About Deidre
I am a wife, mother, teacher, librarian, and writer. My name is Deidre Taft and I live in a small town in south Georgia. As my two daughters were growing up, I would make up bedtime stories for them each night. My husband always encouraged me to write down the stories, but I never did. Several years ago, while my mother was hospitalized, I did write down one of those stories. Since then I have wr... More
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Books Recently Added to Deidre's Bookshelf | Ages | Date Added | |||
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1. The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel (Paperback) Author: Jasper Fforde Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) |
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3/24/2008 Add | |||
Deidre said: I lucked up on this book during a children's literature course, but it is definately not for children. The story is full of wordplay and literary references. Set in a surreal version of 1985 Great Bri...more tags: I read , I recommend | |||||
7,998 Reviews | |||||
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Profile Comments
Comment by Kakie Fitzsimmons on 9/19/2008 at 10:42 PM:
Hi Deidre, as an award winning children's book author and mom who is passionate about childhood literacy, thanks for all you do!
Hi Deidre, as an award winning children's book author and mom who is passionate about childhood literacy, thanks for all you do!
Comment by Andy J Smith on 9/5/2008 at 11:28 AM:
Hello to another librarian! You guys rock!
Hello to another librarian! You guys rock!
Comment by Deborah Sloan on 8/11/2008 at 1:53 PM:
As a librarian, I thought you might want to know about the debut (last Monday) of The Picnic Basket where library and school professionals taste new and forthcoming children's books with first-come, first-serve sample copies of books for kids of all ages. We send free books. You tell us what you t... more
Welcome Deirdre!
Great to see another Jasper Fforde fan !
At present I'm reading Philip Reeves' "Larklight" - for a younger audience than his amazing Mortal Engines quartet.