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    PAST PRESENT with Lesa Cline-Ransome FINDING LANGSTON

    PAST PRESENT with Lesa Cline-Ransome FINDING LANGSTON

    Ever wonder how authors are able to write about the past as if they’ve actually been there and seen things for themselves? On this episode of PAST PRESENT with Lesa Cline-Ransome, Lesa reveals her research techniques for creating FINDING LANGSTON, a historical novel set during The Great Migration which hums with life and authenticity.   Read more »
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      YOUNG AT ART with James Ransome – COLLAGE

      YOUNG AT ART with James Ransome – COLLAGE

      ...BOOK GAME CHANGERS: THE STORY OF VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James Ransome Venus and Serena Williams. Two peas in a pod. Best friends. Sisters. Six...
      4 comments | December 12, 2018, 8:00 am

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      ...Facebook Lesa Cline-Ransome – Award-Winning Author and Host of Past Present Lesa’s first book was the biography Satchel Paige, an ALA Notable Book, and a Bank Street College “Best Children’s...
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        Cover Reveal! OF WALDEN POND

        Cover Reveal! OF WALDEN POND

        ...as Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Frost, and Mohandas Gandhi, is included. ABOUT Lesa Cline-Ransome Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of almost twenty books for young readers, including Before She...
        Comment | November 14, 2022, 7:01 am

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        Christopher Awards by Rocco Staino

        Christopher Awards by Rocco Staino
        On May 17 the Christopher Awards were presented high atop the Manhattan skyline to the creators of books, feature films and television/cable programs. The award recognizes writers, producers, directors, authors and illustrators whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit.”   Read more »
        Comment | June 5, 2018, 7:54 am

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        Past Tense v. Present Tense

        Past Tense v. Present Tense
        Most novels feature the viewpoint character telling the story using the past tense. Yet more and more, readers are embracing present tense fiction. Novel writers need to understand tenses and...
        Comment | January 11, 2015, 11:40 am