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Friday, November 30, 2012 7:26:55 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled 2012 Northeast Ohio SCBWI Conference:
Michael said, "I had a blast at the SCBWI conference. I met so many nice people and talented writers, each with a story to tell.using my "Italian" sign language during a critique"
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:38:31 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled 2012 Northern Ohio SCBWI Conference:
Michael said, "I'm very excited to say that this Friday and Saturday, September 21-22, I will be speaking at the Northern Ohio SCBWI Conference. I will be giving a children's writing workshop called "Writing Books Kids Can't Put Down: Plotting and..." more
Friday, June 08, 2012 8:36:17 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled In honor of Ray Bradbury: Write your favorite teacher a letter.:
Michael said, "I was away camping for the last 4 days so I had missed the news and just heard about the passing of one of my heroes, Ray Bradbury. But the way I heard about Mr. Bradbury's death was via a wonderful, unexpected email letter..." more
Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:53:20 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY nominated for Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award:
Michael said, "Born to Fly was one of 10 middle grade books recently nominated for Connecticut's state book award, the Nutmeg Award The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 4-8 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten..." more
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:29:26 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY nominated for Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Award:
Michael said, "Had some exciting news yesterday that "Born to Fly" is among the 20 books on the Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award shortlist for 2013. It's an annual award given to a book voted most outstanding by students in grades 4-8 in..." more
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:05:53 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Book trailer for BORN TO FLY:
Michael said, "A student at an international school in Japan created this cool book trailer for BORN TO FLY.Check it out.She also did a video book review on this page.Born to Fly is one of the books nominated for the Sakura Medal, a book award started by a network..." more
Monday, November 28, 2011 8:00:00 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled New BORN TO FLY Review on Next Best Book:
Michael said, "There's a nice review of BORN TO FLY on The Next Best Book blog"
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:51:47 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Pre-Air Show Party at the International Women's Air and Space Museum:
Michael said, "Did you know that in 1961, thirteen women pilots underwent secret astronaut testing, passing the samephysical tests as the men of the Mercury 7? The "Mercury 13" hoped to become America’s first female astronauts (though they never got the..." more
Sunday, June 12, 2011 8:52:59 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Memorial Day trip and visit to The Hill School:
Michael said, "Last weekend I travelled to Middleburg, Virginia to visit The Hill School during their spring book fair to talk about writing and my book, BORN TO FLY.Along the way I was passing a cemetery with civil war headstones and though I was running late, I..." more
Friday, May 20, 2011 1:14:55 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Young Author's Night at Menlo Park Academy:
Michael said, "A few weeks back I ran a writing workshop for some young writers at Menlo Park Academy where Tammi Belko teaches (Tammi is in my writing group).Last night Tammi read from some of their finished books and parents and family (along with myself and..." more
Monday, May 16, 2011 11:37:17 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Book Dads review: Born to Fly:
Michael said, "I found a great site for Dads who like to read to their kids called Book Dads. They read a copy of Born to Fly and really "got it". Here's their review by Chris Singer."
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 8:23:05 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Stuff my kids say:
Michael said, "After much internal debate I decided today to start (mildly) exploiting my kids in the pages of this blog. I've always felt kind of "icky" about writers who share their kids most personal and embarrassing moments without fictionalizing them since I..." more
Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:30:29 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY book discussion at Avon Lake Library:
Michael said, "Had a blast with the book discussion group at Avon Lake Library last night.I showed a little video of what it looks like to fly a real P-40 and then we dove into the book. The kids had so many great insights and comments, I felt like they knew the..." more
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 9:08:26 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Don't put away that snow shovel just yet...:
Michael said, "This is the view out my back door today, two days before the start of baseball season."
Friday, March 25, 2011 4:18:14 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY interview and book giveaway at Literary Rambles:
Michael said, "I did a fun online interview today with Casey McKormick at Literary Rambles, a great site about navigating the world of children's book publishing. Casey had lots of great questions and her site is aptly named 'cause I think I might have rambled on..." more
Friday, March 18, 2011 10:38:01 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY nominated for the 2012 Grand Canyon Reader Award:
Michael said, "I was excited to learn that BORN TO FLY has been nominated for the 2012 Grand Canyon Reader Award in the Intermediate Fiction category. The Grand Canyon Reader Award is a reader award program for students in Arizona. Students vote annually on..." more
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:58:20 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY book discussion at Avon Lake Library:
Michael said, "My local library is hosting a Born to Fly book discussion on Wednesday March 30th from 7-8 PM. I will answer questions about the book or writing or about my snowball-catching dog Trixie. There will be a fun craft (I think you get to build a toy..." more
Monday, March 07, 2011 4:07:52 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY out in paperback tomorrow!:
Michael said, "Here's the first look at the paperback version of Born to Fly which arrived from my publisher a couple days ago! Goes on sale tomorrow, March 8th, 2011. Thanks to my daughter Clarissa for modeling and smiling."
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:25:58 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY picked as book of the week by the Middle Grade Ninja:
Michael said, "Thanks to the Middle Grade Ninja, Robert Kent for picking BORN TO FLY as his Book of the Week. He interviewed me and had a lot of nice things to say about Born to Fly in his review. Robert runs a great site focused on middle grade books, with lots..." more
Saturday, August 28, 2010 11:40:14 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Check out my friend Greg Neri’s new book YUMMY:
Michael said, "My good friend Greg Neri has written a powerful new book called YUMMY. It's based on a true life tragic story which Greg had originally wanted to turn into a film but instead it wound up being his first graphic novel. Greg and I met years ago when..." more
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:32:12 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled BORN TO FLY paperback arrives March 8, 2011:
Michael said, "Recently got the word, BORN TO FLY is coming out in paperback March 8, 2011!"
Monday, April 26, 2010 11:18:44 AM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Born to Fly radio interview on Writers Talk show:
Michael said, "This Friday, April 30 I will be doing a school visit at Tussing Elementary in Columbus, Ohio. I will also do an interview with the Writers Talk radio show. The radio shows are scheduled to air Monday May 10 (7pm on WCRS) and Wednesday May 12 (8pm..." more
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:22:00 PM
Michael Ferrari wrote a blog post titled Benjamin Middle School skype for Rebecca Caudill Club:
Michael said, "I had a great time skyping last Friday, Feb. 15th with students at Benjamin Middle School in West Chicago, IL. Thanks to all the great questions, the time just flew by."