Monday, September 30, 2013

Three Minutes Carving a Pumpkin


Normanday #96: It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween.

Write for three minutes about…

…something scary.

Email what you wrote to woof at bright dot net by the end of the day October 6 (put “Norman is Fearless” in the subject line). I’ll post as many of my favorite entries as I want next Monday. Include your first name (or, even better, use a pen name) and age (unless you’re tortoise-old).

Here is the single entry from last week when I asked you to write for three minutes about…

…the moment you realize it’s autumn.


Cranberly
The leaves start to change color in early September or even late August and I get excited. But I know better to be fooled. You will still get summer-like days after the leaves start to change. I don’t start thinking it’s Fall until that first morning I wear pants because it’s a bit too chilly to have bare legs. And I love the feeling of pants on that first crisp, cool morning. I have ignored pants all summer, choosing dresses and long shorts and capris. But the feel of the fabric against my calves is such a comfort. It floats and glides as I walk, skims my ankles and tickles the top of my feet, which are usually still in sandals. I know, then, it is Autumn. And when I finally put on socks and a proper pair of shoes, it is Winter.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Briar’s Journal (September 24 to October 4, 2013)

Dream Entry*
March 4, 2004
 
My friends, three puppies, and a duck are playing spoons in Morzant’s lab when there’s a knock on the door. Even though the door is a giant piece of white bread, the knocking sounds like metal hitting metal. Nobody else seems to hear it, so I get up to see who’s there.
 
It’s a travelling librarian. She’s balancing a four-foot stack of books on her left pinky finger. She tells me the library has started a new, bread-door-to-bread-door service. Everybody rushes from the lab to collect the books the travelling librarian has brought for them.
 
“When you’re finished, send them back in the self-propelled hot air balloon,” she says pointing to a red balloon staked in the field next to Morzan’t ship.
 
Everybody takes their books to the lab to read.
 
 
 
BIGFOOT’s books:
 
THE 14 FIBS OF GREGORY K.
by Greg Pincus
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
FAIRY TALE COMICS: CLASSIC TALES
TOLD BY EXTRAORDINARY CARTOONISTS
edited by Chris Duffy
[MIDDLE GRADE—GRAPHIC NOVEL]
First Second-Roaring Brook
September 24, 2013
 
FLORA AND ULYSSES:
THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES
by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by K.G. Campbell
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Candlewick
September 24, 2013
 
FROM NORVELT TO NOWHERE
by Jack Gantos
[MIDDLE GRADE—SEQUEL TO
DEAD END IN NORVELT]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
September 24, 2013
 
THE PARADOX OF VERTICAL FLIGHT
by Emil Ostrovski
[YOUNG ADULT]
Greenwillow-HarperCollins
September 24, 2013
 
VAMPLETS: THE NIGHTMARE NURSERY
by Gayle Middleton and Dave Dwonch,
illustrated by Amanda Coronado
[YOUNG ADULT—GRAPHIC NOVEL]
Action Lab Entertainment
September 26, 2013
 
GOODBYE, REBEL BLUE
by Shelley Coriell
[YOUNG ADULT]
Amulet-Abrams
October 1, 2013
 
HOW TO LOVE
by Katie Cotugno
[YOUNG ADULT]
Balzer & Bray-HarperCollins
October 1, 2013
 
MY BASMATI BAT MITZVAH
by Paula J. Freedman
[YOUNG ADULT]
Amulet-Abrams
October 1, 2013
 
WILD CARDS
by Simone Elkeles
[YOUNG ADULT—
FIRST IN THE SERIES]
Walker
October 1, 2013
 
MAN MADE BOY
by Jon Skovron
[YOUNG ADULT]
Viking-Penguin
October 3, 2013
 
 
MORZANT’s books:
 
