Grade(s): 6
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Year: 2015
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Jacqueline Woodson, author of the award-winning Brown Girl Dreaming, sits down for an interview with Knowitall to discuss her writing process. Books by Woodson include: Picture Books Middle Grade...
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S.C. author Dori Sanders reads from her bestseller, Clover , and describes the characters in the novel. She talks about characters being based loosely on real-life but the stories being fictionalized...
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Eleanora Tate is an award-winning author of children's books. She discusses writing The Secret of Gumbo Grill. Her idea for the book came from the fact that there were few books dealing with modern...
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Students speak with poet, storyteller and writer Tommy Scott Young. Mr. Young starts with The Gingerbread Man. One of his secrets is to read outloud. The characters do not come fully alive without...