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Sep.17.2012
(Originally posted at jamespatterson.com.)
James is on a mission to turn kids all across the nation into passionate, literate, and inspired readers. If you're looking for tips on how to excite your kids about books, start here, and check back for a new one each week.
DON'T LEAVE THE BURDEN...
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Feb.26.2009
James has the SECRET to getting your kids reading and loving it.
You tell me in letters and emails that your kids won't read but, before you give up on them, take a look at my series, Maximum Ride. It's about five kids who can FLY. I wrote it for all of you, but I especially had your kids in mind....
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May.13.2008
Well we're starting to make a little noise here, anyhow. A publishing industry magazine noticed both the RIF funding issue and the blog entry I did the other week. I hope some more folks do, too.
I frankly can't imagine many better ways for our tax dollars to be spent than...
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Apr.25.2008
People frequently ask me why I keep going. I mean I already have more #1 bestsellers than any other person ever has.
So why do I keep writing books? Why do I bother doing a blog about how important it is for us to get our kids reading? Why do I speak to parents, teachers, booksellers and...
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Apr.09.2008
Like in this recent, popular, New York Times piece, there’s been some press lately about how important books are as a means of identifying people with similar interests and attitudes. With these new “bookshelf” applications in Facebook (as I mentioned a few weeks back), and other places, books are...
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Apr.03.2008
For any of you who think being a bestselling author sounds glamorous, I’d like to point out that it’s not all black-tie award ceremonies and limousines. Actually, even for the annual formal event or two that the publishing event still puts on—at least of the ones I’m invited to—I prefer driving...
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Mar.18.2008
This week I'd like to refer you to a letter I received from the President of First Book:
Dear Jim, Reading is Fundamental (RIF), a national nonprofit literacy organization and a good friend of First Book, needs your help. The President's proposed fiscal year 2009 budget eliminates the RIF Book...
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Mar.11.2008
Have you run across any of those D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) programs at schools or other places? Basic idea is that you carve out some time when everybody has some uninterrupted reading time, and make a fun thing of it.
I remember some past PageTurner...
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Feb.27.2008
I was in Marrakech once. Marrakech is the location of the summer palace of the Sultan. According to Koranic law, the sultan has to meet with his subjects each day to hear their complaints.
Because of the custom, a public square has been built outside of the palace. The square fills up every night...
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Feb.15.2008
So my British publisher goaded me into starting a Face book page. Apparently it’s all the rage. Do you guys have one? Do please feel free to become my “friend.” I can’t promise I’m going to remember birthdays and things, but here’s the link.
One thing I do enjoy about the site, though, is that...
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Feb.02.2008
Can’t write much this week—Sue and I are taking a little long-overdue holiday away from home and if she catches me writing here, well . . .
But I did want to highlight a clever post Beth made last week. She writes, “Here's an idea: have kids do reports on video games every day in school for years...
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Jan.23.2008
First of all thank you for your smart and fun comments. I read them all and, as before, I’m going to respond to some this month:
Jocelyn rightly points out that one doesn’t need to spend lavishly on books to enjoy them, and reminds us that we can find some pretty good books for free at the library...
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Dec.03.2007
The books I write are not about realism; they're about nightmares, not literal nightmares, but nightmares I feel about the world.
–Me, quoted on www.jamespatterson.com, 2007
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About James
James Patterson is an award-winning American author. Formerly the chairman of advertising company J. W. Thompson in the early 1990s, Patterson came up with the slogan "Toys R Us Kid." Shortly after his success with Along Came A Spider, he retired...