INHUMAN
by Kat Falls
[YOUNG ADULT—
FIRST IN THE SERIES]
Scholastic Press-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
THROUGH THE ZOMBIE GLASS
by Gena Showalter
[YOUNG ADULT—SECOND IN THE
WHITE RABBIT CHRONICLES]
Harlequin Teen-Harlequin
September 24, 2013
 
WOW! SUPRISING FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS
by John Woodward and Emma Dods,
illustrated by Marc Aspinall
[PICTURE BOOK—NON-FICTION—
FIRST IN THE WOW, I DIDN’T KNOW THAT! SERIES]
Kingfisher
September 24, 2013
 
CALL OF THE KLONDIKE:
A TRUE GOLD RUSH ADVENTURE
by David Meissner and Kim Richardson
[MIDDLE GRADE—NON-FICTION]
Calkins Creek-Boyds Mills
October 1, 2013
 
SICK
by Tom Leveen
[YOUNG ADULT]
Amulet-Abrams
October 1, 2013
 
WHOSE NEST?
by Lynette Evans,
illustrated by Guy Troughton
[PICTURE BOOK—NON-FICTION]
Insight Editions
October 1, 2013
 
 
MORTIMER’s books:
 
MRS. NOODLEKUGEL AND FOUR BLIND MICE
by Daniel Pinkwater,
with illustrations by Adam Stower
[CHAPTER BOOK—SECOND IN THE
MRS. NOODLEKUGEL SERIES]
Candlewick
September 24, 2013
 
MOUSETRONAUT GOES TO MARS
by Mark Kelly, illustrated by C.F. Payne
[PICTURE BOOK—SEQUEL TO MOUSETRONAUT:
BASED ON A (PARTIALLY) TRUE STORY]
Paula Wiseman-Simon & Schuster
October 1, 2013
 
 
PENNY’s books: 
 
THE FALLOUT
by S.A. Bodeen
[YOUNG ADULT—
SEQUEL TO THE COMPOUND]
Feiwel and Friends-Macmillan
September 24, 2013
 
FIND ME
by Romily Bernard
[YOUNG ADULT]
HarperTeen-HarperCollins
September 24, 2013
 
MARIE ANTOINETTE, SERIAL KILLER
by Katie Alender
[YOUNG ADULT]
Point-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
NOT A DROP TO DRINK
by Mindy McGinnis
[YOUNG ADULT]
Katherine Tegen-HarperCollins
September 24, 2013
 
ALL THE TRUTH THAT’S IN ME
by Julie Berry
[YOUNG ADULT]
Viking-Penguin
September 26, 2013
 
BLACKOUT
by Robinson Wells
[YOUNG ADULT]
HarperTeen-HarperCollins
October 1, 2013
 
ENTANGLED
by Amy Rose Capetta
[YOUNG ADULT]
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
October 1, 2013
 
UNBREAKABLE
by Kami Garcia
[YOUNG ADULT—
FIRST IN THE LEGION SERIES]
Little, Brown-Hachette
October 1, 2013
 
PICTURE ME GONE
by Meg Rosoff
[YOUNG ADULT]
Putnam-Penguin
October 3, 2013
 
 
THE DUCK’s books: 
 
BATTLE MAGIC
by Tamora Pierce
[YOUNG ADULT]
Scholasitc Press-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
THE REAL BOY
by Anne Ursu,
with illustrations by Erin McGuire
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Walden Pond-HarperCollins
September 24, 2013
 
SHADOWS
by Robin McKinley
[YOUNG ADULT]
Nancy Paulsen-Penguin
September 26, 2013
 
HERO
by Alethea Kontis
[YOUNG ADULT—SECOND IN THE
WOODCUTTER SISTERS SERIES]
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
October 1, 2013
 
 
NORMAN’s books: 
 
