Joanna Marple
In my 20's, with only my guitar and a rucksack, I wandered the continents, immersing myself in the lives of some wonderful people, projects and stories, which changed the way I view my responsibility to others and this earth. Right now I'm a European transplant in the US who writes books for children and young adults. Stories can help us not only navigate our world but can connect us to others, and allow us to inspire and help each other. I believe that equity and empathy should be at the core of our all actions, words, and stories. I am also a school librarian and I get a kick out of book-matchmaking! And I use the pronouns she/her.
Diverse Children’s Books
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Read to Me Picture Book Challenge – a French Flavor
There’s a Book’s Read-to-Me Picture Book Reading Challenge, Books 4, 5 and 6. No language specific guidelines were given in the reading challenge, so I am assuming as long as my review is in English I can read my books … Continue reading
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Saturday Me(me).
A fun Saturday meme hosted by Danielle at There’s a Book.”We all leave our “footprint” on the world, in one way or another. We each, individually, do something or are someone that makes the world a little better just by … Continue reading
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So you want to write?
As a teenager I wanted to to be an overseas correspondent. I naively saw myself in dangerous zones in the world, risking all to send gripping reports back to European headquarters. The overseas bit worked out (and I did get … Continue reading
