Ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece

The talented Kris Waldher  has redone my website and folded my blog into it. So, I will now be posting updates there. Please bookmark the new site if you would like to keep on reading my blog. ...

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Author Judy Ridgley  tagged me in a "Meet my Main Character" blog-hop chain. So come on along and I'll tag others who might want to play. 1.  What is name of your character? Is he/she fictio...

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ABOUT THE BOOK:  A kid-friendly, humorous, and fact-filled biography of the "original teen queen."  VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) placed it on its "Honor List" for nonfiction. Booklist said...

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ABOUT THE BOOK: A young adult novel based on the real life of Cleopatra's only surviving child, her daughter, Cleopatra Selene. From her palace in Egypt, to the dirty streets of Rome, Cleopatr...

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ABOUT THE BOOK:  Anubis, the god of mummification, takes the reader on a boat journey through the mythological ancient Egyptian dark lands—the twelve hours of darkness—where Ra battles ...

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Vetted by Roman experts and a Latin teacher, the novel tells the story of two teens in alternating voices: Lucia, the daughter of the owner of a struggling gladiatorial sch...

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L to R, student Day Day from Thailand, me, student Keriya Osman from Ethiopia, and Head of School Amy Pelissero with the donated books at the Global Village Project. On behalf of the South...

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Illustrator J.E. Larson has outdone himself, for real! I wish you could see the "foil" effect on the eyes. So. Delightfully. Creepy. This book, I think, really hits the sweet spot for kids age...

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I was deep into writing my young adult novel set in Pompeii, Curses and Smoke(Scholastic, May 2014), when my editor sent me a message that would've made any writer's blood turn to ice. "Tu...

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Several weeks ago, thanks to VaniaStoyanova , I caught a sneak preview of Pompeii , which opens in theaters, February 21. Interestingly, the experience of attending the early screening was almos...

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Source: http://tinyurl.com/njfkn35

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Olympias, mom of Alexander and his sister, Cleo the unknown. One of the earliest Cleopatras that I learned about was Alexander the Great's little sister .  What, I wondered, was Cleopatra...

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Miracle worker and photographer Vania Stoyanova of VLC productions  got me passes to the screening of POMPEII ! That's right, I'm getting a sneak preview. Tonight. Here's the thing, though...

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I have to see it, of course. I found out the movie was being made when I was deep into writing Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii. I'm very curious about the creative decisions they've made.  ...

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Release date: May 27 At a Facebook party in celebration of  Stephanie Dray's latest novel, Daughters of the Nile , I posted the new cover for my upcoming novel, Curses and Smoke: A Novel ...

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Attic horse pyxiz getting restored in the lab. Last weekend, Dr. Renee Stein, conservator at the Carlos Museum  gave a talk on the process of conserving and restoring ancient artifacts. The...

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On why the Romans always won: The first umpire:

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(Thanks, Justin Mansfield for this one!)

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Circe I want every single person everywhere to come to the Michael C. Carlos Museum and check out the show, Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey . Why? Because It. Is. Breathtaking.  Seriou...

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TODAY'S THEME: SATURNALIA! (Double click image to make it bigger.) (Okay, this one doesn't have anything to do with Saturnalia...I just LOVE Grumpy Cat. Oh wait, in ancient Rome peo...

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Selene (Greek & Roman blood) was likely darker. Cleopatra Selene was the only daughter of Queen Cleopatra VII and the Roman general, Mark Antony. I've tried to answer the most common questio...

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This one is for all the teachers out there during "Finals" Season: We all know it: Zeus was a D*ck Peanuts explains why the ancients made so many sacrifices:

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It's always a thrill when something I've submitted to the Huffington Post actually gets posted because there's never a guarantee, even if they've approved your stuff before. My piece on ancie...

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