Upcoming Events!
Looking forward to visiting Taylor schools at their Literacy Fair on May 9th!
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WELCOME AUTUMN!
NEW PRESENTATIONS!!
Starting Fall 2011 I will offer Writing Workshops and Historical Fiction presentations for grades 5-8. These presentations correspond with Writing Across the Curriculum for all these grades and specifically with grades 5 and 8 for the Michigan Genre Project of Historical Fiction. I combine my years of teaching writing with my experience of writing young adult historical fiction to create these presentations. Link with downloadable informational flyer to follow! Please e-mail me with questions.
REVIEWS of TENDING BEN'S GARDEN
“… please know that I found Tending Ben’s Garden to be easily one of the best portrayals of the Great Depression...that I have read in my eight years as a teen librarian.”
Randy Ernst-Meyer, West Bloomfield Twp. Public Library
"I found ( Tending Ben's Garden ) to be very entertaining. Your depiction of the Depression years in Michigan is very interesting and gives the reader a strong insight on the hardships that plagued the American family. Ben was a special boy and the love shown for him by his siblings was touching...The epilogue was touching and ended the love story full circle..." Renee Norred, Librarian
Cranbrook Middle School Boys' Campus
"My name is Jan Wild and I am a member of the Libres group. I was sent your book Tending Ben's Garden . All I can say is WELL DONE!! I loved the book...I loved Kate's determination... The special bond they share is pure in the sense that Kate adored Ben for who he was. She understood him (Ben) better than anyone else, and accepted him for the unique person he was. That love jumps out from the pages…It's heartwarming and heart wrenching. I love that in a story, I want to feel emotion when I read, and I certainly got that from your book.
I would definitely recommend this book to everyone I know.
Sincerely,
Jan Wild
Clarenceville Middle School
Media Tech"
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HAPPY DAY!!
Tending Ben's Garden is now available at Barnes and Noble online for ordering along with Charlie Boy and Home to Mackinac. Lilly's Way is for the time being only available from the publisher's link on this website on the Books page
Welcome all! I invite you to explore this site to learn about
me, the young adult Michigan based historical books
I’ve written, and to tap into the links
I’ve listed for students and teachers alike.
Our state of Michigan rocks!! 
click here for more info on Kim...
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Spend a few minutes learning about my mid grade Michigan based historical
novels-Tending Ben's Garden, (Western Michigan) Home to Mackinac,
(Mackinac Island) Charlie Boy (Detroit) and Lilly's Way
(Muskegon). I wrote them for you!
more book info...
 As
a Michigan children’s author, I love to make school
visits. Maybe I’ll meet you there!! Take care!
more school visit info...
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