by Xianna Michaels | Jul 17, 2014 | Books
Books I love this book! Mindel is a wonderful book about a smart and a wise-beyond-her-years girl who is determined to save her family home, Castle Draconmere. I think this book is remarkable on so many levels. Thematically, the book brings together medieval folklore...
by Xianna Michaels | Jul 12, 2014 | Books
Books Mindel and The Misfit Dragons was an amazing book. I love how she was so persistent and how even though the dragons looked to be misfits, they had a place where they belonged. I think that the moral is no matter how much it may seem that you’re a misfit, G-d...
by Xianna Michaels | Apr 15, 2014 | Books
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by Xianna Michaels | Apr 10, 2014 | Books
Books “Formation” was written at the beach and completely surprised me. I thought I was simply writing about seagulls. But it turned out to be about something else entirely. Formation Seagulls in precise formation. The shape: a children’s kite. Above the waves a...
by Xianna Michaels | Apr 10, 2014 | Books
Books “Whispers” is a poem for children about writing poetry. It came unexpectedly to me as I prepared to give a poetry workshop to third grade girls! Whispers I do not know where morning went; It up and ran away. I did not see the time I spent...
by Xianna Michaels | Apr 10, 2014 | Books
Books I don’t have most of my childhood poems, but I’ve never forgotten the very first one. Written at the beginning of the school year, it was called simply, “The Fall.” The Fall (New York, 1959) Some leaves turn red and some turn brown, Then the leaves come tumbling...
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