Author, Tree Street Kids
Learning more about the ecological impact of Helene on western NC (beyond the debris-littered landscape) was now to be part of my education as a Blue Ridge naturalist. I sat in the classroom wondering how prepared I was for additional bullet points and alarming statistics. How would any of us, already sitting more quietly than usual, separate the science from the heartache…
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Two things that inspired the writing of my third book in the Tree Street Kids series for kids 8-12 (Moody Publishers) were historic efforts to reach people who didn’t have easy access to books.
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The western North Carolina floodwaters had receded enough for my husband to make it to the town nearest our “holler.” There, he gathered with others at the local radio station, all desperate for any Wi-Fi connection that might enable them to get word to family and friends that they were alive and safe.
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Why do kids in western North Carolina need books when they don’t have drinkable water? It was hard not to wonder this…
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Amanda Cleary Eastep 