I think my two picture books, Wolfsnail (2008) and Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature (2010)(both from Boyds Mills) are perfect for use in elementary schools. Not only are they compelling nonfiction for emerging and beginning readers, but their content fits into the science and math curricula.
Continue Reading Guest Post: Sarah C. Campbell on Connecting Nonfiction to the Curriculum »
In my first writing life, I worked in a small room with next-to-no heat but, more importantly, a door. For some reason, my children, who burst into bedroom and bathroom without hesitation, respected the door to my work room.
The top of my desk was buried under work in progress,
Continue Reading Guest Post: Tricia Springstubb on Chapter Two »
Nick Glass is the founder and executive director of TeachingBooks.net. From the promotional copy:
TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children’s and young adult books.
Our online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment,
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Catherine Stier is the first-time author of The Terrible Secrets of the Tell-All Club (Albert Whitman, 2009). From the promotional copy:
No one at school had ever thought up a club like this. All you had to do to be in it was answer some questions and share them with the rest of the club.
Continue Reading New Voice: Catherine Stier on The Terrible Secrets of the Tell-All Club »
Please join me on a stop of the Blessed (Candlewick, 2011) tour!
Events that are open to the public are indicated as such on the schedule below!
Authors Daniel Nayeri, Jen Nadol, Sarah Beth Durst, and Shannon Delany will be joining me here and there along the way!
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Patchwork Collective Virtual Mentors for Writers of Color is accepting applications for its Virtual Mentoring Program. Peek: “Participants will be invited to join an online group and receive personalized advice from mentors on manuscripts and technique (no more than one critique of 10 pages of a long-form work, or one PB over the eight-week period), industry- and craft-related information (books,
Mark Shulman is the first-time novelist of Scrawl (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter, 2010)(excerpt). From the promotional copy:
Tod Munn is a bully. He’s tough, but times are even tougher. The wimps have stopped coughing up their lunch money. The administration is cracking down. Then to make things worse, Tod and his friends get busted doing something bad.
When I first read Aaron Reynold’s manuscript for the second Joey Fly, Private Eye (Big Hairy Drama (Henry Holt, 2010)), I was blown away.
The characters were exceptionally crafted, the plot had the twists and turns like the smartest “C.S.I.” episode and the wit and irony of the best “Frasier”
By Mark Gonyea
I used to be able to work.
Six years ago, I left a great full-time art director position to take my chances as an author of nonfiction art books for kids (some would say one of my riskier choices that I’m happy to report has thankfully worked out so far).
Continue Reading Guest Post: Mark Gonyea on Slides and Limits »
Thanks so much to everyone who celebrated the release of my latest novel, Blessed (Tantalize series), and Mari Mancusi‘s latest novel, Night School (Blood Coven series), last Saturday at BookPeople in Austin. Thanks also to everyone who tweeted, blogged, facebooked, talked up, or otherwise made noise about the event!
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