authorship

Focuses on journals and blogging, containing activities with easy-to-follow instructions designed to reinforce literacy skills and arts knowledge. Features high-interest facts, imaginative activities, and fascinating photographs.

As author Jessica and artist Daphne collaborate on a picture book for a seventh-grade English class contest, Jessica becomes aware of conditions in Daphne's home life that seem to threaten her health and safety.

A brief biography of the popular author, focusing on how she became a writer. Includes information on setting goals.

Contains personal interviews with twelve American writers, including Clyde Edgerton, Garrison Keillor, and Doris Betts, in which they discuss their careers, their readers, their approach to writing, and their attitudes toward issues of faith.

Presents an introduction to expository writing, explaining that it contains writing that informs or provides facts, and can include anything from a science report to a letter to the president, showing how to write with main ideas, supporting facts, and strong conclusions.

Now thirteen, Meggie "reads" herself into Inkworld, where she, her family, and the characters in the book face chaos and danger as the original creator of the world frantically tries to redirect the story.

Shares the secrets of powerful writing and explains how to eliminate poor writing habits, enliven tired vocabulary, write effectively for a target audience, and express oneself with greater clarity, harmony, and specificity.

Profiles careers for writers in various fields, providing information on job requirements, salary, responsibilities, and outlooks.