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Nancy Loewen

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Nancy Loewen grew up on a farm in southwestern Minnesota, surrounded by library books and cats. She's published more than 140 books for children. FOUR TO THE POLE (co-authored with polar explorer Ann Bancroft) and THE LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN were Minnesota Book Award finalists. Her WRITER'S TOOLBOX series received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers.

Nancy lives in Saint Paul and has an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University. She has two adult children and a cat who sometimes bites her knees under the table as she writes.
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The LAST Day of Kindergarten turns 15!

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Time sure does fly. The Last Day of Kindergarten is 15 this year! I’m grateful this book has been around so long and thought it would be fun to take a look back at the journey.
 
My daughter provided the inspiration for Last Day way back in 2003. ​Helena loved kindergarten and didn’t want to let it go. After the graduation ceremony, most kids seemed happy, but she was crying. She realized that grow Read more of this blog post »
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John  Green
“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Neil Gaiman
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”
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