<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[www.billeisele.com]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where Billeisele's tales ignite imagination.]]></description><link>https://www.bill-eisele.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:53:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.author206.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Love MG: Charlotte's Garbage]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is this garbage heap buried deep in the middle of E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web, and I can’t believe I forgot it was there. I recently revisited White’s Middle Grade barnyard masterpiece because I love the talking critters, the ambitious spider and the weighing of mortality. But there’s also this great garbage! “Here, in a small clearing hidden by young alders and wild cranberry bushes, was an astonishing pile of old bottles and empty tin cans and dirty rags and bits of metal and broken...]]></description><link>https://www.bill-eisele.com/post/i-love-mg-charlotte-s-garbage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693458d621dbaf583f8952d9</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/246c68_c519112a1e344152a9d6157b1ca79ef2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>billeisele</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right before the vampire apocalypse ]]></title><description><![CDATA[My 13 year-old daughter recently aged herself out of Middle Grade books, and she isn't going quietly into the night: "MG books are SO lame!" she told me. "The stories are all the same! The characters always learn lessons, and there's never any real danger." I listen and nod and bite my tongue. She’s still reading at least, more sophisticated books about vampires and apocalypses and dating, but I miss our Middle Grade bond. In defense of Middle Grade, these books can be wildly different (The...]]></description><link>https://www.bill-eisele.com/post/right-before-the-vampire-apocalypse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69110cf56d12760ab237984e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:06:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/246c68_f268e1ce7f6c4c84888c51df72976a8e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>billeisele</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>