Susan Ahlbrand had been teaching 8th grade English/language arts for 32 years in the small southern Indiana town of Jasper. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, listening to music, and spending time with her husband and four kids. Inspiration Famous folk singer Joni …
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
Margaret Simon lives on the Bayou Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana. Margaret has been an elementary school teacher for 32 years, most recently gifted ELA. She renewed her National Board Certification in 2019. Her first book of children’s poetry, Bayou Song: Creative Explorations of the …
Today’s poetry celebration comes from Padma Venkatraman is the author of four award-winning, critically acclaimed novels: A TIME TO DANCE, ISLAND’S END and CLIMBING THE STAIRS, and THE BRIDGE HOME. All were released to three or more starred reviews (accruing a total of 12 starred …
Naydeen and Jordy are preservice teachers in Secondary English Education at Oklahoma State University. Jordy is from Norman, Oklahoma. As she begins teaching in an English classroom, she also would like to coach high school volleyball. Her goal in her own classroom someday is to …
Stefani Boutelier, Ph.D. is an associate professor of education at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI. Most of her K-12 teaching was at the secondary level in Southern California. She has published work in both academic and creative genres. She teaches graduate research courses, literacy …
Kate Currie currently lives in South Carolina where she splits her time between teaching high school English, chairing the English department and working as an Associate Athletic Director. She is a “Love of Teaching” award recipient and has a passion for building inclusive and relevant …
Crag Hill’s research focuses on the production and consumption of various literatures by/for adolescents, in and out of school contexts: young adult literature (The Critical Merits of Young Adult Literature: Coming of Age. Routledge, 2014; Critical Explorations of Canonical Young Adult Literature: Identifying and Critiquing the …
Jennifer Jacobson is the author of award-winning children’s books including Small as an Elephant(IRA Young Adult’s Choice, Parents’ Choice Gold Award), Paper Things (ILA Social Justice Award, NTCE Charlotte Huck Honorable Mention)and The Dollar Kids illustrated by Ryan Andrews (ABA IndieNext List and Bank Street …