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Thursday, May 26, 2016 4:54:01 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Fauxchella!:
Kelly said, "You all know how much I love my music. I LOVE my rock 'n' roll. The good people of tickpick.com made me a concert poster of some of my fave rock bands! Now if only they could get these bands together for a day of amazing tunes!! I'd also have..." more
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 4:06:22 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Wild, Wild Midwest Conference 2016:
Kelly said, "This writer finally attended another SCBWI conference, and it was amazing! I feel like my brain is still processing and downloading all the wonderful information I learned there this past weekend.Here's a quick rundown of my whirlwind..." more
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 5:20:49 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled What I read, watched, and rocked out to in 2015:
Kelly said, "Happy New Year, friends! I hope 2015 was good to you, and I hope 2016 is even better. 2015 was busy. I taught kindergarten and reading, helped coach my son in basketball, went to three weddings in June, hosted a Spanish exchange student, chauffeured..." more
Monday, November 9, 2015 5:44:27 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Mondays Music Moves Me: Movie Soundtracks:
Kelly said, "Mondays Music Moves Me is something I stumbled upon last month. How cool that Xmas Dolly hosts this twice a month! Today's theme is Movie Soundtracks. This is such a great theme with so many possibilities!As you can see, I had trouble narrowing..." more
Monday, October 26, 2015 5:55:30 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled The Listing Hop!:
Kelly said, "Welcome to the Listing Hop! Looking forward to seeing everyone's lists!If you've been here before, you know I love music.So my list is a list of all (probably most, I may have forgotten a few) of the bands I've seen and how many times!Here goes! In..." more
Friday, October 23, 2015 6:17:49 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday:
Kelly said, "Today I have my own poem to share from my new Halloween picture book, I'M A LITTLE GREEN WITCH! Halloween is big in our house, so I really wanted to write a book that my kids would enjoy. I'M A LITTLE GREEN WITCH is a collection of Halloween..." more
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 6:05:38 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Demon's Ink:
Kelly said, "Do you want a paranormal YA for Halloween? How about DEMON'S INK by my blogger friend, Kimbra Kasch!Here's the spooky premise:There are lots of dangerous things hanging (or, maybe I should say, dangling) around Portland lately but, when a..." more
Friday, October 16, 2015 5:17:07 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday:
Kelly said, "Charles Ghigna is such an amazing author and poet, and I enjoy his poetry posts as well as the gorgeous paintings he shares of his son, Chip. Ghigna's poetry is featured frequently in children's magazines from the Cricket group and you can..." more
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 6:04:15 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled I'm A Little Green Witch is here for Halloween!:
Kelly said, "It's October, and it's the perfect time for a Halloween book! We love Halloween in our household, and that is the reason why I wanted to write a book for this fun holiday.My newest picture book, I'M A LITTLE GREEN WITCH, is a spooktacular collection..." more
Friday, June 12, 2015 7:29:19 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday:
Kelly said, "Hello, fellow poet lovers and hello, summer! Today is the first Friday I have at home since school was dismissed last week. I taught kindergarten for the first time and absolutely loved it! I was also able to attend my cousin's wedding in Arizona..." more
Sunday, February 15, 2015 8:39:24 AM
Kelly Polark added a picture to her Profile Gallery
Title: WORDS ON BIRDS picture book
Description: 2014
Sunday, February 15, 2015 8:38:40 AM
Kelly Polark added a picture to her Profile Gallery
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Title: ROCK N ROLL PRINCESSES WEAR BLACK middle grade
Description: 2014
Sunday, February 15, 2015 8:37:52 AM
Kelly Polark added a picture to her Profile Gallery
Title: HOLD THE MUSTARD digital picture book
Description: Meegenius 2013
Sunday, February 15, 2015 8:36:32 AM
Kelly Polark added a picture to her Profile Gallery
Title: ROCKABET: CLASSIC EDITION picture book
Description: 2013
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:44:24 PM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled What I read, watched and rocked out to in 2014:
Kelly said, "2014 in Review!Happy New Year to you all! I am starting the new year with a wonderful new job as kindergarten teacher in my own children's school district. In the past I've been a third grade teacher, stay-at-home mom for 11 years, a teacher's aide..." more
Friday, December 5, 2014 6:31:47 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday:
Kelly said, "I haven't participated in Poetry Friday in a while, which is a shame, because I LOVE poetry! I've been busy teaching preschool this year, so my mind is on the very younger set while writing poetry.Here's a number poem about a kid favorite - the..." more
Monday, December 1, 2014 9:23:10 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled A Memoir, A Mutant, and a Manuscript Maven!:
Kelly said, "My friend and fellow blogger, Samantha Verant had an amazing October. Her debut memoir, SEVEN LETTERS FROM PARIS, was released as well as her debut middle grade novel, KING OF THE MUTANTS. (Yes, that is a photo of us taken six years ago in..." more
Monday, October 20, 2014 7:26:55 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Happy birthday, Lenny!:
Kelly said, "A very cool and special blogger turns fifteen today! Happy birthday, Lenny!Lenny, I hope you get fifteen hugs, fifteen bites of cake, fifteen minutes playing video games (okay, more), fifteen smiles, fifteen songs, fifteen fist bumps, fifteen..." more
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:36:13 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled GUESS THE TRUE STATEMENT & WIN JESSICA BELL’S THRILLER, WHITE LADY! (Statement #78):
Kelly said, "To celebrate the release of Jessica Bell’s latest novel, WHITE LADY, she is giving away an e-copy (mobi, ePub, or PDF) to the first person to correctly guess the one true statement in the three statements below. To clarify, two statements are..." more
Thursday, September 18, 2014 5:18:43 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled May the Fun Be With You:
Kelly said, "This past weekend we celebrated my youngest son's birthday with his friends. All three of my children have their birthdays within a month so this is the last one for about a year. Back to school time and three birthdays make this the craziest time..." more
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 6:27:53 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Goodbye, summer! Hello, sale!:
Kelly said, "How can it be September already?Gear up for the new school year with new books! I'm ready for a new year in my preschool classroom, and I've already picked so many great books to share with my class!My newest picture book, WORDS ON BIRDS,..." more
Friday, August 15, 2014 7:29:43 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Meet My Character Blog Tour:
Kelly said, "I have been tagged by Sherrie Petersen, author of middle grade novel, WISH YOU WEREN'T, to participate in the MEET MY CHARACTER BLOG TOUR! Read her post HERE! Let me introduce you to Stef, the main character of my middle grade novel, ROCK 'N'..." more
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 6:12:46 AM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled Kickin' It Like the Girl That I Am:
Kelly said, "I'm joining in on the Kicks Like A Girl blog tour. Thank you Suzanne Casemento for inviting me!Check out KICKS LIKE A GIRL by Melissa Westemeyer here, and check out Suzanne's post here!Now for this blog tour I tell you a little about myself.First..." more
Thursday, December 29, 2016 1:45:53 PM
Kelly Polark wrote a blog post titled What I Read, Watched, and Rocked Out to in 2016:
Kelly said, "My blog has been rather dormant this year, but I have not been! I've been busy teaching kindergarten, editing my middle grade novel, being a distributor for It Works health and wellness products, momming my three awesome kids, and all this..." more