Meet Melissa Wiley
When I think of someone who fully embraces a family culture built around books, Melissa Wiley comes to mind right away. As a mother of six and author of several children’s books, she has managed to make reading aloud a central part of family life in her home.
Listen in as she shares what that looks like, how she considers read-alouds as she’s writing children’s books, and her own (super helpful) tip for remembering accents and dialects.
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Show Notes from today’s podcast:
We talked about so! many! books! I’m sure I didn’t capture them all here, but I tried!
Other links Melissa mentions in the podcast:
Melissa’s website
Melissa’s page of book recommendations
Cybils: Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awaards
Jen Robinson’s Book Page
Kidlitosphere Central
As Cozy As Spring (here’s the post where she mentions Wormwood Forest)
Back to Basics- that giant resource Melissa would bring if she was stranded on an island
Living Without School- Leoni’s blog (Melissa mentions learning a lot from her, specifically her use of pegs)
The Writing Process Blog Tour (a post by Melissa)
Scrivener (both Melissa and I use this for our writing, and I actually got going on Scrivener using this incredibly awesome e-course)
Melissa’s books:
The Martha and Charlotte Little House books can be found here.
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