In recent years, gifted education has become a big field. Every year the National Association for Gifted Children hosts a meeting attended by thousands of teachers, parents, and administrators. There are many opportunities to publish in the field of gifted education, ranging from newsletters to books. Before hitting the keyboard
Here’s another great “mentor text” for you to study if you want to write a chapter book series. The Zigzag Kids series from two-time Newbery Honor winner Patricia Reilly Giff, is about the kids in the after school program at Zelda A. Zigzag School.
A mentor text is a book that can act as mentor for you as you write. This month we will be looking at a beginning reader that started as a picture book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Written by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle,
A mentor text is a book that can act as mentor for you as you write. In this article we will be looking at a Random House Level 1 Ready to Read book by Sally Lucas titled Dancing Dinos Go to School.
What is a Chapter Book?
Ever wonder how a new series gets started? Courtney Sheinmel wrote the first book in her new chapter book series Stella Batts because her “faux niece” complained. “You always write books for Nicki,” she told Sheinmel. (Nicki is the eldest niece.) “You never write anything for me.”