

January 2, 2019 //  by Janet Grant//  11 Comments

 By Janet Kobobel Grant

As has been my tradition over the last several years, I wanted to share with you my reading highlights from 2018. Generally, I have a number of titles that were a delight to consume, but this …

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When did you learn to love reading?

July 28, 2017 //  by Rachel Kent//  31 Comments

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I just finished reading Little House in the Big Woods out loud to my daughter. This has been a dream of mine since long before she was born. She loved the book and is amazed by chapter …

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writers read children's books

Read to Write

July 19, 2017 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  45 Comments

Read to Write

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A friend visited last week. She’s a minimalist, which I appreciate but have yet to mimic. The one thing I collect–other than dust–that caught her eye was something that shows up in every room …

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Handling Stress

May 26, 2017 //  by Rachel Kent//  30 Comments

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Last night I was reading with my daughter and she picked the book When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang. It’s a Caldecott Honor Book about a little girl, Sophie, whose sister takes her toy …

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Continuing on with characters and plot

March 3, 2017 //  by Rachel Kent//  18 Comments

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I have been reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver series. I read The Giver when I was in junior high and really enjoyed it and only recently saw that it is part of a series. The Giver was …

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5 Simple Tips to Keep You Writing

November 20, 2016 //  by Janet Grant//  36 Comments

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The holidays bring extra time off for many of us, and our office each year feels the effects of that: Come January, an avalanche of submissions hits our in-boxes with force.

Whether it’s the dreary weather, …

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Favorite Christmas Book to Read with a Child

December 18, 2015 //  by Rachel Kent//  33 Comments

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My daughter and I are always reading together and this time of year she has two favorite Christmas books. Honestly, both are a little young for her now, but sometimes by the end of a very long …

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