Giveaway!

Hurry on over to FROM THE MIXED UP FILES blog.
Wendy Shang and I are chatting about our 70s books.

And giving them away!

All you have to do is leave Wendy a comment about your favorite 70s memory.
If you weren't around way back then, you can leave her a memory from books, TV shows, whatever you think is fun. 
(So far Pet Rocks seem to dominate.)

Giveaway ends Wednesday!

Here's the link:

http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2015/04/conversation-augusta-scattergood-author-stay-destiny/

Reading the Story/ AKA Readers Theater

Teachers- do you do Readers Theater in your classrooms? Are you gearing up for next year?
How about you camp counselors out there? Drama camp?

If so, here's a terrific resource from one of my favorite blogs.

 Reader’s Theater puts the kid INTO the story, inhabiting his favorite hero, villain or sidekick. Words on a page literally come to life when real kids stand up to act out a scene.

That's from Tami Lewis Brown over at FROM THE MIXED UP FILES, a blog every writer/ reader/teacher of Middle Grade novels should bookmark right now.

Here's the link to Brown's post about Readers Theater:

http://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/2012/05/put-show-readers-theater-middle-grade-reader/

And I posted a page with the Readers Theater script from GLORY BE.
Here it is, ready for your reading/ acting/ dramatic pleasure.

CLICK THIS  for a short description of the Readers Theater a funny, hammy, dramatic group of writers did together at the Texas Library Association.