At the 20th Annual Minnesota Children’s Book Festival
The Kerlan Friends from the University of Minnesota Children’s Literature Research Collection shared Writing Boxes and writing with children and teens.
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We made Heart Maps
Making Books
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It is easy to make a Heart Map. What do you love? Write or draw or dictate or stamp. (Georgia Heard, Heart Maps)
It’s a Book!
To free-download or buy the print edition
https://www.lib.umn.edu/publishing/writingboxes
We Write Again at the Twin Cities Book Festival
SAVE THE DATE
The 19th Annual Twin Cities Book Festival
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
10:00am-5:00pm • FREE Admission
AND free transportation
Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Book Festival, the largest one-day book gathering in the region, features hundreds of exhibitors, dozens of presenting authors from near and far, special children’s and youth programming, and endless curiosities for all ages—all in a massive celebration of our vibrant Minnesota literary culture.
It was very good to see you at Red Wing, Lisa! I wish I would have had time to do my own writing heart then. It might be a good rainy day project this weekend at home!
I would love to see your Heart Map.