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BOOK REVIEW: Oh Dear, Look What I Got!
Welcome to PoetryFriday! Want to know more? Click here. Susan Thomsen at Chicken Spaghetti is our host! Join us!OH DEAR, LOOK WHAT I GOT! by Michael Rosen; illustrated by Helen OxenburyCandlewick (2025) I'm a Helen Oxenbury fan! My favorite story in her canon of...
Divinations: Flamingo
It's Poetry Friday!Join us! Find the round up withRobyn at Life on the Deckle Edge.In these uncertain days, there is Maria Popova’s 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days: An Almanac of Birds. You can read the story of its creation here. This week, I...
Attitude
Yep... A Spiritual Journey and Poetry Friday Combo PostBob prompted us to write about attitude this month. Click on his name to read his reflection. How does attitude affect us? How does it affect those around us? Does a simple change in attitude affect our day? ...
About Patricia Franz
Published poet & kidlit writer
cultivating joy and inspiring
a long, loving look at the real.
Craft Work & Street Creds
Contests/Participant
PB Party 2023 Honorable Mention
National Poetry Month 2023, 2022
PoetryFriday! Click on the link for my poetry!
#50PreciousWords 2022, 2021 Honorable Mention
KidLit Vibes 2022 Honorable Mention
Education
M.A. Theology / Children’s Spiritual Development
Memberships
Member SCBWI-AZ since 2020
Member Inked Voices since 2021
12x12 Picture Book Challenge - since 2021
Courage to Create - The Writing Barn since 2022
Emeriti Trustee, The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGSUSA)
Courses & Conferences
LYRICAL LANGUAGE LAB (Renee LaTulippe)
Andrea Brown Literary Agency (ABLA) Big Sur 2021
Writing Barn: Non-Fiction Beyond Fact Flinging (Heather L. Montgomery)
SCBWI & Smithsonian Institution Online Non-Fiction Workshop
Stanford Continuing Studies: Writing for the Youngest Audience: Little Children, Big Emotions (Lynn E. Hazen/Elissa Haden Guest)
Highlights Foundation: The Art of Giving & Receiving Critique (Erin Dionne)
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