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WRITING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS by Marion Crook Self Counsel Press, 2016 Source: ebook from publisher for review September 20, 2016 (ebook) October 2016 (paperback) ABOUT THE BOOK In addition to the expert advice author Marion Crook shared in earlier editions of Writing for Children and Young Adults, in this vibrant new edition, Crook explains some of the nuances and choices about the writing world online. As well, she revisits the fundamentals of writing: establishing character, creating lively dialogue and developing plot with updated worksheets and examples. This edition shows the writer how to begin a story, plan plot, develop and hone the work for an agent or publisher, and how to make the crucial submission for a book that agents want to represent and publishers want to buy! Writing for Children and Young Adults helps you create the manuscript that sells! Amazon Barnes & Noble Chapters Indigo ABOUT THE AUTHOR Marion Crook has writt...

I have found words to be a powerful tool that can be used in both positive and negative ways.  When I hear the phrase, "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me" I know how wrong it is.  Words can do a lot of damage.  But words can also do a world of good and that is the idea that Patricia MacLachlan explores in Word After Word After Word. Word After Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan Katherine Tegen Books, 2010. Grades 2-5 Reviewed from purchased copy. Blurb:   Every school day feels the same for fourth graders Lucy and Henry and Evie and Russell and May. Then Ms. Mirabel comes to their class—bringing magical words and a whole new way of seeing and understanding.( goodreads.com )  Each of the five children that the story focuses on has there own troubles, everything from a parent with cancer to resentment toward a soon to be adopted sibling.  Ms. Mirabel reminds me of a teacher I had who taught me the power of wo...