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Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Bursting with practical tips and tricks, such as creating actual story-finding maps of your neighborhood, this book will help you build confidence and establish good writing habits as you learn to use a journal to snoop out plots full of action and emotion about yourself, your family, your friends, your neighbors, and your pets. As Jack shows you hot to shape your rough ideas, organize plots, and polish drafts to shiny perfection, he also shares...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imagination with their very own writing journals--and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a humorous and informative guide to writing that combines helpful style rules with story ideas and writing prompts as well as advice on how to write a story that is both engaging and correct.
Author
Series
Mr. Wolf's class volume 3
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Wolf's students are having a "writer's workshop" and are learning about personal narratives. Sampson doesn't think anything worth writing about has ever happened to him. But when he and Margot go for a bike ride one morning, he has an accident that gives him a new perspective, and he thanks his lucky stars that he's going to be okay. Meanwhile, Penny gives treats to the rats at school so that they'll leave gifts for her, and Stewart and Oliver...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In this book, early fluent readers will learn how writing can help us focus, examine emotions, and increase mindfulness. Step-by-step instructions help readers write poetry, record thoughts and observations in a nature journal, and practice gratitude and mindfulness by creating a journaling habit. Social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts support growth mindset throughout, while Try This! and Grow with Goals activities at the end of the book further...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"SOME PIG," Charlotte the spider's praise for Wilbur, is just one fondly remembered snippet from E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. In Some Writer!, the two-time Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell his story, from his birth in 1899 to his death in 1985. Budding young writers will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and...
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 3
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ready to build a poem? First, you'll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writer's Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you'll be writing rhythms and rhymes like a pro!
15) A squiggly story
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy who wants to write a story like his big sister learns that every story begins with a single letter or word.
17) End of story
Author
Language
English
Description
Aspiring author Ivy Seidel accepts a part-time position teaching writing to a group of convicted criminals hoping the experience will add depth and darkness to her own work. But in the haunting writings of charismatic inmate Vance Harrow she discovers a talent possibly greater than her own. And in the startling, disturbing stories Harrow has to tell, Ivy finds a dangerous new purpose-and a terrifying temptation that lures her into an inescapable world...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains how to write a children's picture book, using the fictional story Webster's wish as an example. In the story, Webster, a goose who knows the alphabet, is tired of flying in V formation and tries to get the other geese to fly in the shape of another letter.
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