{"id":5723,"date":"2016-06-27T19:15:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T02:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2016-12-06T19:41:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T03:41:57","slug":"creative-writing-for-beginning-readers-with-ashlyn-anstee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2016\/creative-writing-for-beginning-readers-with-ashlyn-anstee\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Writing for Beginning Readers, with Ashlyn Anstee!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, author-illustrator Ashlyn Anstee came to Pasadena Public Library to teach a workshop on creative writing for kids between the ages of 5 and 8. The workshop was super fun, punctuated by her amazing sense of humor and her creative ideas for engaging the kids! <\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e4EGHDEitqc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Thanks a million for doing this workshop Ashlyn!  You have such a great way with kids!  <\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of this post, be sure and check out Ashlyn&#8217;s books \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/anstee-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/anstee-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"anstee (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5728\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/anstee-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/anstee-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/anstee-1-175x131.jpg 175w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/10\/files\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/anstee-1-667x500.jpg 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