What experiences have you had while reading your books to kids?
Jill Vanderwood talks about her first ever live school reading and autograph session.
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April 18, 2019
Excerpts from Shaking Behind the Microphone
November 15, 2013
A selection of free excerpts from Jill Vanderwood’s Shaking Behind the Microphone.
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November 15, 2013
Introducing Shaking Behind the Microphone. Fear of Speaking in Public is Equal to Falling Into a Pit Full of Snakes
Three out of four people suffer from brain freeze, a quivering voice, and a racing heart, which are signs of glossophobia. In her anthology, Shaking Behind the Microphone, Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking, author Jill Ammon Vanderwood tells her story about going skydiving to overcome her fear of public speaking.
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February 3, 2011
A collection of entries from Drugs Make You Un-Smarter to help you cure boredom! Lots of ideas for what drug-free kids can do with their time.
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February 2, 2011
Co-author of Drugs Make You Un-Smarter
Savanna Peterson’s family has a long history of addiction, but Savanna chose to rise above it. Co-Author of Drugs Make You Un-Smarter, Savanna Peterson is interested in a non-violent, drug-free lifestyle.
(more…) Leave a CommentA Rise in Prescription Drug Abuse
February 1, 2011
by Bill Rogers, Arizona Highway Patrol Association
In Arizona, over half of our alcohol-related DUI’s also involve prescription drug usage.
(more…) Leave a CommentRadical Parenting
February 1, 2011
Vanessa is the founder of Radical Parenting and the author of “You’re Grounded,” which she wrote when she was 17. She is now traveling around the world to interview families for her new book, “Parenting is Flat.”
She is headed to South America for five weeks to interview forty-five families. She has interns all over the world. She recently worked with Tokyo Interns to interview families in that country. The main question on her mind—Does the Internet Bring Families Closer? This book is not yet published, but the topic is showing a growing interest from people around the world.
(more…) Leave a CommentHelp for Parents
February 1, 2011
Finding Serenity Through Al-Anon
My son Fred is a recovering heroin addict. The journey our family started
When he was in his late teens spanned 19 years of deception, discovery, recovery, and setbacks. I am not a substance abuser, but as the wife of a functioning alcoholic and mother of two sons with addictions, as well as being an adult child of an alcoholic, I almost lost myself trying to keep everyone afloat. I spent twenty-one years in counseling and attending Al-Anon meetings to help me recover from abuse, blaming myself, and enabling the addicts in my life.
(more…) Leave a CommentTake a Green Leap for Literacy!
September 12, 2009
What: Jill Ammon Vanderwood, author of What’s It Like, Living Green? Kids Teaching Kids, by the Way They Live, will take a Leap for Literacy by skydiving from 12,500 feet in Ogden Utah. This event will help support two literacy programs, and it will be the kickoff for the Leap for Literacy school recycling program.
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September 9, 2009
Throw Grandma From the Plane: Noted Children’s Author Takes A Leap for Literacy
Grandmother of six and author of What’s It Like, Living Green?, Jill Vanderwood, will take a Leap for Literacy, skydiving from 12,500 feet Saturday, September 12, 2009. This is a fundraiser to benefit the Literacy Action Center in Salt Lake City and the Reading Tub in Virginia and promote eco-consciousness through children’s literature.
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