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NPR Commentaries for WBFO
"Music Lessons" - July 13, 2005
"Baby Names" - November 15, 2005
"What Can I Do?" - May 15, 2007
"Once a Squirrel, Always a Squirrel" - August 21, 2007
"Chickens Are New Labrador Retrievers" - October 18, 2007
"A Very Special Teacher" - February 19, 2008
"Getting Real" - February 3, 2009
"Learning Lessons of Love and Strength"- March 17, 2009
"Food Secrets" - August 24, 2009
"Welcoming Winter" - October 27, 2009
"A Week of Lice" - February 9, 2010
"Country Cats" - April 27, 2010
Articles in EDIBLE BUFFALO
“Pressing Through Autumn: Apple Adventures” - Fall 2010
“Apple Pockets” (Poem) - Fall 2010
“Caring for Animals 'Round the Farm” - Winter 2010
“And So We Sow: Planting Outside in Cold Weather” - Spring 2012
Columns in THE BUFFALO NEWS
“Teachers Need to Realize Learning is a Prize in Itself” - October 13, 2003
“Earring is a Souvenir to Remind me of 13” - February 22, 2012
“Unseen Crafters Play Big Role in Many Lives” - July 28, 2013
“Test Boycotters are the New Revolutionaries” - April 12, 2014
“5th Grade Student Becomes the Teacher” - August 31, 2014
"Dollhouse has Become a Permanent Fixture" - January 11, 2015
“Thinking about Death Helps Me Appreciate Life” – January 17, 2016
“Creativity Blossoms without Technology” – April 26, 2016
“Don’t Lose Your Identity in Pursuit of Perfection” – September 12, 2016
“For Our Children’s Sake, Be a Wiser Adult” - June 8, 2019
"Back in the Classroom, Enchanted by Students - December 5, 2020
“Thank You, Dad, for the Gift of Keepsakes” - July 18, 2021
Articles about Writing (Various Blogs)
“Poetry & Structure” - Two Writing Teachers - June 25, 2010
“8 Ways to Revise Poetry” - Author Amok - April 30, 2012
“Inviting Hummingbirds” - Kate Messner's Blog - August 1, 2012
“Thank a Stranger” - Kate Messner's Blog for Teachers Write! - July 9, 2013
Other
“How to Be My Favorite Book” in THE JOURNAL OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE - Spring 2015