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Poetry Tag Time

Sylvia shares the idea behind another collaboration with Janet Wong, Poetry Tag Time.

Writing is like sports

Mary Amato compares writing to sports.

Raina Telgemeier: Picturing a panic attack

Raina Telgemeier discusses her choice to depict a panic attack through drawings instead of words.

There's a key to every poem

Jack Prelutsky gives advice to teachers about how they can include poetry in their classrooms.

Along for the Ride

Christopher Paul Curtis doesn’t outline his plots in advance. Instead, he sits down and writes to find out what’s going to happen.

Bearing witness

The achievements, courage and stories of her family, way back to her great-great-grandparents, inspire Woodson to bear witness to the African-American experience in the U.S.

Detours

At 27, Cooper abruptly left England to marry an American with three teenage children. Homesickness inspired her to write about the experience of living in the U.S. and an autobiographical book about growing up in England during World War II.

What if?

The secret to getting kids to write is to startle them into thinking outside the box.

Expressing big emotions

Mary Amato explains how writing can help a child express big emotions.

Exploring characters through writing

Mary Amato tries to get in character when she writes.

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