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		<title>CONGRATULATIONS!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have two winners: Lori M. and Sandy C. Congratulations you will each receive a signed copy of: 11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph by Darcy Pattison Illustrated by: Michael Jeter After this post I will confirm to each recipient by email.  Please reply and include your mailing address so I can promptly send these out. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=367&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Darcy Pattison and Free Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Michelle:  If you could send one message to military children all over the world, what would that message be? &#160; &#160; Darcy:  Keep the faith! They will come home. &#160; &#160; Michelle:  If you could send one message to those serving our country all over the world, what would it be? Darcy:  Thank [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=362&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link:  11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph Book Trailer Michelle:  Was there a specific event or person who touched your heart before writing your work of fiction, 11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph? Darcy:  I live near the Little Rock Air Force Base and have watched military families for years as they endure deployment of their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=352&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Author Darcy Pattison</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle:  What comes first when you write a picture book &#8211; the big picture or the small details? Darcy:  It&#8217;s an interactive process. Sometimes a detail affects the plot or character, but sometimes, the vision drives everything. For PRAIRIE STORMS, the balance of animals dictated so much. For example, I wanted to feature mammals, birds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=342&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to close 2011 with an award-winning book that will touch you deeply &#8211; 11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph by Darcy Pattison; Illustrated by Michael Jeter   Darcy Pattison brings an enduring story to the pages of her latest picture book work of fiction, 11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph.  This picture [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=295&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Write Opportunity Contest from tiger tales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Picture Book Month and a Contest, Too! It&#8217;s National Picture Book Month and we&#8217;re celebrating on our blog. The blog post will feature members of the tiger tales team finishing the statement, &#8220;What I love most about picture books is. . .&#8221; We&#8217;re asking you, our fans, to do the same! Every person who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=245&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a review from Publisher&#8217;s Weekly: An egocentric preschooler (is there any other kind?) and an enthralled baby are placed in a room with a collection of toys and a bemused canine observer. Let the fun begin! The preschooler quickly lays claim to everything in sight: &#8220;Mine. Mine. Mine, mine, mine&#8230;&#8221; When the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=222&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fear Not! Big Chickens Go To Town &#8211; Interview with Children&#8217;s Author Leslie Helakoski</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 17:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a fellow bird and chicken-lover, the pleasure of interviewing Children&#8217;s Author, Leslie Helakoski is one of excitement and honor. She creates timeless works of humorous fiction, touching hearts and generations with smiles&#8230;everywhere. Michelle &#8212; What is your favorite type of chicken? Leslie &#8212; Big ones, of course! Michelle &#8212; What inspired you to write [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=204&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite comedians is Erma Bombeck.  Her unique real-life humor spices timeless heart-felt jolts; a painted reality of the joys of everyday American life. I&#8217;ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars. Erma Bombeck If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michellebradford.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6663778&amp;post=193&amp;subd=michellebradford&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Mama&#8217;s Belly&#8221; By Michelle Medlock Adams &#8211; time to vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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