On Wednesday, Snowflake Bentley, the chiru, and Grandmother Bryant, Bizzy Bones, that hiking, banjo-strumming Granny, and I went to Arthur School in Cedar Rapids for the day. And we all had a great time. The students--about 360 in all--were lively and enthusiastic about books and stories. They keep journals and write … [Read more...] about Out and About: Arthur School
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Launch Party for Creekfinding at Prairie Lights
(Note: This party was held March 4, 2017).
Several years ago a long-lost creek in northeast Iowa came back to life. It did so with the help of Mike Osterholm, who acted on a hint and a hunch to add the nearly-forgotten waterway into his efforts to return an old cornfield to the prairie it had once been.
Osterholm’s story is told with loving simplicity in Creekfinding: A True Story, a picture book aimed at ages 4-9. Martin, McGehee and Osterholm will all be on hand this Saturday, March 4, at Prairie Lights for a launch party for the book. [ Read More ]
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