Words. Lots of words. The dictionary is the best friend of a writer. Go ahead, read it, fall it love with words…see what adventures escape from the pages. Especially the verbs. Verbs are where the action lives. The stronger the verb, the stronger the action and the more interested your reader will be in your …
“Talking about books helps people to live and to read better… We talk to identify with new heroes, to dream new lifelines, to weave new stories into the fabric of ourselves. We talk about books because we believe in the education of the heart, but also because talking about books helps children read more thoughtfully, …
Lucy Calkins stated in her book Raising Lifelong Learners, “The mark of a good conversation is when our minds are awake, and we are thinking with the other person.” What does this mean? It means that, “It is important children learn to listen not just out of politeness, not just because they are waiting for …
