Kathy Cassel
International Day of the Midwife
International Day of the Midwife isn't a day we hear much about. I noticed it on one of those calendars that has every imaginable day. ...
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Kathy Cassel
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Reading to Children
Reading with children is important. It helps develop vocabulary, sense of story and sequence, introduces them to the world of books, and...
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Kathy Cassel
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Autism Awareness Month
April is designated as Autism Awareness Month. I have a son on the autism spectrum, but I also have a character in Catching Hope who is...
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Kathy Cassel
Apr 1, 20222 min read
National Children's Book Day
April 2 is National Children's Book Day. As an adult, my favorite picture book is Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings (1941). I...
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Kathy Cassel
Mar 11, 20221 min read
Updated Looks
Freerunner and Catching Hope are getting updated looks. The very talented Diana Sharples is designing new covers and is also giving the...
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Kathy Cassel
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Celebrating Dr. Seuss
My favorite Dr. Seuss quote is from Oh The Places You'll Go March 2nd is Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America Day. Read Across...
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Kathy Cassel
Feb 16, 20222 min read
National Library Month
February is National Library Month. Many of my early memories are of trips to our public library with my dad and two siblings on Saturday...
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Kathy Cassel
Feb 14, 20221 min read
2021 in review in pictures part 2
2021 was a year full of changes and challenges, good times and bad, but above all of hope. There is always hope. So here is part 2 of...
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Kathy Cassel
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Send a Card to a Friend Day
According to Google, February 7th is "Send a card to a friend day." In today's world, we don't send letters by mail anymore and rarely...
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Kathy Cassel
Jan 31, 20222 min read
2021 in review in pictures
A long time has passed since I last posted. Life has gotten in the way! 2021 was a very challenging, very full year. I met many of my...
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Kathy Cassel
Aug 10, 20211 min read
On Vacation with the Freerunner Cover Model
I had the awesome opportunity to spend some time with the Freerunner cover model and her family in North Carolina last week. It was an...
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Kathy Cassel
Jun 5, 20211 min read
Selah Awards
Freerunner won second place in the YA catagory of the Selah Awards Wednesday night at the Blue Ridge Christian Writer's Conference. It...
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Kathy Cassel
May 22, 20212 min read
Visiting the State Parks
Last time I blogged about my 2021 list of things to do and places to go. One of the things I want to do is visit Florida state parks. We...
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Kathy Cassel
May 18, 20212 min read
In 2021 I will ...
At the beginning of each year I make a list that is a combination of goals, a to-do list, and a wish list. It might contain books I want...
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Kathy Cassel
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Taking Time out for Family
I planned to post more often, but the weather has been great, the kids were on spring break for a week, and even after they returned to...
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Kathy Cassel
Mar 23, 20211 min read
Cover Model for Catching Hope
This is my book cover model for Catching Hope. Only 14 when the cover photo was taken (while she was visiting for my daughter's wedding),...
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Kathy Cassel
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Blog Tour Highlights
Picture above--Near where the teens go on their outing. There is one day left of my blog tour. Catching Hope has been well received. The...
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Kathy Cassel
Mar 9, 20211 min read
New Book Cover
Freerunner got an updated cover to reflect its status as a Selah Awards Finalist. Freerunner is up against three other YA books, and...
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Kathy Cassel
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Haiti: The Setting for Catching Hope
Catching Hope is set in the country of Haiti, a country I first visited in 1997 in conjunction with the adoption of my son Jeff. Then I...
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Kathy Cassel
Feb 28, 20212 min read
Preparing for the Blog Tour
Preparation for the blog tour actually begin back in November. We had scheduled it for the last week in February, but we cut it a little...
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