When I was a kid in Chicago, Memorial Day was the day you got out of school...and then you had to go back for another week. Frequently a...

About ten years ago, I worked as an aide in the writing center at our local high school. My coworker and I helped students with composition,...

Lucky me! I was one of thirteen guest Illinois children’s books authors, illustrators and storytellers invited to participate in the 36th An...

My husband's bags are packed.  This morning he leaves to spend three days in the great outdoors with 150 sixth graders.  When we told ou...

xxxx Howdy--and happy Poetry Friday! Ellen Hopkins , author of Young Adult novels in poems Fallout, Tricks, Identical, Glass, Impulse, Bu...

Mag is the winner of the autographed copy of Guest Teaching Author April Pulley Sayre 's new book Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! Congratul...

Here in the United States, the school year is drawing to a close. Around this time last year, we received an Ask the TeachingAuthors questi...

     The last time I posted I was on my way to Chicago for the One Book Two Villages Program (hence known as OBTV), hosted annually by the W...

The Teaching Authors are happy to present an interview with our good friend and Guest Teaching Author April Pulley Sayre . April Pulley ...