She never planned it this way, but Jennifer Buchheit’s artistic ability and her desire to create fun activities for her daughters has turned her into an author. Buchheit’s new book "The Big Book of ...

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For a writing exercise, Purpura suggested taking a work-in-progress piece to an unfamiliar space and reading it aloud, taking ...

I like to break my books up into the smallest possible units. “Writing Tools” set the standard: 50 chapters at about 1,000 words per chapter. (Total: 50,000-plus words.) Let’s do the math again: 200 ...

We chat with authors who write for multiple audiences --- middle grade, YA, and adult --- about why creating in these ...

Kyle Lukoff, illus. by Levi Hastings. Simon & Schuster, Apr., ages 4–8 In what PW’s starred review called “an approachable, engaging work,” Newbery Honoree Lukoff details “how LGBTQ+ ...

Pages will have a grand opening on April 26, starting at 11 a.m., with community speakers, student performances and book giveaways ... "We're the new kids on the block and so we want to ensure ...

Now, the museum and its staff are setting their sights on a goal with all of this information: to write a book chronicling the timeline of Mount Jackson from its inception to the present day.

With each iteration, Vara’s prompts grew ... children’s books, and so on. It also won’t be that surprising if people enjoy them; people enjoy formulaic writing all the time.

Seventy-two percent of demands to censor books in schools have come from organizations that include elected officials, board members and administrators, according to the American Library Association.

Not only is it a beautiful story of nature’s wonder but A Cup of Quiet is an impressive mentor text as it models for kids many wr ...