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Lies About Writing Your Life Story You have to be a famous celebrity. You must have an amazing life. You can't write your life story until you're old ...
Breathing Life into Your Words
A practical guide for how to make your writing come alive, by the bestselling author of A Writer’s Notebook and the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding. Wh...
Reclaiming Their Voices
Writing test scores indicate that boys have fallen far behind girls across the grades. In general, boys don't enjoy writing as much as girls. What's w...
Told in journal style that's ideal for boys and reluctant readers, this novel about a boy with a love of spiders is sure to appeal to arachnophiles an...
Finding a Process That Works for You
Unlock the secret to being a writer! Turn to this practical and enjoyable guide by the bestselling author of A Writer’s Notebook and the ALA Notable...
Keeping a Writer's Notebook
Ralph Fletcher takes a probing look into the nature of a writer's notebook, examining what it is, how writers use it, and what makes it tick....
Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul
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Unlocking the Writer Within You
Tap into your inner writer with this book of practical advice by the bestselling author of How Writers Work and the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding. Writ...
Writing a Poem from the Inside Out
For young writers, “a concise, nuts-and-bolts guide to creating poetry” including interviews with published poets (School Library Journal). Poetry...
Does Rivers have room in his life for two very different fathers? "The truth is Uncle Daddy isn't either my father or my uncle. He's actually Mom's un...
Provides specific, practical strategies designed to help teachers improve and challenge their students' writing skills....
When I Was a Kid
The colorful boyhood of a popular author comes to life in this personal account Imagine learning from a nosy classmate that your mother is having yet ...
When he gets lost at the circus, Nick is helped by a clown on stilts, who shows him the whole circus and helps him find his parents....
A heartfelt middle grade companion to Marshfield Dreams that captures the boyhood years of twelve-year-old Ralph Fletcher in relatable episodes of eve...
The Essential Guide
In clear language, Fletcher and Portalupi explain the simple principles that underlie the writing workshop and explore the major components that make ...
Playful Craft That Sparks Writing
Children have a natural affinity for language play; Pyrotechnics on the Page demonstrates how writing teachers can tap into it. This book provides a w...
Do you have students whose nonfiction writing is formulaic, devoid of energy and voice? In Making Nonfiction from Scratch bestselling PD and children'...
Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, shares responsibility with the other sixth-graders who decide not to repor...
It's easy to make one, lying on your back in the newest snow. You move your arms like wings. Later you forget about your creation, go inside for a mug...
With Illustrations by Clarence F. Underwood; Decorations by Ralph Fletcher Seymour
This imaginative telling of the legend of the Sandman combines with fantastical, illuminating pictures for a beautiful rendering. Full color....
Cultivating High-impact, Low-stakes Writing
"A writer needs wide latitude so she can bring all her intelligence to the task," Ralph observes. "Assigning a particular format -- a hamburger essay,...
Poetic prose describes a full autumn moon and the magical effect it has on the earth, plants, animals, and people around it....
Clifford Allyn Abernathy III (just Cliff, for short) is the oldest of six kids in a family that does everything—fighting, laughing, playing, eating,...
Portraits of Teachers and Children in the Culture of Schools
A memoir in which the author, a staff developer for the Teachers College Writing Project from September 1985 to June 1986, recalls his experiences tea...
It's the summer of 1973 and fourteen year old Matt spends his days working on a boat as a clam digger to earn extra money. His nights are another stor...
Teaching Writing K-8
Since its publication in 1998 Craft Lessons has become a staple in the writing classroom of both new and experienced teachers. Authors Ralph Fletcher ...
Poetic prose describes dusk and dawn and some of the activities that take place at those special times....
"Writing test scores indicate that boys have fallen far behind girls across the grades. In general, boys don't enjoy writing as much as girls. What's ...
Teaching Information Writing K-8
Writing nonfiction represents a big step for most students, yet when they try to create a report or persuasive essay, they are often anxious and frust...
A poetic description of the special relationship between a grandfather and a young child....
Poems for Young Poets
This is the beginning of a poem about making a snow angel, but it might also refer to the mysterious way that a person comes into being and takes on a...