In Henry and the Chalk Dragon, Jade Longswallow tells Henry and Oscar that she will be their bard during their adventures. A bard is a poet who recites or sings poems in praise of a hero’s brave deeds.
Read moreGet Creative: Character Names
Have you ever heard a strange or beautiful or hilarious name and thought, "That sounds like a character in a book"? Sometimes a story comes first and the author has to name its characters. .
Read moreGet Creative: Books in the Cauldron of Story
What stories do you love so much that they're always swirling around in your imagination? What books do you wish you had written? What author do you most want to be like?
Read moreGet Creative: Code of Chivalry
What is your family's code of chivalry? What is your definition of nobility and honor? What rules shape your life together and guide how you treat each other and other people?
Read moreGet Creative: Idea Banks
The idea for my first novel, The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic, came to me when I was on a hiking adventure in England.
Read moreGet Creative: Crazy Inventions
Let your imaginations loose and be a family of crazy inventors this week! No actual hammers, wires, or test tubes necessary. These inventions are entirely imaginary.
Read moreMetaphors, Double Vision, and the Gruesome Pit of Grossness (a writing adventure for your family)
I’ve been in a tempest of lesson planning for summer camps, library workshops, and online classes.
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