Kell Andrews

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“I desired dragons above all things. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in my neighborhood, intruding in my relatively safe world, in which it was, for instance, possible to read stories in peace of mind, free of fear.“

J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories, 1947

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A Social Entrepreneur Creates Value Through Personal Connections and Academics

“You don’t know until you talk to somebody the value that they bring to your life.”

That was the message Adwoa Konadu Perbi, WG’18, conveyed in the 60 Second Lecture she delivered during Wharton’s MBA Pre-term. 60 Second Lectures are an open forum for MBA students to address their classmates on any topic they choose.

Adwoa, who is a dual degree student at  Wharton and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, believes in making connections. A social introvert, she prefers to make friends in a smaller, more intimate setting. She decided not get caught in the whirlwind of Pre-term, and that’s what she wanted to talk about in her lecture.

“People are excited to make connections,” she said. “Everybody is going for every event, but I realized pretty quickly even if I missed the event, I didn’t lose out. If you take your time to speak to people in another setting, then they feel that a connection has been made a little bit deeper.”

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Kids Predict the Weather

Mira, Mira, on the wall Weather resources, free for all!

Kids can predict the weather! Mira from Mira Forecasts the Future tells you in her own words how she makes weather predictions.

Then download a free printable activity kit — games, mazes, weather tips, coloring page, plus instructions and cutoffs to make your own pinwheel like Mira.

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To read is to journey through time - Carl Sagan. From Penn Book Center. 

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Bookstore Etiquette, a public message from author/illustrator Salina Yoon

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The World, by Christine Rossetti. Illustration by Florence Harrison, 1923

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New Printable Activity Kit for Mira Forecasts the Future

Free downloadable, printable activity kit with weather activities, resources, games and make-your-own-pinwheel kit!

http://kellandrews.com/printable-activity-kit-and-weather-resources/

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“The Ghost’s Petition,” Christina Rossetti, illustration by Florence Harrison, 1923

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Five Things Writing Novels Taught Me About Writing Picture Books

I write for children of all ages. Two years ago, when my first middle-grade novel, Deadwood, was released, I wrote a post called what What Writing Picture Books Taught Me About Middle-Grade Novels.

This month, my first picture book, Mira Forecasts the Future (illustrated by Lissy Marlin), hit the shelves. So now I take a look in opposite direction to assess what writing novels taught me about writing picture books.

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“From House to Home,” Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, illustration by Florence Harrison, c. 1920

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Mermaid, Elenore Plaisted Abbott, 1923

It’s summer! My digital short, The Mermaid Game: A summer short story, is free on B&N, iBooks, and Smashwords, and 99 cents at Amazon.

Coral and her sister thought they were playing a game, but you never know what a hurricane will stir up.

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The Goblin Market, Christina Rossetti, illustration by Florence Harrison, c. 1920

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The swans settled close by her. The Wild Swans, Elenore Plaisted Abbott, 1922

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The Pig Baby, Alice in Wonderland, Mabel Lucie Attwell, 1910

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The Little Mermaid, Mabel Lucie Attwell, from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales, 1914

It’s summer! My digital short, The Mermaid Game: A summer short story, is free on B&N, iBooks, and Smashwords, and 99 cents at Amazon.

Coral and her sister thought they were playing a game, but you never know what a hurricane will stir up.