"Throughout the three books, I have my characters meet these key real-life figures and learn from them. So that as the superheroes demonstrate the best ways to punch out supervillains, the historical figures also show them real-life skills. I want to plant the seed with young readers that the things we're good at—math, puzzles, pattern recognition, languages, even flying—might actually become our own superpowers."
Author Jeanne Walker Harvey talks about creating picture books with her 7th graders and how that inspired her own writing journey.
"That, in a nutshell, is why I choose the biographical subjects that I do: to show young readers that they can overcome adversity and soar."
Author Mae Respicio talks about journals and how she and her students use them to fuel their writing.
"We create the future our children and grandchildren will live in. The choices we make ripple into the future."
Author Marcella Pixley talks about her classroom Writers' Guild and how it, and her students, have inspired her own writing.
"I hope that readers will be able to see how cultures and artists from all around the world have interacted with each other as the world became more connected over time."
Author Kao Kalia Yang talks about how teaching is something she has always done and that profoundly impacts her life.
"Lines in the sand have no place in an empathetic society. I want to kick over every one I see."
Author Aron Nels Steinke talks about how teaching inspires the events in his comic strips and graphic novels.
