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Friday, June 3, 2016 1:39:05 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Hansel and Gretel:
Roberta said, "“Don’t be afraid. I’m here to look after you!” Hansel tried to encourage his sister, but he too shivered when he glimpsed frightening shadows and evil eyes around them in the darkness. All night the two children huddled..." more
Thursday, May 5, 2016 1:19:14 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Gruff:
Roberta said, "Suddenly there was a huge roar. ‘Who’s that trip trapping over my bridge? and out from under the bridge loomed the Troll."
Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:25:51 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Iron Chef Vermin:
Roberta said, "If you’re just now joining us on Iron Chef Vermin… Strawberry Challenge, you’ll note on the challenger’s side, Ronaldo Rodent, Executive Chef of the ever popular Hole in the Wall restaurant, unfolding a nice pate brisee over a sugared..." more
Saturday, January 9, 2016 1:03:00 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Little Red Riding Hood:
Roberta said, "Every year I seem to do several versions of my entry for the SCBWI Tomie Depaola award Contest. this year was no exception. I did two completely different settings for Little Red Riding Hood prompt. The passage I used was “Her grandmother..." more
Thursday, December 24, 2015 10:56:18 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus is Comin to Town:
Roberta said, "And that is the story of Santa Claus. Hey, it’s getting late, and I’ve got these letters to deliver. You better be getting home, too. And remember, behave yourselves, because Santa can still look into his magic snowball and see just..." more
Thursday, December 24, 2015 10:56:18 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus is Comin to Town:
Roberta said, "You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town!! www.robertabaird.com"
Thursday, December 24, 2015 8:37:47 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus is Comin to Town:
Roberta said, "You wish to give me… a present? A… a toy? No one ever gives mean old Warlock a toy. A choo-choo. I’ve always wanted one."
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:03:39 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus In Comin To Town:
Roberta said, "All the little cares picked along the way Suddenly have disappeared with yesterday My world is beginning today!"
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:44:17 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus In Comin To Town:
Roberta said, "It’s… a… difficult responsibility That he extract from the number-one law keeper, me Be it known throughout the land from sea to sea There’ll be no more.. toy… makers… to the King!"
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:17:22 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus In Comin To Town:
Roberta said, "I hate toys! And toys hate me! Either they are going or I am going and I definitely am not going!"
Monday, December 14, 2015 1:17:18 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus In Comin To Town:
Roberta said, "Well I guess they’re all pretty nice!"
Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:35:06 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus In Comin To Town:
Roberta said, "Who nears my mountain! Go back or you are doomed!"
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 3:06:21 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus In Comin To Town:
Roberta said, "It’s a difficult responsibility When you an accept an appointment from His Majesty You must strive for just the perfect quality When you’re the first toy maker to the king!"
Saturday, December 5, 2015 3:00:13 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus In Comin To Town:
Roberta said, " This is the only clue, sir. It says, “Claus”. Ah, take the little, er, baggage to the orphan asylum. That’s the proper place for foundlings anyway. [the baby starts to cry] Get that brat out of here!"
Thursday, December 3, 2015 9:02:29 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus In Comin To Town:
Roberta said, " Look, sir, look what was discovered on your front stoop. What, Grimsby? The milk? The daily paper? No, sir, a baby. Oh, is that all? [gasps and chokes] A *baby*?"
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 11:48:15 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town:
Roberta said, "Poor, misguided folks. They missed the whole point. Lot’s of unhappiness? Maybe so. But doesn’t Santa take a little bit of that unhappiness away? Doesn’t a smile on Christmas morning scratch out a tear cried on a sadder day?..." more
Monday, November 23, 2015 6:55:55 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Thankful:
Roberta said, "“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” _W.T. Purkiser"
Friday, October 30, 2015 5:33:57 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Happy Halloween:
Roberta said, "Miranda Mummy groaned in despair… “When I open my coffin, I’ve nothing to wear!” Then she looked in her mirror and said with a pause…. “Does my bottom look bigger when wrapped up in gauze?” Her very best ghoul friend knew just..." more
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 7:53:55 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Aladdin:
Roberta said, "This is a piece I did for a Educational reader a little while back. It’s interesting how the original story differs from the Disney version that so many of us are familiar with. It’s much darker."
Monday, October 5, 2015 11:53:54 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Inktober ~ Green Fingers:
Roberta said, " There once was an old woman who possessed a remarkable “green thumb.” Flowers bloomed, trees bore fruit, the grass was always green on her small half an acre lot…. and yet the land that surrounded her oasis was barren, dry and void..." more
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 9:10:17 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled In the Garden of Your Mind:
Roberta said, "“Did you ever grow anything in a vegetable garden, or a flower garden? Do you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind? Sure, you can grow ideas in your mind. You can think about things and make believe things. That’s like..." more
Monday, July 27, 2015 5:20:41 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled A House for a Tink:
Roberta said, "I’ve been working on some readers that have kept me pretty busy. Mostly fairy tales which I really enjoy creating. But when work is done and I have a few spare minutes, I let my pencil wander. This is where it goes, to the land of little..." more
Friday, July 3, 2015 8:56:30 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Fireworks:
Roberta said, "Let your colors burst!"
Monday, June 15, 2015 9:47:25 AM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled The Swamp Where Gator Hides Travels:
Roberta said, "I was delighted to receive this new edition in the mail from the publisher Dawn Publications. What a joy to see that children all over the world are reading and learning about alligators and other swamp creatures in The Swamp Where Gator Hides..." more
Sunday, July 24, 2016 5:40:09 PM
Roberta Baird wrote a blog post titled Tsonokwa ~ Woman of the Woods:
Roberta said, "“She’s called the wild woman of the woods. In some legends, she’s a giant. But she catches little children and puts them in a basket on her back, and then she takes them home and eats them. “But she’s very slow and..." more