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Dashka Slater
Journalist, Novelist, Children's Book Writer

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Dec.08.2011

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PUBLISHED: May.19.2008

The Sea Serpent and Me

A little girl finds a sea serpent in her bathtub, no bigger than a drop of water. They have fabulous adventures together, pretending to be Vikings and telling tales about the wonder of the sea. But then the serpent begins to grow. Soon he’s too big for the fish tank, then too big for the tub, then too big for land altogether. But how can such dear friends say goodbye? How will they...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2006

Firefighters in the Dark

At night, a girl hears the sirens from the fire station near her house.Even though it is dark outside, she knows where they are going: toa castle, to a garden, all the way to Pluto . . . Dashka Slater and Nicoletta Ceccoli have crafted a dreamy ode tofirefighters everywhere and the big, brave, spectacular feats theyaccomplish every day, and every night--all the world over.

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PUBLISHED: May.19.2006

Baby Shoes

Baby loves his brand-new white shoes, taking them all over the neighborhood while his frantic mom chases behind him. But he just can’t resist stomping through puddles, squishing fallen plums, and dancing in fresh paint. It isn’t long before those white, high-jumping, fast-running shoes are speckled and spotted with every color of the rainbow.

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PUBLISHED: Feb.01.2000

The Wishing Box

A sometimes funny, sometimes magical first novel, The Wishing Box explores the surprising and unintended consequences of getting what you ask for. Julia, an almost-30 single mom whose life is mostly together, lives in Oakland with her seven-year-old son. Never suspecting it will actually work, she and her sister create a wishing box and half-seriously hold a ceremony for the return...

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Jan.14.2011 - 3:36 pm

Writing About Dance is Like Dancing About Writing: The Art of Addition by Subtraction

The other night a friend invited me to a dance performance at ODC in San Francisco – a competition in which audience members decide which choreographers will receive a $10,000...

Oct.25.2010 - 11:31 am

Tell The Teachers: Free Writing Workshops, Free Books, and More

Which one of is is more thrilled, do you think?

Previous Entry | Next Entry I just finished recording a new video spot, promoting my school visits. Recording the spot reminded me how much I love doing school visits, and how...

Oct.19.2010 - 2:51 pm

Odd and Creepy Books for Kids

Previous Entry | Next Entry Odd and Creepy Children's Classics Oct. 19th, 2010 at 2:26 PM I was looking forward to the Independent’s round-up of bloodiest children’s bedtime...

Sep.03.2010 - 4:00 pm

Getting Meta in Children's Books

Phillip Nel of Kansas State University tells us that "people who don't know any better call it post-modern" and after you watch this fun little video you'll never be...

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Jul.12.2010 - 9:38 pm

In response to: Why We Do This Stuff -- A Reminder

I'm Studying Your Posts Like Textbooks

Thanks so much for being so generous with information! It's very strange to be launching a book again, ten years after...

Jul.12.2010 - 5:16 pm

In response to: Why We Do This Stuff -- A Reminder

Two of My Books Are Now Out in Kindle and Other Digital Editions

Thanks Chris for lighting the fire. My novel, THE WISHING BOX, has been released in digital versions (Kindle, Nook, etc...

Jul.05.2010 - 3:59 pm

In response to: At Least My Books Aren't Driving People to Suicide

And I Don't Know The Answers

Most of us who write don't feel we have any choice in the matter. But maybe we should all just be keeping our...

Apr.06.2010 - 10:52 am

In response to: Yoga and Writing, Together Again

Who Knows?

We always talk about taking the retreat to new venues, so who knows, maybe we'll do one in Taiwan some day...

Mar.03.2010 - 11:11 pm

In response to: Will Boys Read Books About Girls?

Sharon Levin chimes in

(This from Sharon Levin, via email to me:) Here's my take on saying there are books you read that your son didn't, you'...

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Video: Slide show about Dashka's school and library appearances

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Dashka Slater...has written a stunning, poetic first novel about appearances and disappearances, about family legacies, religious belief and cultural inheritances”

—The San Jose Mercury News

About Dashka

Dashka Slater is the recipient of a 2004 Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her novel, The Wishing Box (Chronicle, 2000), was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, which called it “an impish novel...

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