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Nelson Telson The Story of a True Blue Blood

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The Book

A must-read for humans of all ages, this middle grade novel grows up before your very eyes. Painfully shy and lonely, eleven-year-old Mariah Miller hates being a human; she’d rather be an animal so she Read More ...

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The Curriculum

A lively spiral curriculum of activity pages and teachers’ guides designed and field tested to conform with Next Generation Science and National Science Teachers Association Standards,  with Lars Helgeson, PhD of the University of North Dakota, Read More ...

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Horseshoe Crab Resources

The horseshoe crab has been on this earth for around 500 million years.  I did a lot of research while writing Nelson Telson, and I am always amazed that I’m learning new things about good Read More ...

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FREE BOOK and LEARNING OPPORTUNTIES

Posted onMarch 17, 2020March 17, 2020Leave a comment

With the state of our planet at this point in history, and the coronavirus has putting us in a place where teaching and learning is evolving into something new and exciting, I am offering the Read More …

CategoriesFeatured Content, Resources, UncategorizedTagsFree book, Free lessons

Literacy Night at PCIS

Posted onNovember 1, 2018Leave a comment

November 1 is Literacy Night At Plymouth Community Intermediate School. I will be there with Nelson Telson, my spearhead, horseshoe crabs, stickers, and free coloring pages. PCIS is at 117 Long Pond Road, Plymouth, MA Read More …

Categoriesbook signing, schools, The BookTagshorseshoe crab, Nelson Telson, PCIS, schools

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Book signing in Plymouth

Posted onJuly 9, 2018July 9, 2018Leave a comment

I will be talking about writing Nelson Telson, displaying horseshoe crabs and my magical spearhead, and sharing coloring pages on August 4, 1-4:00 at Windemere Gift & Book Shoppe, 2b Court Street, Plymouth, MA. This is a great Read More …

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Curriculum

Posted onFebruary 20, 20178 Comments

I am very excited to announce that the Teaching Nelson Telson curriculum development is running along smoothly. At this point we are going through the book, chapter by chapter, and creating wonderful activities to get Read More …

CategoriesFeatured Content, freebie, The CurriculumTagscurriculum, horseshoe crab, Nelson Telson, snowy owl

Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Winner!

Posted onSeptember 10, 2016March 7, 2018Leave a comment

  For Immediate Release: September 1, 2016 Reader’s Favorite recognizes “Nelson Telson – The Story of a True Blue Blood” by Heidi Mayo with a gold medal in its 2016 international book award contest. The Read More …

CategoriesFeatured Content, Media, reviewsTagsawards, gold medal, readers choice, reviews

Mia’s World Radio Show

Posted onJuly 12, 2016Leave a comment

On August 4th at 9:00 PM I’ll be on Mia’s World on City World Radio.  Join your host and quintessential New Yorker Randee Mia Berman for Mia’s World, a weekly radio show that profiles passionate writers, musicians, Read More …

Categoriesinterview, Media, radioTagsCity World Radio, Mia's World

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Horseshoe crab molting

Posted onMarch 29, 2016March 29, 2016Leave a comment

Ever wonder how these wondrous animals shed their shells as they grow? I always did.  Here’s how they do it.

CategoriesFeatured Content, horsehoe crab info, resourceTagshorseshoe crab, molting, resource

a review

Posted onMarch 29, 2016April 1, 2016Leave a comment

 I would love to see our local schools acquire this book By C. Ehringhaus, Ph.D. This review is from: Nelson Telson: The Story of a True Blue Blood (Paperback) In the tradition of EB White, this Read More …

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a video interview

Posted onMarch 29, 2016March 29, 2016Leave a comment

CategoriesFeatured Content, interview, Media, UncategorizedTagsinterview, Judy Campbell, Nelson Telson, PACTV, video, Write Now

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a freebie

Posted onMarch 16, 2016March 29, 2016Leave a comment

I think by organizing this with 2 basic categories, I can share book information and free curriculum pages.  Here is a freebie for you: Make you own limulus logo (pdf).

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