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Books, Story Starters for Kids, and Writing Incentives
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This is the web site for kids who love to read and write (or for adults who want to encourage kids to be readers and writers). It was created by children's author and elementary school librarian, Linda Ayers. Check it out!
Read all of the books in The Time Bridge Travelers series. Excerpts from each book are here!
Children's Bookwatch calls The Time Bridge Travelers series 'outstanding and imaginatively written'.
Interested in learning about some forgotten Texas history? Travel back in time to 1936 Texas and learn about the Gainesville Community Circus and the Texas Centennial Exposition in the latest book by Linda Ayers, The Time Bridge Travelers and the Time Travel Station: Book 3. See more great photos of the Gainesville Community Circus here: www.geocities.com/gvilletx/
 
Texas author Linda Ayers writes hilarious poems and fun easy readers too!
Want to write your own stories or poems? Be sure to check out Story Doodles, Linda's story starters for kids. Use one of the story starters and your writing might be published on Linda's web site! Be sure to check out the links to other web sites for writers.
Looking for special pencils? These special #2 pencils will give you the confidence you need to do your best on school writing tests and assignments, and will also remind you to come back to this web site for story starters and writing tips. Teachers may want to get enough for the whole class!
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Photo by Elvis Santana
elvis@elvissantana.com
In the News
The first and second books in The Time Bridge Travelers series are running in newspapers around the country as part of the Newspapers in Education (NIE) series. They're perfect for classroom use (when the first book ran in the Houston Chronicle, Houston ISD used it as a supplement to the summer school program). Visit Laid-Back West to learn how to bring The Time Bridge Travelers to your newspaper!
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