Storystorm Hiatus…Plus an Original Story to Read While You Wait!
So as typically happens this time of year, I’ve been sick. So I’m just going to chalk February up to a loss and get to your...
28 Picture Books with Simile Examples and Metaphor Examples
Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to convey meaning. Use these mentor texts...
14 Outstanding New Nonfiction Books, February 2025
If you’re a librarian or teacher ordering for your school or classroom, or a parent or grandparent, hoping to add to your home library, here… The...
Best Research Practices for Nonfiction Kidlit Writers
written by Lydia Lukidis I’m so excited to celebrate the release of my new STEM picture book. UP, UP HIGH: The Secret Poetry of Earth’s… The...
Jane Yolen’s a Child Again…in JANIE WRITES A PLAY (plus a giveaway)
by Heidi EY Stemple My new book begins, The night before play rehearsals began, Janie couldn’t sleep. It is now just days before my new book...
6 Things to Do
In today’s fast-paced world, it feels almost impossible to tune into any news—whether it’s from broadcast television or social media—without feeling overwhelmed. As of early February...
Jena Benton’s Storystorm Success Story: Let Your Ideas Change (plus a giveaway)
by Jena Benton Now that you’re done with Storystorm and have fistfuls of ideas, I bet you’re wondering what to do with all of them. I...
10 New Picture Books, February 2025
Are you as happy as me to be moving on from January? Let’s celebrate February with amazing new picture books! New Picture Books, February 2025… The...
Sign the 2025 Storystorm Pledge!
If you’ve been participating in Storystorm all month, you’ve been generating riots, riches and reams of ideas! Luckily you don’t need reams of ideas to “win”...
Storystorm 2025 Bonus Day: Tara Lazar Questions Everything
I have questions. Musical notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet—A thru G—but when we learn to play the piano, we begin...
