SPOKEN: LISTEN TO THE AUDIOBOOK
I am excited to have worked with Mike Peters, a professional voice actor with two decades in braodcast media and production, to make...
Melanie
- Jun 18, 2021
5 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...
Melanie
- Jun 15, 2021
WHY WE WEAR ORANGE ON JUNE 4
https://rac.org/blog/why-we-wear-orange-june-4th EXCERPT FROM THE Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism Blog on May 27, 2021...
Melanie
- May 25, 2021
How 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...
Melanie
- May 21, 2021
Know Your State’s Nature Symbols
How 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...
Melanie
- May 19, 2021
Great Reads That Tackle Tough Issues
My three fiction books tackle important social problems, and each do so in a way that is age appropriate and helps make sense of the...
Melanie
- May 11, 2021
Wonderful Writing Exercise for All Ages
Poetry/Curriculum/Spoken Word Poetry/Classroom Activity THE SIX-WORD STORY IN THE CLASSROOM: BRILLIANT! By Melanie Weiss Flash fiction...
Melanie
- Mar 25, 2021
BACKYARD BABY ROBINS GIVE KIDS A REAL-LIFE NATURE LESSON
Many summers when my children were young enough that the back yard held hours of enjoyment, we had a tiny problem. Each June, a robin...