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For Educators

One of the greatest joys of writing for middle grade readers is collaborating with passionate, caring educators who work so hard to connect kids with books they’ll love. Thank you for all you do to nurture students’ love of stories and validate their experiences. I hope you find some useful activities, discussion questions, video lessons, and other resources here!

Curriculum Guides:

  • Saint Ivy Activity and Discussion Guide
  • Up for Air Teaching Guide
  • Every Shiny Thing Teaching Guide

Video Craft Lessons:

  • How writers control time with examples from Coming Up Short
  • How to choose the right narrative P.O.V. with examples from Saint Ivy
  • How should a story begin? with examples from Up for Air 

First Chapter Read-Aloud Videos:

  • Coming Up Short
  • Saint Ivy
  • Up for Air

Fun Stuff:

  • 5 Fun Facts About Up for Air on YAYOMG!
  • The Children’s Book Review: My Reading and Writing Life with Laurie Morrison, Author of Up for Air 
  • 10 Intriguing Facts about Every Shiny Thing on YAYOMG! 

Selected Essays:

  • Puberty, Power Dynamics, and the Story I Needed: Behind the Book on BookPage 
  • How Books Help Us Love Ourselves, a Guest Post on Nerdy Book Club 
  • Collaboration Celebration: The Low-Down on Co-Writing, on MGBookVillage 
  • MG at Heart Writer’s Toolbox: Writing a Fallible Narrator

Abrams Preview Videos:

  • Spring/Summer 2022 Chapter Books and Middle Grade, featuring Coming Up Short
  • Spring/Summer 2021 Preview, featuring Saint Ivy

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