by Shonna | Sep 11, 2015 | Teens Doing Cool Things
Absolutely love this girl. I met Mariah when she was a spunky five-year-old, and she’s a beautiful young woman today. She posted this status update on facebook yesterday and I asked if I could re-post it on my blog. Such an important message about something we...
by Shonna | Apr 5, 2015 | #atozchallenge, 1940's, Cinderella's Dress, Teens Doing Cool Things, WWII
For the A to Z blogging challenge I’ve decided to blog about the 1940′s. And in the spirit of the 1940′s, at the end of the month, I’ll be giving away an ebook copy of one of my favorite books, Summer at Tiffany, to one of my newsletter subscribers (sign-up on the...
by Shonna | Jul 15, 2014 | reading challenge, Teaching Reading, Teens Doing Cool Things
So at one of my signings I met a YouTuber who introduced me to BookTubers. My life has not been the same since. BookTubers video-blog about reading/books/their bookshelves, etc. And then I found out this week there is a read-a-thon going on. A reading marathon with a...
by Shonna | Apr 2, 2014 | Teens Doing Cool Things
Day 2 in the #atozchallenge! Over the past few years we’ve seen a rash of Photoshop backlash. You can search on YouTube for “Photoshop model before and after” and find almost 50,000 videos: a mix of how-tos and fails and calling out the practice of making real humans...
by Shonna | Nov 12, 2013 | Teens Doing Cool Things
My son is participating in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine this weekend. He will fast for 30 hours starting Friday morning at 8:00, just before he takes his first competitive math test of the year. I’m glad the test is in the morning instead of the afternoon...
