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Reaching reluctant readers

Walton Hamilton says that it only takes one really successful, thrilling, joyful, wonderful, losing of one’s self in the magic reading experience to captivate that child’s imagination.

Poetry baggage

Dr. Sylvia Vardell talks about the baggage that teachers may have when it comes to poetry and teaching poetry.

The hard middle

Mary Amato explains why she thinks it is hardest to write a story’s middle.

Why we read

Mary Amato explains why we read and why we write.

Getting boys to read

Jeff Kinney discusses the importance of aligning reading material with the reader’s interests.

Writing to find meaning

Mary Amato explains how writing is a way of finding meaning in the ordinary things of life.

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