Caroline Starr Rose
@CStarrRose
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I read books. I write books. Life is grand. Latest: MIRACULOUS (middle grade) Coming soon: THE BURNING SEASON (middle grade verse novel)
New Mexico
Joined November 2012
So honored to have MAY B. represent Kansas for Read Across America's #50booksfor50states!.
We're celebrating #ReadAcrossAmerciaDay with this list of #50BooksFor50States! Find all 50 recommendations here: #MiddleGradeBooks. @emilystuff
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Is Maud Montgomery’s EMILY OF NEW MOON her “oft forgotten novel”?! Not when your middle name is Starr and you’re kind of a superfan. 🥸 Happy 100, Emily Byrd Starr.
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L.M. Montgomery’s oft-forgotten novel, which turns 100 this year, is more timely than ever.
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An interview with my critique partner + friend, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, about her new book, SMALL SHOES, BIG STRIDES, "a nonfiction picture book about public school desegregation in New Orleans." @LernerBooks @CarolCHinz .
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age range: grades 2-5genre / format : narrative nonfiction; picture booktopics: school integration; Civil Rights MovementVaunda Micheaux Nelson’s website Micheaux Nelson and Bostic’s information-pa...
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RT @VirginiaSports: “We are better, and we will do better because of Devin, Lavel, and D’Sean. To the families, we love your sons and we wi….
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Remembering Lavel, Devin, and D'Sean today. 💔.
Please join the UVA community in remembering Devin, Lavel, and D’Sean on the day one year ago when their lives were tragically cut short. #UVAStrong
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Working on THE BURNING SEASON, my next verse novel set in a NM firetower. Have you ever seen a lightning stool? Even though towers are grounded, electricity can still zing you. Lookouts stand on lightning stools during a thunderstorm.
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This is a fabulous interview with @jessicavitalis. Check it out and then order a copy of COYOTE QUEEN.
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Teachers and librarians! I'm gearing up for school visits for @aps and beyond.
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School visits are one of my greatest joys. So much of the writing life is a solitary activity, and it is beyond wonderful to connect with young readers, to interact with the kids I do this book...
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Author, former librarian, and beautiful human being Ann Clare LeZotte needs help, friends. Please consider donating and spreading the word.
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This fundraiser is being run by Friends of Ann Clare. Donations will go directly int… Ann LeZotte needs your support for Support Ann Clare's road to recovery!
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Back from my monthly social media sabbatical. Here are some links worth reading!.
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Mainly picture books on this best children’s books list with a few middle grades and The New Kid on the Block poetry collection thrown in (which contains the Goopy Gloppers poem — a long-time Rose...
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Finished the first draft of a verse novel I've been working on for months! Getting edits on another next week! My plate is full. My heart is happy. Taking a break here. See you in August.
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There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.― Alan Cohen Yesterday I finished the first draft of my someday verse novel, SONG OF THE RAVEN. Soaring! I’ve plowed...
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Eight years later, and I'm still thinking about this. Thank you, @colbysharp and @lindaurban. ♥️📚
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Eight years after this post first ran, I’m still thinking about this. I few weeks ago I shared a link to a blog post by teacher Colby Sharp. In it he talked about picking up a middle grade book and...
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With my debut releasing last week, I forgot to share this guest post on Caroline's classroom connection series. Check it out!. @HolidayHouseBks @perez_literary @2023Debuts @HighlightsFound @BCHeadQuarters.
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Congratulations, @LVanBrakle! So happy FATIMA TATE is in the world. ♥️
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age range: 14-17 yearsgenre: contemporary YAtopics: coming of age; Black, American Muslim families; bakingKhadijah VanBrakle’s website A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Fatima is a...
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It's kind of surreal to be typing raven "kronks" in my manuscript while a crow caws outside my window.
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