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Late Bloomer: Guest post by author Vivian Kirkfield

Posted on February 25, 2019 by lindseymcd

A Leap of Faith: How jumping from a plane jump-started my writing career As a teenager, I was a huge Beatles fan. One of my favorite songs was When I’m 64. And for me, when I was 64, the course … Continue reading →

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Using Picture Books to Change Attitudes to Aging

Posted on October 19, 2018 by lindseymcd

Back in 2013, when I first began blogging about images of aging and older adults in picture books, I believed it to be a rather lonely effort. Awareness of the need to diversify those images in both text and illustrations … Continue reading →

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Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

Posted on May 26, 2016 by lindseymcd

Written and illustrated by Don Tate Peachtree Publishing 2015, ages 7-10 Topics: African-American pride, creativity, life experience, literacy, perseverance, poetry, slavery This award winning story begins, “George loved words. He wanted to learn how to read, but George was enslaved.” … Continue reading →

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A is for Aging guest post on Cynsations

Posted on December 9, 2013 by lindseymcd

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November Carnival of Children’s Literature Roundup

Posted on November 30, 2013 by lindseymcd

Welcome to the November Carnival of Children’s Literature. You are in for a treat. Browse through a variety of posts by talented bloggers belonging to Kidlitosphere. Let them lead you to wonderful books just in time for your holiday shopping. Hosting … Continue reading →

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Meena: An A is for Aging Book Review

Posted on October 9, 2013 by lindseymcd

Meena (for ages 5-9) by Sine Van Mol is an unusual book, and not simply because it’s a Belgian import. On the surface it is seemingly not a Positive Aging book, but it definitely serves my goal of increasing intergenerational … Continue reading →

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On Word Counts

Posted on March 19, 2013 by lindseymcd

Brevity is not my middle name. In looking over my book review of Here Comes Grandma I realized that my word count vastly outnumbered the words in the book — 511 to 157! I seem to have a lot to … Continue reading →

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The Big Reveal

Posted on January 11, 2013 by lindseymcd

Blogging about attitudes to aging, I feel I should share my own age. But I realize I hesitate, and feel some anxiety. Not the lurch-of-heart, breath-stopping kind—as when my mother discovered 12 year old me reading Herman Wouk’s Marjorie Morningstar, … Continue reading →

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