creative writing (elementary education)

"[Presents a guide for teachers on writing] that teachers [the reader] how to move students step-by-step from ideas, to drafts, to finished works"--Amazon.

Katharine turns Mrs. Bingsley's lessons in creative writing into a competition between herself and her schoolmate Vanessa.

A guide for writing that provides fourteen explained lessons and a detailed description of the process used by author Lester Laminack to compose his picture book, "Saturdays and Teacakes," and explains how to read from a writer's perspective.

Presents interviews with author Roald Dahl, creator of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," in which he shares his perspective on plots, and discusses his writing process, and includes readings from his books, animations and scenes from his plots, and a look at his writing devices.

Contains suggestions for a wide range of creative writing projects for children in elemenatry and middle school.

Contains twenty-four mentor texts for writing teachers with "Writer's Notes" for students, including stories, memoir, essays, poems, and novel excerpts, and discussing decision-making for authors, and other related topics.

"In 'Writers Are Readers,' the mutually supportive roles of reading and writing are made visible through the idea of 'flipsides': how a reader's insights can be turned around to provide insights into his own writing, and vice versa"--Back cover.

A little girl named Stella must choose a topic for a narrative writing project.