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Yay book in the mail! Excited to check out this poetry collection for kids about space and aliens from @theemmapress . And I love the bonus bookmark! #kidlit #kidspoetry #indiepress #uk #inthemail #toread A post shared by Marilyn Anne Campbell (@marilyn.cam) on Nov 14, 2017 at 4:24pm PST And it turned out my excitement over the arrival of this anthology from the UK was warranted. Watcher of the Skies: Poems about Space and Aliens  is a fantastic poetry collection for kids - playful and insightful and sure to spark the imagination of young writers and explorers alike. The collection pairs the poems with notes and suggested connections (presumably) supplied by editors Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright, along with related facts by Rachel Cochrane, a PhD student from the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Astronomy. This is a wonderful way to put the book together, as it means the poems can rise to any level of whimsy, with the kid-friendly "footnotes" ...

I just finished eating a bowl of cherries. I can't remember the last time I bought cherries. Today's anomaly was 100% because of this: I've written before about being influenced by children's programming into eating more fruit . Apparently it isn't just kids shows that work on me. Musician and vegan Macka B's "Medical Monday" and "Wha Me Eat Wednesday" videos are currently working as a regular reminder for me that there's a whole world of healthy food out there. Like so many people, we discovered Macka B when his video about cucumbers ( cucumba! ) went viral. If you somehow missed it, treat yourself to it and several others below, then treat yourself to some fruit and/or veggies. Also, you can  follow Macka B on Faceboook .

Thanks to Brian T. Schultz and the Storybook Land Theatre 2016 company for putting on a fantastic production of The Knight's Errand, hosting me when I came out to South Dakota to see it, and letting me use the footage. :) The Knight's Errand - A Play for Young Audiences from Marilyn Anne Campbell on Vimeo . Learn  more about The Knight's Errand (The video is also on YouTube, if you prefer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUGhj8m0cIw )