Check out the New Tree Street Kids Series website!
What’s on the new Tree Street Kids series website…?
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Living between the Lines and What It Reveals about Our Stories
When my son was a young boy, he had a dream that he found me dead beneath a pile of dirty clothes…
Read More“eggplants”–a way to teach kids about Jesus’ death and resurrection
My six-year-old proudly held up his Styrofoam cup full of dirt. I knew his teacher was using the planting of marigold seeds to teach the children about death and resurrection. “They’re my flowers,” he announced, despite no sign of life. He then pointed to the wooden barrel sitting on the corner of the patio where, […]
Read MoreTree Street Kids books 1 and 2 available for preorder!
I can’t believe we’re only one month away (April 6!) from the release of Jack vs. the Tornado and The Hunt for Fang, the first two books in the Tree Street Kids middle grade (8-12) series. The Tree Street Kids live on Cherry, Oak, Maple, and Pine … but their 1990s suburban neighborhood isn’t all […]
Read MoreTree street kids Cover reveals!
After 1 1/2 years of working on the first two books in my new middle grade series, the Tree Street Kids, the day has finally come for the COVER REVEALS! Thank you to the gifted Aedan Peterson for this amazing cover art and the interior illustrations, which truly capture the spirits of the characters. Thanks […]
Read MoreWe have a title! Introducing book baby #2 . . .
VIDEO: Book 2 title reveal . . . and a very special cameo appearance!
Read MoreFrog and Toad . . . and Grace
Arnold Lobel, the author of the classic Frog and Toad books said this, and I love it . . . To be making books for children is to be in a sort of state of grace. He explained that writing children’s books allowed him the freedom and pleasure of being an adult but also the […]
Read MoreTales of a Fifth Grade Reader
Mr. A rarely smiled and his dress shoes—as black and shiny as his slicked down hair—squeaked. I think I saw him smile once. A little. I don’t remember. He was quiet like me. I do remember the five-shelf classroom library he stocked with books just for the fifth and sixth graders who shared the same room all day long.
Read MoreNature is marking this long trail of days
I just barely remember my first walk in the woods. My grandmother took me. Maybe it was in the patch of forest across the street from her square little house with the wringer washer and the beagle who ate locusts.
Read MoreNew YouTube Channel!
Welcome to our new YouTube channels with a read-aloud of chapter 1 from Jack vs. the Tornado!
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Amanda Cleary Eastep 