Webinar: Second Sight – How We Revise

Webinar: Second Sight – How We Revise

Watch the replay! Kate Messner and Padma Venkatraman, In Conversation. Revision involves seeing something a second (or third, or fifteenth) time – yet most authors groan, just as loudly as students in schools when they’re told to revise their work. Be sure to check out Kate Messner and Padma Venkatraman, two award-winning authors who’ve grown to love revision, pull back the curtain on their processes and share practical exercises and tips for writers. They also discuss ideas for adapting their tried-and-true revision strategies for teachers to use in the classroom.

Webinar: Finding Facts through Fiction – Using Middle Grade Novels to Bridge the Gaps Between Creativity and Research

Webinar: Finding Facts through Fiction – Using Middle Grade Novels to Bridge the Gaps Between Creativity and Research

Watch the replay! Award-winning authors Brandy Colbert and Elana K. Arnold will discuss their middle grade novels, The Only Black Girls in Town and A Boy Called Bat and will share insights about how their fiction is created by combining real-life experiences, “what if” questions, and true facts about history, animal husbandry, race, and neuroatypicality.

Webinar: Chasing Unicorns with Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham

Webinar: Chasing Unicorns with Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham

Watch the replay! Newberry Honor winner Shannon Hale and Caldecott Honor winner LeUyen Pham have worked together for several years and have been friends for longer than that. Together with Dean Hale, they are the creators of the best-selling Princess in Black series. They are also the creators of the New York Times-bestselling graphic novels Real Friends and Best Friends. Don’t miss these two creators as they discuss making stories together, where their inspiration comes from, and how being best friends on this journey makes it all so much sweeter.