Writing For Children

The internationally acclaimed author harnesses his brilliant imagination and masterful storytelling ability to create a catalog of new words inspired by stories of real people in this wondrous book reminiscent of Italo Calvino's mesmerizing Invisible Cities. How many times have words not been...

The Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbook for kids ages 5-6 features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills for any child… and it makes a great addition to any school or homeschool curriculum! Your whole family can use our fun and enabling spelling system at home, and schoolteachers can also use it for children in class. They can start their practice one year earlier and at their own pace.

Spelling Three is the third book in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbooks series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any school or home-school curriculum! Our fun and enabling spelling system can be used by your whole family at home, and it can also be used by schoolteachers for children at school or who are being home-schooled. They can start their practice one year earlier and at their own pace.

Spelling Five is the fifth book in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbook series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any school or home-school curriculum! Our fun and enabling spelling system can be used by your whole family at home, and it can also be used by schoolteachers for children at school or who are being home-schooled.

Spelling Seven is the seventh book in the Spelling for Kids interactive spelling workbooks series, which features spelling words that will quickly improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and spelling skills. It makes a great addition to any school or home-school curriculum! Our fun and enabling spelling system can be used by your whole family at home, and it can also be used by schoolteachers for all children and teenagers at school or who are being home-schooled. They can start their practice one year earlier and at their own pace.

Now that more schools are leaving out spelling, many are left with the inability to read well and think. It is our hope that this audiobook will help your child to not only experience more success in language arts, but also in the ability to analyze and problem solve throughout their lives, giving them a sense of confidence and independence that sloppy thinking just can’t.

According to Edutopia, solid research has shown that spelling instruction has improved performance in reading fluency and comprehension. It even showed that the practice of spelling helps the child's ability to read more than reading helps their spelling. In fact, it is so helpful in development that there is a strong connection between the ability to spell with ease and writing with eloquence. Fluent handwriting skills and being able to spell easily sets the foundation for children to be able to construct written work.

Welcome to the ultimate spelling audiobook for kids in grades four and five! With over 600 English words to practice, your child will become a spelling superstar in no time. This interactive audiobook provides a clear and effective approach to spelling practice.

Copper James makes not one, but two deals that could save her from standing trial for a crime she didn’t commit. Unfortunately, the young smuggler finds herself caught and branded a thief by the Oddity Shop she was trying to steal from. Raleigh Danger is a reformed smuggler turned supernatural detective, but when Copper James comes back into his life desperate for help, he uses his connections to gain entrance into an infamous game of enchantment and mystery.

This interactive spelling practice is all your first grader needs to excel at spelling. The follow-along style is optimal for the fastest learning and mastering of spelling. The audiobook includes 250+ words for first-grade level spelling, and more!

Mackenzie Fraser witnesses a drunk driver mow down her seven-year-old sister and her mother blames her. Then she ends up in juvie on a trumped-up drug charge. Now she’s in the fight of her life...on the inside! And she’s losing. From the ashes rises the phoenix. As a family descends into an abyss of pain, so Mackenzie fights to discover her own way out of the overwhelming circumstances of her sibling's death.

Amanda Lester wouldn't be caught dead going into the family business. Her ancestor, Sherlock Holmes's colleague Inspector G. Lestrade, is a twit. Nevertheless her parents refuse to see his flaws, and she's going to a secret English school for the descendants of famous detectives whether she likes it or not. When Amanda arrives at the dreaded school, she considers running away - until she and her new friends discover blood and weird pink substances in odd places.

How to Write a Novel Before You Turn 13 is the ultimate guide for young, aspiring writers! Full of writing prompts and creative techniques, this book provides everything your child needs to turn their ideas into a complete novel—all before they even finish middle school. With 13 easy-to-follow steps, your child will gain the skills and confidence to create unforgettable characters, build exciting plots, and develop rich settings that make their stories come to life.

Lydia Maria Child grew up in the 1800s reading countless books. She defied the idea that girls weren't supposed to fill their minds with ideas and stories. They weren't supposed to write their own books, either, but that is exactly what Lydia Maria did. Although she gained remarkable success as a writer for children and adults, she sacrificed everything when she took up her pen against slavery. Lydia Maria believed that slavery was wrong—and she wasn't afraid to say so. As a result, her courageous words changed her life and helped change the course of American history.

Unleash your students’ imagination with this one-of-a-kind Writing Prompts guidebook. This book is not a simple laundry list of famous quotes. Rather, it is an engaging guidebook made up of quotations which include age-appropriate writing prompts designed to inspire and challenge young minds. The prompts are geared to multiple age groups.

A naïve plan to run away and cruel misfortune puts twelve-year-old Robert and his best friend Michael on a British naval vessel. When the boys are found huddling at the bottom of a lifeboat, they are forced into service and their hopes for an easy passage are crushed. Now they must figure out how to survive in this harsh maritime world and find a way out, without getting shot as deserters. Horrible squalls, a mysterious initiation at the Equator, and and untimely death during a perilous rounding of Cape Horn fill the months with adventure.

Tiny’s Wall is the story of my undiscovered faith and a testament to perseverance, the will to live, to forgive, and find love. I accepted God's grace and mercy for my life, and I hope I can help someone else.

While camping in the Pacific Northwest woods, Connor loses his golden retriever puppy. His life turns from bad to worse when his parents file for divorce, and he and his little sister Penny are bounced between their parents’ separate homes. In an effort to find his dog, Connor, his best friend Darius, and Penny return to the campgrounds and encounter a mythical ape-like cryptid in the woods. Enticed by the considerable reward for trapping the Sasquatch, the kids realize they are not the only ones in pursuit of the elusive creature.

Twelve-year-old Georgia believes her toothless rescue dog is psychic. With a spin of a Magic 8 Ball, Chester predicts the future with a high degree of probability. He assures Georgia the "outlook is good" for her parents' troubled marriage. He wows her math class by predicting heads or tails with every coin toss. But when the stakes are life or death, Georgia must learn the difference between magic and probability and find her own powers to increase the likelihood of a happy ending.

Pangaea is a time that happened nearly 300 million years ago when the Earth was at an estimated age of 3.5 billion years. Pangaea is when all the continents were combined into one landmass, and this was surrounded by the only ocean at the time, which was called Panthalassa. All forms of life on land lived together in Pangaea at that time.