I Don’t Really Like Poetry!
If you’d have asked me back in 2020 if I read poetry that would have been the response that you would have received from me. I wasn’t even sure I...
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Full STEAM Ahead: Add an Educational Hook to Your Manuscript
When you submit a picture book manuscript, it’s important to have a strong hook. Or preferably, multiple hooks. The “hook” is what will motivate a reader/buyer to choose your book....
6 Easy Strategies to Encourage Creative Writing in Young Children & Students
In this blog you’ll discover my best (& easiest!) strategies to encourage creative writing in young children and students: Encourage Reading Invite Local Authors into the Classroom Provide the Necessary...
Multicultural Children’s Book Day & Cardinal Rule Press
Multicultural Children’s Book Day is celebrating its 10th Anniversary! We are thrilled to welcome Cardinal Press Rule as our Silver Sponsor! Cardinal Press Rule is a publishing company focused on...
LITERACY ACTIVITIES TO EMPOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Are you wondering how to ensure that elementary-age students get the most out of their reading? One way to accomplish this task is to see what is most interesting to...
DIVERSITY, WE NEED MORE STORIES
Some words make us shine so brightly like the stars up across the sky, touching the innermost parts of us in ways we can’t explain. Like the aroma of mama’s...
Diwali, A Celebration of Lights
Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of the major holidays celebrated by the South Asian Community. Diwali is a festival celebrated over five days, the third day being the...
Lasting Friendships Through Writing
My wheels were turning as I jotted the first few words onto the page. My children’s book, Violet’s Victory, was nowhere near completion, but I had grand notions, and...
School Life Bio | Bucket Fillers
School Life is a family business founded 25 years ago by educators for educators. Our mission has always been about increasing opportunities for students, and the overall betterment of today’s...
All Aboard My Picture Book Journey
“If only I had not been so young and foolish!” I can say that now at the ripe old age of 46 years young, but it still bothers me!...
Using Children’s Books to Learn a Second Language
Have you ever considered introducing a second language at home? Perhaps your child is learning a second language in school, or perhaps you have friends and family who speak another...
4 Steps to Getting Started Self Publishing a Children’s Book
It is almost a given that as a teacher, we have a love of books. Our classroom libraries are chock full of lots of children’s books and chapter books to...
My Book Launch Journey – A Growth Mindset Isn’t Just For Kids
The launch of my debut picture book, This Could Be You, started with a surreal zoom call with the publisher of Cardinal Rule Press (CRP), Maria Dismondy. After hearing her...
Grow Your Ideas!
Inspiration is everywhere, ready to be planted, tended, and cultivated into stories. This spring, grow some ideas! Here are some tips to unearthing story nuggets: Outdoors – Observe buds on...
April is National Poetry Month
Poems will echo in the halls,be pasted on walls,carried in pockets,and shared out loud. Listen to the wordsof Naomi Shihab Nye.Rhyme silly with Shel Silverstein.Rap with Nikki Giovanniand imagine like...