Tag Archives: Writing for Children and Young Adults

Life Before Screens

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Peggy Pilkey

As someone who frequently needs to be torn away from my laptop or iPad at all hours of the day and night, I’ve been thinking back to my “life before screens” childhood, and wondering if kids today are getting enough … Continue reading →

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Playing with Words

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Peggy Pilkey

The late Madeleine L’Engle made the following wry observation with respect to her writing, and I can’t help but agree with her initial premise, though not always the second: “You have to write the book that wants to be written. … Continue reading →

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