Howdy, Campers and Happy Poetry Friday!  I am feeling particularly happy today. I've been dealing with a stupid health issue and have be...

Howdy, Campers and Happy Poetry Friday!  I'm closing out our topic of SURPRISES! Gwendolyn started us off, showing the surprising twists...

Howdy Campers!   My fabulous 2019 class with some of their favorite picture books helps me celebrate my 20th year teaching in UCLA Extension...

Happy Poetry Friday ! I share a link to this week's round-up at the end of this post, below the poem I wrote using a new form invented ...

Today I'm happy to share a guest Wednesday Writing Workout from Illinois author Melanie Weiss that's perfect for National Poetry ...

Summer isn't done quite yet, and what a great way to celebrate these last days of summer magic! The wonderful word wizard Rebecca C...

. Howdy, Campers! Lucky you--you arrived just in time  for another episode in  TeachingAuthor's 5-Star   series, to binge-read a...

. Howdy Campers! Happy Poetry Friday .. and... today is the (gasp!) last day to win TeachingAuthor Jill Esbaum 's brand new rhyming...

. Howdy, Campers! We're taking a breaking from HATCHing today--i.e.,celebrating the arrival of Jill Esbaum 's newest book, I HATC...