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EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE
My name is Primrose Squarp. I am eleven years old. I have hair the color of carrots in apricot glaze (recipe to follow), skin fair and clear where it isn't freckled, and eyes like summer storms.
Readers will know right from the start that the narrator of Everything on a Waffle is going to tell her story straight and pull no punches. Primrose's parents have been lost at sea, but she believes without an iota of doubt that they are still alive, somewhere. She moves in with her Uncle Jack, but feels generally friendless. Her only real refuge is a local restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing, where the owner, Miss Bowzer, serves everything on waffles -- except advice and good sense, which come free of charge and are always reliable.
Here's a waffle recipe to use with our BAKING MIX:
2 cups BAKING MIX (see recipe below) 1½ cups milk 2 eggs 1 Tablespoon oil 1 Tablespoon sugar (optional)
Preheat waffle maker. Combine sugar and mix. Then combine wet ingredients and add to dry mixture. Bake according to directions. Makes about 8 - 4 inch waffles.
If using for a classroom or book club group, waffles may be cooked in advance and heated in a toaster.
Have students bring the following toppings:
Fresh fruit Whipped cream Syrup Nutella Peanut Butter Jelly Gummy Bears Tuna salad Cheez Whiz
If you want to be adventurous, cut waffles into fourths and try different toppings on each piece.
BAKING MIX
1 five pound bag (or seventeen cups) of unbleached flour 9 Tablespoons (a little over ½ cup) of baking powder 2 Tablespoons of salt 3 one cup containers of Crisco shortening (one pound)
Put all ingredients except for shortening into a large bowl and mix thoroughly with a whisk. Cut the shortening into small pieces and then add to the dry mixture. Use two large knives to cut the shortening into the mixture. You may use a pasty blender, but it will get messy. Put the contents into an airtight container. This recipe makes about 21 cups of mix. A plastic, one gallon ice cream container (cleaned and dried and minus the ice cream) will hold about 18 cups of the mix. Store in a cool, dry place and use within 2-3 months.
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Caroline Starr Rose spent her childhood in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and New Mexico, camping at the Red Sea in one and eating red chile in the other. She's taught English and social studies to upper elementary and middle-school students in New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, and Louisiana. Back in New Mexico, Caroline now writes middle-grade novels and picture books full time.
Ca rolee Dean has made numerous appearances as a guest poet/author at schools, libraries, poetry events, and teacher/library conferences. She holds a bachelor's degree in music therapy and a master's degree in communicative disorders, and she has spent over a decade working in the public schools as a  speech-language pathologist. Her first novel, Comfort,was nominated as a Best Book for Young Adults, was named the Best YA Novel of 2002 by the Texas Institute of Letters, and was on the TAYSHAS (Texas Library Association) reading list. She conducts teacher trainings on inspiring reluctant writers including "The Secret Language of Stories" and "Random  Acts of Haiku."
To find teacher's guides, writing activities, and information about author visits, go to my website.
 Kimberley Griffiths Little is the recipient of the Southwest Book Award, The Whitney Award for Best Youth Novel of 2010, and the author of the highly acclaimed, The Healing Spell and Circle of Secrets, published by Scholastic Press. Look for her books at the Scholastic Book Fairs, as well  as two more forthcoming novels in 2012 and 2013. She lives on a dirt road in a small town by the Rio Grande with her husband, a robotics engineer and their three sons. Kimberley is a favorite speaker at schools around the country, presenting "The Creative Diary", a highly successful writing  workshop and has been a speaker at many conferences. Please visit her website to download free Teacher's Guides and Book Club Guides. 
UPCOMING AUTHOR EVENTS Saturday, January 14, 2012 2:00-3:30pm Launch Party for Caroline Starr Rose's debut novel, May B. Alamosa Books 8810 Holly Ave. Suite D Albuquerque, NM 87122 Sunday, April 29th, 2012 9-5 Preconference Session
Author's Panel at the International Reading Association Conference Chicago, Illinois "Rekindling the Reading and Writing Fire"
Join us for this all day session featuring 11 authors including all 3 Spellbinders Carolee Dean Kimberley Griffiths Little Caroline Starr Rose
Tuesday, May 1 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. International Reading Association Conference Chicago, Illinois "The Secret Language of Stories: Beyond Story Grammar" Carolee Dean |
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2 comments:
Yum! I have a son who's nuts about Nutella. lol
Tuna salad atop a waffle? That's just wrong!
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