On behalf of the characters in Blue Thread, I have the honor of announcing that their story is a finalist for the 2013 Oregon Book Awards. The book is one of three that Literary Arts selected for the Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature. Winners will be announced April 8, but all the finalists [...]
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Blue Thread: Award Finalist!
Posted by Ruth on January 7, 2013
http://bluethreadbook.com/2013/01/07/blue-thread-award-finalist/
BT + Activities = Teaching Guide
With thanks to education students at Portland State University, I can now offer you a teaching guide to Blue Thread. The guide is wide-ranging and thorough, with activities that include curriculum-framing questions, writing prompts, lesson plans, bio-poem worksheets, and brainstorming charts. I expect I’ll use some of these activities myself in school visits. Yo, [...]
Posted by Ruth on July 27, 2012
http://bluethreadbook.com/2012/07/27/bt-activities-teaching-guide/
Designing the Guts of Blue Thread
Here’s how it worked. I delivered a manuscript to the folks at Ooligan Press. They delivered a book to you. One of the key people in that metamorphosis was Brandon Freels, the interior designer for Blue Thread. Now that the book is published, I asked Brandon to talk about his experience. Listen up! What was [...]
Posted by Ruth on May 4, 2012
http://bluethreadbook.com/2012/05/04/designing-the-guts-of-blue-thread/
I Gave Whirlabout New Media a Whirl
As of this month, according to a rough estimate, about 157 million people in the U.S use Facebook. Nearly 15 million Facebook users in the U.S. are thirteen to seventeen years old. Facebook is only one small corner of the social media available over the Internet. Communication between readers and writers, as witnessed by the [...]
Posted by Ruth on April 27, 2012
http://bluethreadbook.com/2012/04/27/i-gave-whirlabout-new-media-a-whirl/
Come to the Launch!
Ooligan Press is staging the official launch of Blue Thread on February 27th, and it will be a stellar event. Take my word: Blue Thread weaves Oregon history, woman suffrage, Jewish culture, and fantasy, not to mention your classic coming-of-age tale, licorice nibs, salmon cakes, and a whole lot more. Date: Monday, February 27, [...]
Posted by Ruth on February 21, 2012
http://bluethreadbook.com/2012/02/21/come-to-the-launch/
The Books Are In!
Abbey Gaterud, the interim publisher at Ooligan Press, interrupted my regularly scheduled life yesterday to announce: THE BOOKS ARE IN! When I arrived at Ooligan HQ, folks were in a total frenzy! OK, not really. Everyone was sort of sitting around, getting the business done. A large box labeled RUTH FELDMAN occupied one chair. The [...]
Posted by Ruth on January 11, 2012
http://bluethreadbook.com/2012/01/11/the-books-are-in/
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My name is Ruth. I write books and articles for children and young adults. Blue Thread is my eleventh book, and the first one in which I have knowingly stretched the truth.Visit this blog to satisfy your curiosity about:
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