MelanieJun 22, 2021SPOKEN: LISTEN TO THE AUDIOBOOKI am excited to have worked with Mike Peters, a professional voice actor with two decades in braodcast media and production, to make...
MelanieJun 18, 20215 REASONS WHY I SELF PUBLISHED...AND YOU CAN TOO!5. EARLY READER FEEDBACK WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE I believed in my young adult novel, Spoken, not only because I thought it belonged...
MelanieJun 15, 2021WHY WE WEAR ORANGE ON JUNE 4https://rac.org/blog/why-we-wear-orange-june-4th EXCERPT FROM THE Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism Blog on May 27, 2021...
MelanieMay 25, 2021How Oliver Celebrates his July 4 Birthday In the early reader chapter book Oliver's Birthday and the Robin's Nest, Oliver is not alone...many young kids have birthdays on or near...
MelanieMay 21, 2021 Know Your State’s Nature SymbolsHow many of us know our state’s official bird? Flower? Tree? These are fun and interesting facts to look up and it may surprise you to...
MelanieMay 19, 2021 Great Reads That Tackle Tough IssuesMy three fiction books tackle important social problems, and each do so in a way that is age appropriate and helps make sense of the...
MelanieMay 11, 2021 Wonderful Writing Exercise for All AgesPoetry/Curriculum/Spoken Word Poetry/Classroom Activity THE SIX-WORD STORY IN THE CLASSROOM: BRILLIANT! By Melanie Weiss Flash fiction...
MelanieMar 25, 2021BACKYARD BABY ROBINS GIVE KIDS A REAL-LIFE NATURE LESSONMany summers when my children were young enough that the back yard held hours of enjoyment, we had a tiny problem. Each June, a robin...