Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog

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This cloud reminded me of JEFF’S dog Petey. After that, one thing led to another. That’s the way it goes.

On the Matter of Scale

I’m sitting here pushing words...

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Happy Father’s Day to all who are or were. As my daddy would sing, in a loud voice, at unexpected times, when I was six:

“Sayro jayro stripe back pennywinkle foddle doodle yellow bug rinktum bullywug kie me. Mr. Frog went a courtin' and he did ride, walchum polly won't you kie me. He asked Miss Toad to be...

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A few years ago I had an autoimmune attack on my kidneys. In ninety days my kidneys changed from healthy to hardly functioning. Next step was to put me on dialysis. I was hospitalized and given two rounds of chemotherapy designed to fight such problems. From there it was a long, slow process to recovery. For some time now I chec...

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My friend and collegue, LAURA ROBB, has shared the good news with me that her proposal for a new book has been accepted. I’ll be writing with her for the first time since Guided Practice for Reading Growth, Grades 4-8: Texts and Lessons to Improve Fluency, Comprehension, and Vocabulary, published by Corwin Publishing in...

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If all goes well, I hope today I’ll start recording a few of my books for the library at David Harrison Elementary School. JEFF’S girlfriend, KATHRYN ATWATER, suggested recently that I might use ReadToMe QR code stickers to affix my recordings into the covers of some chosen samples and I love the idea. I’ve selected these books ...