Recommended+Texts

Books for Children (us too...)
[|The Important Book] by Margaret Wise Brown [|I Like To Be Little] by Charlotte Zolotow [|Love That Dog] by Sharon Creech [|Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge] by Mem Fox

Poetry
[|Second-Hand Coat: Poems New and Selected]by Ruth Stone [|Soul Looks Back in Wonder] by Tom Feelings (includes Maya Angelou poem "I Love the Look of Words") [|Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet] by George Ella Lyon [|Where I'm From] by George Ella Lyon

Professional Books
__[|Awakening the Heart]__ by Georgia Heard [|Everyday Creative Writing: Panning for Gold in the Kitchen Sink] by Michael Smith and Suzanne Greenberg [|Never Work Harder Than Your Students]by Robyn R. Jackson [|Radical Reflections] by Mem Fox [|Revision Toolbox]by Georgia Heard [|Wondrous Words]by Katie Wood Ray [|A Writer Teaches Writing]by Donald Murray [|Writing Reminders:Tools, Tips and Techniques] by Jim Burke [|Writing Without Teachers] by Peter Elbow [|Writing With Power] by Peter Elbow

Websites
[|Hudson Valley Writing Project] [|National Writing Project] [|Writing Fix] [|The Writing Site]