When I asked two educators to create lesson plans for Just Fine the Way They Are, I had no idea how far the term “lesson plan” had evolved since my days as a first grade teacher back in the 1970s. The “Social Studies/Transportation” resources they have written for home-school and classroom teachers are formatted just… [Read More]
Book Signing – Wayne County Historical Museum in Richmond, IN – Dec 10th
November 28, 2011 By
Please join Connie for a book signing at the Wayne County Historical Museum in Richmond, Indiana from 2pm-4pm on December 10th, 2011. Pictures from the event…
Book Signing – Indiana History Society’s 9th Annual Holiday Author Fair
November 27, 2011 By
What: Book Signing – Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, Indianapolis, IN Location: Indiana Historical Society’s Holiday Author Fair 9th Annual Holiday Author Fair December 3, 2011 – 12:00pm – 4:00 p.m. Connie will be one of the more than 60 authors featured at the Holiday Author Fair. She will also be a guest… [Read More]
The Brave New World of Book Reviews
November 14, 2011 By
Many times I’ve compared this new world of websites, social media, blogging and internet radio to the Wild West! One new force in the book world is online book reviews, many of which are written by “MommyBloggers,” literature bloggers and online publications. I want to thank the many folks who are reading and reviewing Just… [Read More]
“Loud Voices”
November 14, 2011 By
Lucretia Jones could not have had an easy time raising her daughter Edith. She was a woman of average intelligence and superficial interests suddenly confronted by a child whose brilliance was apparent from the get-go. She probably tried valiantly to maintain her maternal authority and, if her daughter’s claim that pleasing her mother and pleasing… [Read More]
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes – Reviewed by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge
November 10, 2011 By
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008. 32 pages; $16.99 hardcover; $11.99 oversized boardbook format; reading level: ages 2-5. Fox’s spare, rhyming text spotlights pairs of babies from around the world, connected by the refrain, “And both of these babies, as everyone knows, had… [Read More]
Maggie’s Monkeys – Reviewed by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge
November 10, 2011 By
Maggie’s Monkeys by Linda Sanders-Wells; illustrated by Abby Carter; Candlewick Press, 2009. 32 pages; $16.99; reading level: ages 4-7. Being the older brother of an imaginative little sister can be a trial – especially when her pink monkeys take up residence in the refrigerator and only Older Brother seems to know they’re not real. Dad… [Read More]
Connie Speaking At “Appalachia from an Assets Perspective Conference” at Shawnee State University – November 21st
November 7, 2011 By
Connie will address the Morning General Session at the Appalachia from an Assets Perspective Conference at Shawnee State University on November 20 – 21, 2011. The theme for the 2011 conference is Enhancing Teacher Performance to Maximize Student Achievement. Attended by administrators, teachers and students from throughout Ohio, Connie’s talk, entitled “The Simple Elegant Act of Telling a… [Read More]
Connie Interviewed by Children’s Author and Radio Host Renee Hand
November 7, 2011 By
Connie was interviewed Live by Renee Hand who is a children’s author and radio host on BlogTalkRadio.com. The interview was recorded at 2pm eastern on Wednesday, November 7th. Connie talks about her latest book, Just Fine the Way They Are. > Renee’s Review of Just Fine the Way They Are Listen to internet radio with… [Read More]
Jack is Back!
October 28, 2011 By
You just can’t keep a bad man down. Connected, as he is to Halloween (ever wonder where the term “jack-o-lantern” came from?), October is Wicked Jack’s favorite month and he was invited back to Indiana by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. What were they thinking??? Aren’t symphonies stuffy organizations?? Evidently not! Five woodwind players from the… [Read More]