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Tag: ReFoReMo

The research behind the research

January 26, 2021 Alumni & Guests

Making sense of words, meaning, worlds, characters, and structures is what we do when we write. Whether fiction or nonfiction, we are called to research every element to enable the best reader-experience.

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Is Reading Part of Your Writing Diet?

January 31, 2020 Alumni & Guests

Writing picture books is not easy. It is a concentrated, deep, and selective process which we consider an art.

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Blog Mash-Up: ReFoReMo THINK QUICK

January 8, 2019 Alumni & Guests

By Carrie Charley Brown The free online education offered during Reading for Research Month (ReFoReMo) challenges writers to read picture books for writing research. Each

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Priceless Perspectives

December 8, 2017 Alumni & Guests

What one professional hails as genius, another may label as slight. I’m challenging you to gather perspectives.

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ReFoReMo 2017 Presenters Revealed

January 27, 2017 Kirsti Call

Reading for Research 2017 Challege!

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On a Mission to Read and Research: Writers and Teachers Alike

January 26, 2016 Alumni & Guests

By Carrie Charley Brown About this time last year, ReFoReMo rolled out the red carpet and welcomed over 400 interested picture book writers to join

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What’s So Great About ReFoReMo?

February 10, 2015 Alumni & Guests

By Carrie Charley Brown ReFo…what? Well, you can pronounce it in four syllables just like it looks, or you can change it up to be

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REWRITING THE RULES

By Dr. Danna Zeiger, Ph.D., Illustrated by Josée BisaillonSeptember 9, 2025
New Picture book about scientist Dr. Kathleen Friel, who could--and DID--achieve what others said was impossible. Available today from Millbrook Press.

Victoria Dare and the Blood of Kings

By Josh RobertsMay 1, 2026
4 months to go.

The Puffin Who Whispered

By Marcia Strykowski, Illustrated by Roch HerckaJuly 28, 2026
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