Margaret Meacham

Margaret Meacham

Margaret Meacham has published many books for children, including the middle grade novels Oyster MoonThe Secret of Heron Creek (both Tidewater), A Mid-Semester Night's Dream (Scholastic)Quiet! You're InvisibleA Fairy's Guide to Understanding Humans (both Holiday House), and The Ghosts of Laurelford  (Sunbury). She is also the author of the adult mystery novel The Survival of Sarah Landing  (Sunbury). Her articles and short stories have appeared in Library Journal, Country Magazine, Successful Student Magazine, Maryland Magazine, Highlights for Children, Baltimore Magazine, and the Baltimore Sun. She has taught at Goucher College and Towson University. She holds a BA from Trinity College and an MLIS from the University of Maryland.

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Margaret Meacham

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The Survival of Sarah Landing

Teacher Articles

Five Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Mistakes in Children’s Books

Six Steps Towards Finding Your Inner Child on the Page