April Halprin Wayland
in her garden

Welcome–I’m so glad you’ve come!

Take a walk around and see what’s here for you ~

There are poetry exercises; writing tips; information on where a young writer can get published; a one-minute video about my new book;  my blog (co-authored with five other children’s authors who teach–with a focus on writing exercises and more); information about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year–specifically about tashlich–including specific tashlich activities by age group;  a list of New Years rituals around the world; quotations and tips about forgiveness and apologies (including how to teach a child to say “I’m sorry”; information about Mazon, a wonderful organization which works to allievate worldwide hunger; quotations about books and reading, …and much more!

Overwhelmed by too much email and the cacophony of cyberspace?
Me, too! Fly to my meditation page and rest your mind a while.

Whatever you do, I hope you have fun here and come back often!

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Before you get started, there are two quick things I’d like you to know about me:

When I became an author, I decided to include my middle name in my official writing name.  Why?

1. Because, as my very smart husband says, all children’s authors have three names;
2. Because there’s just my sister and me—no brothers.   I wanted to keep my maiden name (and all the history and ancestry it represents) alive;
3. In case the guy I had a crush on in elementary school ever wanted to find me.

And, I was thinking about how neat it would be to have a tagline.  I mean, Wheaties has a tagline (“The Breakfast of Champions”), Smuckers Jam has a tagline (“With a name like Smuckers it has to be good.”).  Even California Almond Growers have a tagline (“A can a week, that’s all we ask.”).  I wanted one, too.  So I chose:

April Halprin Wayland: ½ poet, ½ author, ½ not good at fractions

because it made me laugh.  I hope it makes you laugh, too.

Contact me if you want to know more about Saralee Halprin, Leahn J. Halprin, Lyra Halprin, Gary Wayland,
Jeff Wayland, Raphael Konigsberg, Elm Halprin, Anna Lamport Halprin, Morris Halprin, Charles Konigsberg,
Moses Konigsberg, David Konigsberg, Fanny Harmon, Polly Greenberg, Cissy Freed Stambaugh, Isadore Konigsberg.