guest post by Deborah Kalb What would it be like to travel back in time and meet the early presidents and their families? That’s what ...

by Jacqueline Jules As a teacher, I was thrilled to discover Brave Like My Brother by Marc Tyler Nobleman. This slim title will make ...

Guest post by Tammar Stein The Six-Day Hero tells the story of Motti, a scrappy 12-year-old Israeli boy living in Israel on the eve of...

by Mary Quattlebaum Family can be inspiring, as Shawn Stout discovered when writing her eighth novel A Tiny Piece of Sky .  In an int...

by Mary Quattlebaum Like a master alchemist, Dan Gutman can take ordinary stuff and turn it into comic gold.  As the best-selling autho...

guest blog by Karen Deans My two books, Playing to Win and Swing Sisters , are picture book biographies based on the lives of some rem...

by Mary Quattlebaum Rita Williams-Garcia includes family secrets, sibling dynamics, and the rural South in her novel Gone Crazy in Al...

by Mary Quattlebaum How might we bring a greater awareness of our characters or historic subjects (George Washington, Harriet Tubman) ...

by Mary Quattlebaum As writers (and teachers of writing), we’re all familiar with that old adage “write what you know.”   Sometimes, thoug...