
☕ CUPPA OF CHOICE: Coffee with a splash of whole milk is my current favorite hot beverage. I drink it with breakfast and my morning reading.
☕ HOT OFF THE PRESSES: There Was an Old Lady Who Gobbled a Skink, illustrated by Ana Bermejo (Sky Pony Press, February 2016), Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse, illustrated by Matthew Cordell (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013). Forthcoming: Gone Camping: A Novel in Verse, illustrated by Matthew Cordell (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, early 2017).
☕ FAVE FOODIE CHILDREN’S BOOK: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren. Although Pippi lives alone and struggles with manners, she recognizes the importance of cooking and sharing good food. Oh I would love to sit down to pancakes or a picnic with Pippi, Annika, and Tommy!
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☕☕ JUST ONE MORE SIP: Hear an excerpt from Gone Fishing in this trailer:
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☕☕☕ CAN’T GET ENOUGH: Foodie poem by Tamera!
Hot Dogging
I ate a foot-long dog today for lunch –
the perfect size.
I added mustard, onion, relish,
side of curly fries.
I gobbled down my hot dog feast
enjoying every bit,
but when I tried to stand and leave
that hot dog had a fit.
Twelve hot dog inches knotted up and
caused my gut to quake.
It whimpered, growled and then it roared
to one big bellyache.
I’m feeling bitter and betrayed –
that dog had been polite.
At lunch it never barked or begged,
so why’d it have to bite?
~ Copyright © 2016 Tamera Will Wissinger. All rights reserved.
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