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		<title>Business of Birth</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/05/15/business-of-birth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting with Renegade Rules]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[America has a knack for bullying.  It starts young – oh, so young – even before birth.  One of the most bullied groups of people in the US today is expectant mothers.  Book Review and Giveaway: The Business of Baby, by &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/05/15/business-of-birth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day Marvel</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/05/09/mothers-day-marvel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrating Holidays]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ann Rigney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heather Shumaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honoring mothers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All books have an inspiration.  Mine was my mother.  She&#8217;s worked 40 years at a remarkable preschool in Columbus, Ohio where they truly believe in free play.  When I say truly, I mean they go so far as to give &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/05/09/mothers-day-marvel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Young Readers</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/04/30/young-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agents and publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books for Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crossover books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good books for elementary kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=733</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I learned my 10-year-old neighbor was reading The Hunger Games, my jaw dropped.  Really?  Already?  The words aren&#8217;t hard. It&#8217;s the topic.  Children killing other children in a complex moral/ political tale that&#8217;s meant for teenagers. But now I realize I &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/04/30/young-readers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Indie Publishing Done Right</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/04/16/indie-publishing-done-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Starlighting Honor Roll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cari Noga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiction about Miracle on the Hudson plane crash]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=716</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of books published each year is boggling. Last year 200,000 new books were released. And that&#8217;s only counting traditional publishers. 400,000 self-published books were launched, too. We talk about self-published and traditionally published, but I think there&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/04/16/indie-publishing-done-right/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where Ideas Come From</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/04/03/where-ideas-come-from/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agents and publishing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I still remember the salesman who came to my 10th grade class.  He was hawking magazines, I think, for a school fundraiser.  What I remember distinctly were his words.  He lifted a stack of magazines and proclaimed: &#8220;Information!  This is &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/04/03/where-ideas-come-from/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Solo Adventures</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/27/solo-adventures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/27/solo-adventures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books for Kids]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[children's fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of my research for my next book involves train travel, so I&#8217;ve been querying train companies in England.  Today I received an email with a highly satisfying answer: yes, kids can ride the train without an adult. As the &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/27/solo-adventures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Should Homework Begin?</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/18/when-should-homework-begin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/18/when-should-homework-begin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting with Renegade Rules]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This country is fed up with excessive homework.  I know, because every day people stumble on my blog by typing in google searches such as &#8220;why there should be no homework&#8221; and &#8220;are there teachers who disagree with homework?&#8221; Some &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/18/when-should-homework-begin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Most Popular Posts &#8211; Sticks, No Homework and more</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/06/most-popular-posts-sticks-no-homework-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/06/most-popular-posts-sticks-no-homework-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting with Renegade Rules]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My first blog post went up last spring.  I had one reader the first day.  Since then I&#8217;ve welcomed more than 35,000 readers to this &#8220;renegade&#8221; blog.  Whew!  Thanks to each and every thoughtful reader. Today I&#8217;d like to share &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/03/06/most-popular-posts-sticks-no-homework-and-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cut the Interrogation Habit</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/02/28/cut-the-interrogation-habit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/02/28/cut-the-interrogation-habit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[colors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently got a new set of blocks for my son.  Castle blocks &#8211; the kind with painted drawbridges and turrets.  He loves all things knights and horses, and so far many towers and dungeons have been built, crashed and &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/02/28/cut-the-interrogation-habit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chuck the Calendars</title>
		<link>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/02/20/chuck-the-calendars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/02/20/chuck-the-calendars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Shumaker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/?p=624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; While researching my book, I&#8217;ve visited a lot of preschool classrooms.  Preschool, pre-K, Young Fives, kindergarten, Montessori, public, private, charter, you name it.  I&#8217;ve observed too many to count.  One thing I almost always see in each early ed. &#8230; <a href="http://www.heathershumaker.com/blog/2013/02/20/chuck-the-calendars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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