What if?

The secret to getting kids to write is to startle them into thinking outside the box. Encourage them to think “what if?” What if the girl at the next desk suddenly arises six feet in the air and floats?

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Susan Cooper

Children’s Author

Meet Newbery winner Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising series) whose work weaves rich language and contemporary issues with fantasy, history, and traditional literature to create compelling, timeless picture books and young adult novels. In our interview, Cooper talks about becoming a writer as a young child, her early years as a journalist, her lifelong fascination with myths and legends, and where she believes the imagination lives.

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