VIDEO CLIPS and COOL STUFF

TEACHERS AND KIDS! Click HERE to watch kid-centric, classroom-friendly video clips of Julianna Baggott (a.k.a. N.E. Bode) that are embedded with fun creative writing exercises designed to rev up kids' imaginations.


THE EVER BREATH is due in all available book outlets on Dec. 22, 2009. Order your holiday copy today!

"Baggott's inventiveness and whimsy never flag; ... it's a dizzying, nonstop romp through the imagination."
--Publishers Weekly

"Fantasy aficionados will gobble up this fast-paced tale ... Baggott's brisk prose propels readers through a tale that feels like a stepping-stone between SPIDERWICK and HARRY POTTER."
-- Kirkus Reviews

"Fast-paced ... charming ... fanciful ..."
-- Booklist

VIRTUAL AUTHOR VISITS! Follow up a read aloud by emailing questions for Bode. Bode will answer in a short video posted on a web site and at youtube.com. (Add the first names of your students for a more personal response.) Because this is an "author visit," your students qualify to receive books by Bode (and Julianna Baggott, author of The Prince of Fenway Park) for 45% off the retail price when ordered directly through HarperCollins. Send student names for signed, inscribed bookplate stickers. Email to get more info!

THE PRINCE OF FENWAY PARK

There was an 86-year-old Curse on the Boston Red Sox.

It was reversed.

And this is the boy who did it!

THE PRINCE OF FENWAY PARK a novel by Julianna Baggott.

Order now!

Are you intrigued? Do you dare? Go on, go to it! Go read The Prince of Fenway Park.

Go HERE for more, LOTS MORE!

WHAT'S UP WITH N.E. BODE?

N.E. Bode's prequel to MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM, starring Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, and Jason Bateman! The Amazing Compendium of Edward Magorium, recounts Magorium's adventures with his many dear friends, including Einstein, Elvis, Beatrix Potter, Churchill, Dickens, and the Dalai Lama!

To see the trailer, click here!

THE MUST-READ BOOK BY N.E. BODE!

The Slippery Map, won the Silver Medal in the Florida Book Awards! (Beware the spider wolves, snapping dirt clams, jelly roaches, and dart-spitting snakes...They may be coming soon to a classroom near you!)

WHAT'S THE SLIPPERY MAP ABOUT?

Oyster R. Motel, who is being raised in a nunnery, falls prey to the Awful MTDs (Mysterious Temporary Disappearances) and takes a ride through the Gulf of Wind and Darkness to an Imagined Other World - filled with dragons, spider-wolves, breathing rivers - where he must defeat the evil Dark Mouth. This book promises: Heroism! Adventure! (And the importance of love, most of all.)

"...inventive and a whole lot of fun..." - Kirkus Reviews

"A fantastic and fun advenure..." - St. Petersburg Times

 

PRAISE FOR THE ANYBODIES SERIES:

-A PEOPLE Magazine book pick. "Potter-style magic meets Snicket-y irreverence..."

-A WASHINGTON POST Book-of-the-Week Pick

-A GIRL'S LIFE MAGAZINE Top Ten Pick

-Starred Reviews in KIRKUS and SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

-A BOOKSENSE SELECTION -- much loved by Indie Booksellers.

-A nominee on seven state lists, including The Sunshine State Young Readers Award, 2007-08.

A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Selection

"...a loveable, fun read for children ... and for those who never really grew up ... whimsical, unique ..." BOSTON HERALD

AWARDS

for a few
of our favorite schools...

Most Amazingly Inventive EVER! Hardee Junior High a school-wide read with hallways that made the book come alive, including a cricket attack! (Fearless leader: Louise Jones)

Biggest Brightest Audience

Rampello Project (Fearless leader: Carol Hogue)

Most Gracious (and what a talent show!)

Dowdell Middle School (Fearless leader: Joshua Newhouse)

Bravest Boldest Art

Mulrennan Middle School complete with floor-to-ceiling tornado! (Fearless leaders: Nancy Moran)

Most Quirky and Compelling Group of Kids

Burnett Middle School (Hello, Dallas!) (Fearless leaders: Nancy Phillips)

Most Brilliant Quick-Draw Questions

Marvelous Martinez Middle School (Fearless leader: Jeanette Whitman)

Best Novel Sketchers

Adams Middle School (Fearless leader: Abigail Dyer)

Spunkiest Funniest Questions

Eisenhower Middle School (Fearless leader: Erin Devlin)

Most Generous
It's a TIE: These two schools had HUGE book drives through www.booksindeed.org!
Swift Creek Middle
(Fearless leader: Ava Lee)
and
Holy Comforter Episcopal School
(Fearless leader: Laura Powell)
Both in Tallahassee, FL

Most Fabulous Listeners
St. Bernadette's, Drexel Hill, PA
(Fearless leader and someone to whom I dedicated The Slippery Map: Sister John Marie)

Best Combination of Manners and Sass!
(a boomerang school that keeps me coming back for more!)
Sanford School, Hockessin, DE
(Fearless leader: Ms. DeSantis)

Most Dedicated to their Writerly Dreams!
Stonehurst Hills, Upper Darby, PA
(Fearless leader: Ms. Mahoney)

Biggest Readers!
North Star Elementary, Hockessin, DE
(Fearless leader: Ms. Schweizer)

Most Dedicated Parents!
Pocopson Elementary, Pocopson, PA
(Fearless leader: Theresa Gambardella)

Best Wowzy Audience
(complete with yeehaws!)
Lakeland Highlands Middle School
(Fearless leader: Ms. Page
and her two fabu assistants!)

ALL of the Oscars
(Best Script, Best Actors, Directors, etc...)
Renaissance Academy
(Fearless leader: Dr. Caffrey)

Beachiest Peachiest
Oakgrove Middle School
(Fearless leader: Ms. Titus)

Most Brilliantly Creative
Liberty Middle School
(Fearless leader: Ms. Meginnis)

Most Brilliantly Illuminating Questions
Legacy Middle School
(Fearless leader: Ms. Thrailkill)