What Trouper (The Three-Legged Black Lab) Has to Teach About Poetry

Thursday May 18, 2017Friday June 2, 2017 twtguestauthor23 Comments

Meg Kearney provides us with some ways to teach poetry in the elementary school in today's Author Spotlight post.

Reimagining Mentor Texts: A Collaborative Process

Wednesday May 17, 2017Thursday June 1, 2017 twtguestauthor52 Comments

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to write a professional book for teachers alongside a friend? Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Cappelli show us how it's done in today's Author Spotlight post.

Author Spotlight Series · fiction

Keeping It Real: Writing Realistic Fiction for Teens

Tuesday May 16, 2017Thursday June 1, 2017 twtguestauthor21 Comments

Author Renee Watson writes books that mirror what is happening in our world. It is her way of saying to a reader, "Yes, I see it too. I see you."

Author Spotlight Series · picture book

Tackling Difficult Subject Matter in a Picture Book

Monday May 15, 2017Wednesday June 7, 2017 twtguestauthor25 Comments

Author and Illustrator Suzanne Del Rizzo talks about the way she tackled the Syrian Refugee Crisis in her new picture book, My Beautiful Birds.

Author Spotlight Series · editing

To Edit or Not to Edit

Sunday May 14, 2017Thursday June 1, 2017 twtguestauthor13 Comments

TWT's Third Annual Author Spotlight Series begins today. Starting us off is author and illustrator Ashley Spires who has some advice for dealing with criticism.

Author Spotlight Series

ICYMI: Author Spotlight Series

Sunday May 29, 2016Friday May 27, 2016 Stacey Shubitz

Many thanks to Bob, Isabel, Julie, Lauren, Liz, Maribeth and Paula for sharing part of their writing lives with our community of teachers and writers this week. In case you missed any of their blog posts, this post contains links to each of their posts. Be sure to leave a comment on each of their blog posts by June 4th, 2016 for a chance to win one of their books.