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The winning bookmark by Derek Padakowski, Pemberton H.S.!!

SOUR CHERRIES IN THE SNOW

February 26, 2010

Tags: PROJECT JERICHO-CHANGING LIVES-Clark County Detention Center . . .

I recently had one of the best and most inspiring experiences of my career. I was asked to speak at the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center in Springfield Ohio, just a few miles from my home. The day which included two more talks at Clark State Community College with High School students and the general (more…)

Mom

February 19, 2010

Eight years gone

mom

I think of you every day
see your smile and your beautiful face

I can hear your voice say Jem--

just like it was yesterday but

Eight years have passed

and now I have a little girl who you would have loved so much

and when she turns her head (more…)

"Small Fry" RIP

February 1, 2010

Just got a letter today informing me that my latest published book "Small Fry" which was published in Nov. of 2008 is going out of print. Now books go out of print all the time (especially picture books) but what makes this particularly hard to swallow is the fact that this book took about 8 years to get published (more…)

11 o three

January 28, 2010

the fire
hisses
pops and giggles
hot
roaring wind

I think about the first time I read
Catcher in the Rye

As I write whatever it is I write.... changing morphing into reason and purpose
clay lives shaped from the outside. Finally seeing what was there

all the time . . .






Congrats!!

January 18, 2010

Congrats to all the wonderful authors and illustrators who won and were honored today by the American Library Association!! A full list of winners can be found at ala.org

Happy MLK Day!!

January 18, 2010

Lets take some time out today to reflect on an extraordinary man who helped to change the course of history . . .

What do you follow?

January 18, 2010

I had a thought . . .

Lets' follow our hearts instead of someone on Twitter . . . .

Haiti on my mind

January 16, 2010

Please give what you can!!

The loss of life is unimaginable lets all come together and help in any way we can.

God Bless the people of Haiti . . .


This, that & the other . . .

January 14, 2010

What's up Jaime here.
I know it's been way too long . . . but I'm back.
First off I deactivated my Facebook account. I just couldn't take it anymore. Mostly it was a distraction from what I'm supposed to be doing which is WRITING!
You can probably tell the whole self promo thing rings kind of (more…)

Fall roundup . . .

November 25, 2009

I had some wonderful school visits to Chagrin Falls, Ohio and just yesterday to Middletown Ohio. The students, teachers and staff were just amazing at both schools, thanks so much for having me!! Also a great conference in Providence RI, for NEATE. (New England Association of Teachers of English)
Had a light travel schedule (more…)

NOVELS

The Death of Jayson Porter
Sixteen year-old Jayson Porter wants to believe things will get better. But the harsh realities of his life never seem to change . . .
JIMI & ME
After the sudden and violent death of his father, there remains only one certainty in Keith James’s life: everything is going to be different now...
NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME
IN THIS GRIPPING STORY, four very different teens reveal their deepest feelings and fears during a day in which the hurts and struggles of high school escalate dangerously . . .
PICTURE BOOKS
SMALL FRY
Fun poems about the "ups & downs" of being small!!
REVIEWS THAT ROCK!/AWARDS
POETRY
THE SONG SHOOTS OUT OF MY MOUTH: A Celebration Of Music
"His free verse is highly rhythmic and demands to be performed." (SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL)
SHORT STORIES/POEMS
Dude!
Check out my poem "Twelve" in this very cool new compilation!
Twice Told
2 Author's inspired by 1 piece of art. Check out "The God of St.James and Vine."
911 THE BOOK OF HELP
"NOT LIKE TV" by Jaime Adoff