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Mary's Biography
Mary Langer Thompson, the 2012 Senior Poet Laureate of California, also writes short stories and essays and is completing a memoir of her first year as a public-school principal. She is a contributor to two poetry writing texts, The Working Poet (Autumn Press, 2009) and Women and Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012). Her children's books, How the Blue-Tongued Skink got his Blue Tongue and The Gull Who Thought He Was Dull were published by Another Think Coming Press. A retired school principal and former secondary English teacher, Langer Thompson continues to enjoy conducting writing workshops in her community where she won the 2019 Jack London Award from the California Writers Club High Desert Branch.
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Books by Mary Langer Thompson
How the Blue-tongued skink got its blue tongue
How the Blue-tongued skink got its blue tongue
How the Blue-tongued skink got its blue tongue
"My 10-year-old had this to say after reading Mary Langer Thompson's story:"
"I loved the book. It was interesting and I think it taught a lesson to always do your best to stand up for what you think is right, and to help others do the right thing. The art was very good and it made what was going on in the book real." Mary Mack, Writer
The gull who thought he was dull
How the Blue-tongued skink got its blue tongue
How the Blue-tongued skink got its blue tongue
I loved your book! It was so good I want to read it 1,000 times. I liked it because the gull Gus was determined to be fancy not dull. But in the end he knew he did not need to be fancy. he needed his family to support him." 3rd Grade Student
Poems in water
How the Blue-tongued skink got its blue tongue
operation desert haiku
"Poems in Water is a tender and empathetic collection written in accessible language about our shared human experiences." John Sibley Williams, Poet and Writer
operation desert haiku
the language of my lake
operation desert haiku
Mary returned to writing haiku after many years
Grief Dialogues
the language of my lake
the language of my lake
Mary is included in this anthology with an essay on the grief experience.
the language of my lake
the language of my lake
the language of my lake
Poems about Mary's experiences in Big Bear Lake, California