Resources

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Reading Guide

5 Minute (give-or-take!) Literacy Boosters to do with Students 

Three forensic science activities to try

Locard's Exchange Principle and Books

See if you can solve the crime scene! 

Listen to me read the first chapter :-)

More fun stuff coming soon!

Short introduction video on Mr. Pierce

Short introduction video on Mr. Pierce (w/ multiple photos)

Mr. Pierce's granddaughter showing one of his preaching sticks

(on PBS Antique Road Show)

Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood (1980)

[Note for teachers and parents: This 27-minute film includes outdated/offensive language and recounts of slavery and racism. But I've included it because it gives you an opportunity to hear Mr. Pierce's stories in his own voice and watch him work.]

Educator's Guide

Drama Games for Kids (from Beat by Beat Press)

Educator's Guide

Choose to Read Ohio Toolkit

Printable bookmark

Book Trailer from the Lunch Bunch Book Club students of Clearwater Elementary School (Thanks, friends! I love it.)

Educator's Guide

Disrupters, Daredevils, and Artist: Women Who Changed the World

Women in Space

Space play dough recipe

Women In Aviation International

The Ninety-Nines

The Whirly Girls

Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance

#MGGetsReal is a collective effort of five authors to create a list of books about tough topics that middle grade readers face every day. 

Left to right: Jennifer Mack-Watkins (illustrator of You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce), me, Chiquita Mullins Lee (co-author of You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce) 

Jennifer, Chiquita, and me on the steps of the Columbus Museum of Art after we got a private tour of Elijah Pierce's art (even the stuff not on display)! 

The "real life Eliza" when she was nine and a white belt.

Me and the "real life Eliza" (my daughter) after we got our 3rd degree black belts.

Me and Judy Blume backstage at her 80th birthday event in New York, February 2018.

Opportunity and photo from the amazing Debbie Ridpath Ohi!

My office.