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Stuck in a hotel? Overcome the Hotel Blues When Traveling with Kids with These Essentials
Traveling is such a privilege, and our family is so very grateful to have a chance to do it. But long term travel is also quite...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Jul 18, 20217 min read
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Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's ACE OF SPADES - A Compelling, Complex YA Lit Novel
Many thanks to #partner Netgalley for an advance e-copy of this book, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Ace of Spades, in exchange for an honest...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
May 20, 20212 min read
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Before Leaving for Morocco and Spain - The (Embarrassingly Long) List of What We Brought
As we looked toward our 7+ month trip as a family of four, I found packing to be very overwhelming. As I often do when overwhelmed, I...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
May 9, 20216 min read
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Travel Adventures with Young Children - Our Fulbright Journey in 2021
Amid my other blog posts about books, bookish love, and teaching, I'm excited to share thoughts about our family's travel while we are on...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
May 2, 20212 min read
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T. J. Klune's THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA - A Beautiful Story about Finding Your Home
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) This phenomenal book, T.J. Klune's fantasy novel The House in the Cerulean Sea, was...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Jan 21, 20213 min read
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Great Early Chapter Books for Kids featuring Female Protagonists
I first shared this post on the Unabridged website at unabridgedpod.com. You can see the original post here. My girls are four and six,...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Jan 7, 20213 min read
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Kate J. Baer's WHAT KIND OF WOMAN - A Beautiful Poetry Collection about Being a Woman and a Mother
I originally shared this book review over on our Unabridged Podcast site, where we share bookish faves, pub day shout-outs, our episode...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Dec 17, 20203 min read
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Looking for an Escape? 12 Stories and Series to Dive Into
I shared this compilation as a Bookish Fave over at unabridgedpod.com, our podcast website where we do Bookish Faves on Mondays and have...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Dec 3, 20205 min read
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Teaching Veronica Roth's DIVERGENT: YA Lit Ideas and Research Projects
This post comes from my previous blog, Teaching the Apocalypse, and details ways that I used Veronica Roth's Divergent in the classroom....
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Nov 26, 20206 min read
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Tayari Jones's AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE - A Close Examination of Relationships
I read this phenomenal book, which was a five star read for me, in the summer of 2020, and I originally shared this review on...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Nov 19, 20202 min read
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Creative Writing Activity: Word Sprints
Note that this post comes from my very first blog and website, teachingtheapocalypse.com. For faithful readers who have been with me...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Nov 12, 20205 min read
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12 Books to Empower Young People of All Ages
This blog post was originally published on unabridgedpod.com at this link. By Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) With all of...
Ashley Dickson-Ellison
Nov 5, 20203 min read
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