Taking Pride in the Little Things
This morning, I was walking my dog Rosco and we came across a heavy-duty paper plate, torn in half and obviously abandoned by some trash-picking raccoon. For some reason, Rosco…
Addison L. Jones is a freelance writer and editor. Born and raised in New Jersey, she has been writing since she was a child, publishing her first “book”—called Baby and His Parents (about a young deer and his family) as part of a youth-in-publishing program when she was in first grade. She has published several nonfiction books for young adults, has edited thousands of books and teaching materials, and is the author of Eye of Horace, a modern-day retelling of the ancient Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. She lives in north-central New Jersey. The Birds of Brookside Manor is her second novel.
This morning, I was walking my dog Rosco and we came across a heavy-duty paper plate, torn in half and obviously abandoned by some trash-picking raccoon. For some reason, Rosco…
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