CHUPACABRA
by Roland Smith
[MIDDLE GRADE—THIRD IN THE
CRYPTID HUNTERS SERIES]
Scholasitc Press-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
THE DARKEST PATH
by Jeff Hirsch
[YOUNG ADULT]
Scholasitc Press-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
HITLER’S SECRET
by William Osborne
[YOUNG ADULT]
Chicken House-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
THE LAST PRESENT
by Wendy Mass
[MIDDLE GRADE—FOURTH IN THE
WILLOW FALLS SERIES]
Scholasitc Press-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
ROOFTOPPERS
by Katherine Rundell,
with illustrations by Terry Fan
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Simon & Schuster
September 24, 2013
 
SKY JUMPERS
by Peggy Eddleman
[MIDDLE GRADE—FIRST IN THE
SKY JUMPERS SERIES]
Random House
September 24, 2013
 
THE TWO AND ONLY KELLY TWINS
by Johanna Hurwitz,
with illustrations by Tuesday Mourning
[CHAPTER BOOK]
Candlewick
September 24, 2013
 
SPELLING TROUBLE
by Frank Cammuso
[CHAPTER BOOK—FIRST IN THE
MISADVENTURES OF SALEM HYDE SERIES]
Amulet-Abrams
October 1, 2013
 
THE NINE LIVES OF ALEXANDER BADDENFIELD
by John Bemelmans Marciano,
illustrated by Sophie Blackall
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Viking-Penguin
October 3, 2013
 
 
BEVERLY’s books:
 
CHASING SHADOWS
by Swati Avasthi,
illustrations by Craig Phillips
[YOUNG ADULT]
Knopf-Random House
September 24, 2013
 
SEEING RED
by Kathryn Erskine
[Young Adult]
Scholastic Press-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
SERAFINA’S PROMISE
by Ann E. Burg
[MIDDLE GRADE—
NOVEL IN VERSE]
Scholastic Press-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
WHAT I CAME TO TELL YOU
by Tommy Hays
[MIDDLE GRADE]
Egmont USA
September 24, 2013
 
SEX & VIOLENCE
by Carrie Mesrobian
[YOUNG ADULT]
Carolrhoda-Lerner
October 1, 2013
 
 
BRIAR’s books:
 
THE WOLF PRINCESS
by Cathryn Constable
[YOUNG ADULT]
Chicken House-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
 
OLIVER’s books: 
 
BABY BEAR COUNTS ONE
by Ashley Wolff
[PICTURE BOOK]
Beach Lane-Simon & Schuster
September 24, 2013
 
BIG SNOW
by Jonathan Bean
[PICTURE BOOK]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
September 24, 2013
 
TRAIN
by Elisha Cooper
[PICTURE BOOK]
Orchard Books
September 24, 2013
 
WHEN LIONS ROAR
by Robie H. Harris,
illustrated by Chris Raschka
[PICTURE BOOK]
Orchard Books
September 24, 2013
 
MY OCTOPUS ARMS
by Keith Baker
[PICTURE BOOK]
Beach Lane-Simon & Schuster
September 24, 2013
 
YOU WERE THE FIRST
by Patricia MacLachlan,
illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
[PICTURE BOOK]
Little, Brown-Hachette
September 24, 2013
 
DIGBY DIFFERS
by Miriam Koch,
translated by Ann Garlid
[PICTURE BOOK]
Peter Pauper Press
September 25, 2013
 
BROWNIE GROUNDHOG AND THE WINTRY SURPRISE
by Susan Blackaby,
illustrated Carmen Segovia
[PICTURE BOOK—SEQUEL TO BROWNIE GROUNDHOG
AND THE FEBRUARY FOX]
Sterling
October 1, 2013
 
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO
by Todd H. Doodler
[PICTURE BOOK]
Little Simon-Simon & Schuster
October 1, 2013
 
THE SNATCHABOOK
by Helen Docherty,
illustrated by Thomas Docherty
[PICTURE BOOK]
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky-Sourcebooks
October 1, 2013
 
