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Not everyone is fodder for books," said Rosalind.

Jeanne Birdsall

Not everyone is fodder for books," said Rosalind.

Tags: fodder, writing advice

Then that night there was an early frost, and by Sunday morning, autumn had truly arrived. The sky was a rich cloudless blue, the air still and dry, the maple trees glowing with glorious reds and oran...

Jeanne Birdsall

Then that night there was an early frost, and by Sunday morning, autumn had truly arrived. The sky was a rich cloudless blue, the air still and dry, the maple trees glowing with glorious reds and oran...

Tags: autumn, fall, middle grade

About Author
Jeanne Birdsall (born 1951) is an American photographer and writer of children's books. She is best known for her five-volume series about the Penderwick family. The Penderwicks, the first book in the series, won the 2005 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

[The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice...

Jeanne Birdsall

[The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice...

Tags: home, kitchens

Mere children, ha! said Jane. I say we tie up the knave and then discuss his fate.Since everyone thought this a good idea, Batty and Hound donated Jeffrey's neckties, and soon Bug Man, aka Sock or Spo...

Jeanne Birdsall

Mere children, ha! said Jane. I say we tie up the knave and then discuss his fate.Since everyone thought this a good idea, Batty and Hound donated Jeffrey's neckties, and soon Bug Man, aka Sock or Spo...

Tags: sisters

Jane,' she said, climbing down from the chair. 'Remember last year when I built that model wind tower for you and you wrote those poems for me?' And you said you'd never switch homework assignments wi...

Jeanne Birdsall

Jane,' she said, climbing down from the chair. 'Remember last year when I built that model wind tower for you and you wrote those poems for me?' And you said you'd never switch homework assignments wi...

Revealing Jane in all her blood-soaked glory,

Jeanne Birdsall

Revealing Jane in all her blood-soaked glory,

CHAPTER ONEA Boy at the Window FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT SUMMER, the four Penderwick sisters still talked of Arundel. Fate drove us there, Jane would say. No, it was the greedy landlord who sold our...

Jeanne Birdsall

CHAPTER ONEA Boy at the Window FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT SUMMER, the four Penderwick sisters still talked of Arundel. Fate drove us there, Jane would say. No, it was the greedy landlord who sold our...