by Danielle DeFauw | Jul 16, 2018 | ASK Program, Publication, Teacher-Writers
To live is to connect with others. Making connections across our journeys with one another provides us opportunities to teach and to learn, to inspire and to soar, to bless and to be blessed. A couple weeks ago, I read Andy Andrews’ The Traveler’s Gift, recommended to...
by Danielle DeFauw | Jul 9, 2018 | Teacher-Writers
Once again, I had the pleasure of writing for the #TeachWrite Chat Blog, a blog created by a great organization: Teach Write, LLC. I invite you to read my post highlighting Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s (1990) book titled Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience,...
by Danielle DeFauw | Jun 20, 2018 | Publication, Revision, Teacher-Writers
I truly believed with all of my heart that I had found an agent to help me navigate the children’s book publishing market. I awaited a phone call believing thoroughly that my breakthrough was a breath away. That breath came through an email and exhaled, “NO!” I...
by Danielle DeFauw | Jun 5, 2018 | Teacher-Writers
When I think of somersaulting, the first image that pops into my mind is my two-year-old son, Drew, who shocked his dad. You see, I witnessed how Drew learned to do a somersault all by himself through his Baby Ninja Gymnastics Class. Drew and I followed Coach Josh’s...
by Danielle DeFauw | May 28, 2018 | ASK Program
One book I read every year with my children’s literature course is Eve Bunting’s The Wall. But I have never experienced the book the way I did last week during an Authors Specialist Knowledge (ASK) Program with Gordy Bourland who fulfilled a specialist role to answer...