THE TORTOISE & THE HARE
by Jerry Pinkney
[PICTURE BOOK—COMPANION TO THE
LION& THE MOUSE]
Little, Brown-Hachette
October 1, 2013
 
TOFFEE APPLE NIGHT
by Tracey Corderoy,
illustrated by Hannah Whitty
[EARLY READER—SEVENTH IN THE
WILLOW VALLEY SERIES]
Scholastic
October 3, 2013
 
 
LENNY’s books: 
 
BIG BEAR’S BIG BOAT
by Eve Bunting,
illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
[PICTURE BOOK—SEQUEL TO
LITTLE BEAR’S LITTLE BOAT]
Clarion-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
September 24, 2013
 
HOW TO TRAIN A TRAIN
by Jason Carter Eaton,
illustrated by John Rocco
[PICTURE BOOK]
Candlewick
September 24, 2013
 
JACOB’S EYE PATCH
by Beth Kobliner Shaw and Jacob Shaw,
illustrated by Jules Feiffer
[PICTURE BOOK]
Simon & Schuster
September 24, 2013
 
I SEE KITTY
by Yasmine Surovec
[PICTURE BOOK]
Roaring Brook
September 24, 2013
 
ONE-DOG SLEIGH
by Mary Casanova,
illustrated by Ard Hoyt
[PICTURE BOOK]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
September 24, 2013
 
YOUNG FRANK, ARCHITECT
by Frank Viva
[PICTURE BOOK]
MoMA
September 24, 2013
 
DEAR SANTASAURUS
by Stacy McAnulty,
illustrated by Jef Kaminsky
[PICTURE BOOK]
Boyds Mills
October 1, 2013
 
HENRY’S HAND
by Ross MacDonald
[PICTURE BOOK]
Abrams
October 1, 2013
 
MR. WUFFLES!
by David Wiesner
[PICTURE BOOK]
Clarion-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
October 1, 2013
 
PETE THE CAT AND HIS MAGIC SUNGLASSES
by James Dean and Kimberly Dean,
illustrated by James Dean
[PICTURE BOOK—FROM THE
PETE THE CAT SERIES]
HarperCollins
October 1, 2013
 
TEXAS CHILI? OH MY!
by Patricia Vermillion,
illustrated by Kuleigh Smith
[PICTURE BOOK]
Texas Christian University Press
October 4, 2013
 
 
VIOLET’s books: 
 
CINDERELEPHANT
by Emma Dodd
[PICTURE BOOK]
Arthur A. Levine-Scholastic
September 24, 2013
 
LITTLE RED WRITING
by Joan Holub,
illustrated by Melissa Sweet
[PICTURE BOOK]
Chronicle
September 24, 2013
 
OUTFOXED
by Mike Twohy
[PICTURE BOOK]
Paula Wiseman-Simon & Schuster
September 24, 2013
 
SIMPSON’S SHEEP WON’T GO TO SLEEP!
by Bruce Arant
[PICTURE BOOK]
Peter Pauper Press
September 25, 2013
 
HOW TO HIDE A LION
by Helen Stephens
[PICTURE BOOK]
Henry Holt
October 1, 2013
 
A MOOSE THAT SAYS MOO
by Jennifer Hamburg,
illustrated by Sue Truesdell
[PICTURE BOOK]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 1, 2013
 
MURILLA GORILLA AND THE LOST PATROL
by Jennifer Lloyd,
illustrated by Jacqui Lee
[EARLY READER—SECOND IN THE
MURILLA GORILLA SERIES]
Simply Read Books
October 1, 2013
 
PINK
by Janet A. Holmes,
illustrated by Jonathan Bentley
[PICTURE BOOK]
Little Hare Books-Hardie Grant Egmont
October 1, 2013
 
 
 
 
* The dream entries from Briar’s journal contain premonitions of books that will be published in the future. Briar’s dream self foresees the books’ summaries and knows which will likely appeal to each of her friends. Briar always wakes up before she can see whether her friends will enjoy the books.