🎉 Happy Book Birthday to THE DANGER FILES: DISASTERS! 🌋🌪️🌊 by Anna Crowley Redding Today’s a big day! My latest middle-grade nonfiction STEM adventure, THE DANGER FILES: DISASTERS, officially celebrates its book birthday! 🥳 This series is designed for readers who love heart-racing, real-life stories — the kind that make you gasp, “Wait… this really… Read more »
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The Best Question I’ve Ever Been Asked by a Kid (or Adult)And Why You Need to Hear the Answer Arookstook County, Maine – I was standing in front of a crowd of young writers, talking to them about the writing process, what a career as an author is really like, and what it was like… Read more »
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It happened several years ago. I woke up from the only surgery I’d ever had… a mastectomy. As soon as I emerged from the fog, realized where I was and that I had survived, I grabbed at my surgical gown. Pulling at that fist full of cloth, I opened my gown and looked down… Read more »
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Oh, friends! It happened in the middle of the night. Around 3am. I couldn’t sleep and turned to my phone to read news headlines. I spent years as a reporter and one of your primary responsibilities is to read as much as possible as often as possible. And what can I say? Old habits die… Read more »
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Hello, Friends! When you think about time spent by a bright blue sea, you might daydream about a cool ocean breeze, playtime in the surf, tide pools exploration, or sand castles! But that vast expanse of water is also filled with shapes and numbers. Here are THREE fun and easy ways to bring those math… Read more »
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There is nothing more exciting than scientific discovery! Nothing! And about space? Black Holes? In our Milky Way Galaxy? All the Better! Meet our very own Milky Way black hole! It’s called Sagittarius A* (pronounced Sagittarius A Star). And today The Event Horizon Telescope Team revealed the first image of our own black hole, at… Read more »
Read MoreCalling all Black Hole Fans. Head’s up, Milky Way Fans. This is not a drill! I am officially FREAKING out, I am so excited. Mark your calendars! On May 12, 2022, an epic announcement is headed our way. The Event Horizon Telescope team – – that global team of researchers who captured the first EVER image… Read more »
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Here’s one of the first lessons I learned as a journalist… I was sitting in the state capitol in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. A debate was underway as to whether the Red Sox should stay at Fenway Park or build a new stadium in a different location. It was a hot button issue of huge… Read more »
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Hello, friend. It’s the holiday season and I don’t know about you, but I am feeling all the feels. The lights, the tree, candles, egg nog, bring it on. I’m just waiting for our first Maine snowfall of the season which amazingly hasn’t happened yet, other than an overnight dusting that disappeared as soon as… Read more »
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Today’s the day! Illustrator Emily Sutton and I are excited to reveal the cover of our next book! Look at that gorgeous cover. It’s so beautiful and perfectly highlights what’s inside– the courageous tale of an 1800’s woman who began keeping the light and saving lives at age twelve. Ready for the inside scoop on how this… Read more »
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