MARYANNE KOCHENDERFER writes about crafts, activities, and family travel on her blog at MamaSmiles.com. She lives in California with her husband and their four amazing children.
""Kids ask their parents hundreds of questions a day! MaryAnne gives parents a creative way to turn the tables, providing a thoughtful way for kids to engage in self-reflection while recording their feelings about everything from their relationships with others to their thoughts on teeth brushing and time travel!"" --Erica Clark, creator of the blog What Do We Do All Day? ""MaryAnne wrote a book that will get any kid excited to start or continue journaling as they answer one question a day for a full year. The questions are fun, silly, and serious--just what a tween peeking into adulthood wants."" --Ticia Messing, homeschool blogger, adventuresinmommydom.org ""MaryAnne Kochenderfer's prompts are thought-provoking as well as creative and often humorous. In other words, they are just the thing to get even reluctant writers excited about journaling. This book takes the intimidation out of journaling. Kochenderfer's book is chock-full of colorful graphics and inspiring quotations. Moreover, each prompt only requires a few lines of response, so the idea of journaling every day doesn't seem overwhelming but rather enjoyable. This is a book I'm looking forward to using with my children as an easy way to encourage reflection and creativity."" --Leanna Guillén Mora, owner and blogger at All Done Monkey and founder of Multicultural Kid Blogs