Writing Prompts: Consider Author Voice
Think about what it means to establish voice in writing. Tap into reflections from authors on how they approach voice in their own writing and the themes that form that voice.
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Cynthia Kadohata on Saucy
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, award-winning author Cynthia Kadohata talks about her new title Saucy.
Steven Heighton on The Stray and the Strangers
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Steven Heighton talks about his new title The Stray and the Strangers.
Lorelei Savaryn on Teaching and Writing
Lorelei Savaryn talks about how her teaching impacted her writing and her book The Circus of Stolen Dreams.
Candy J. Cooper on Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Candy J. Cooper talks about her new title Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation.
Katheryn Russell-Brown on She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Katheryn Russell-Brown talks about her new picture-book biography She Was the First: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm.
Van Hoang on Girl Giant and the Monkey King
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Van Hoang talks about her debut novel Girl Giant and the Monkey King.
Guest Blogger: Sy Montgomery
"Never before in my life have we needed mentors who could show us the path back to kindness and connection, compassion and hope. Even amid the sickness and meanness of a broken world, animal teachers promise us hope."
Contests & Giveaways | November 2020
Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.
Wesley King on Sara and the Search for Normal
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Wesley King talks about his new title Sara and the Search for Normal.
Torrey Maldonado on Teaching and Writing
Torrey Maldonado shares how teaching helps him know what stories kids need and how to make it real for them.
Alan Woo on David Jumps In
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, Alan Woo talks about his new picture book David Jumps In.
Victoria Bond on Zora and Me: The Summoner
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Victoria Bond talks about her new title Zora and Me: The Summoner, the conclusion to the Zora and Me trilogy.
Kate Klise on Don’t Check Out This Book
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Kate Klise talks about her new title Don't Check Out This Book.
Writing Prompts: Determine Character Voice
Every story has characters whose voices we may remember long after we’ve closed the book. Finding those character voices and writing them authentically is an essential part of the writing process. Listen to these authors discuss how they found their characters’ voices and consider how you might find your own.
Angela Burke Kunkel on Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, debut author Angela Burke Kunkel talks about her new title Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built.
Randy Ribay on Teaching and Writing
Randy Ribay talks about how the stresses students pointed him in the right direction for writing for them.
Amra Sabic-El-Rayess on The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Amra Sabic-El-Rayess talks about her new memoir The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival.
Barbara Dee on My Life in the Fish Tank
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Barbara Dee talks about her new title My Life in the Fish Tank.
Jerry Craft on Class Act
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, Jerry Craft talks about his new title Class Act.
Guest Blogger: Jackie Azúa Kramer
"...By creating the character of a kind, honest and supportive gorilla, the boy has someone he could share his feelings with and ask questions about death."
Contests & Giveaways | October 2020
Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.
Tanya Lloyd Kyi on This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias
The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Tanya Lloyd Kyi talks about her new title This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias.
Candice Iloh on Teaching and Writing
Candice Iloh talks about how the very real feelings of her high school students helped her keep the right focus in her writing.
