by Mary Quattlebaum Kelly Barnhill’s atmospheric novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon won this year’s Newbery Medal.  In an interview wit...

by Jacqueline Jules Writers of all ages are inspired by the simple suggestion to imagine themselves as a different entity. Model the pr...

Guest Post by Mary Amato In my latest book, Our Teacher is a Vampire and Other (Not) True Stories , the kids in Mrs. Penrose’s classroo...

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

by Joan Waites In a previous blog post (January 2, 2012 ), I wrote about an upcoming “artist in residence” program I would be participating...

by Jacqueline Jules What if your character was pursued by a wolf? How could she save herself? What else could you add to make the reader...

by Laura Krauss Melmed The other day my husband and I climbed a mountain.   It wasn’t a Himalayan peak or even part of the Rockies , but a...

by Mary Quattlebaum Nothing says fun to kids like a party.   Yeah, all we teacher-librarian-writer folks know that writing is good for stud...

by Jacqueline Jules                As a teacher who regularly conferences with students during writing workshop, I find myself asking many...

by Jacqueline Jules The more I work with student writers, the more I think about how I developed my own writing skills. When did I become ...