Ralph J. Fletcher

Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, shares responsibility with the other sixth-graders who decide not to report that the substitute teacher failed to show up.

Flying Solo

After impulsively lying his way into an elite preparatory school, sophomore Bobby Steele hopes to escape the shame of his father's well-publicized incarceration but keeps waiting for his secret to be revealed.

Also Known as Rowan Pohi

Ralph Fletcher takes a probing look into the nature of a writer's notebook, examining what it is, how writers use it, and what makes it tick.

Keeping a Writer's Notebook

Breathing In, Breathing Out

when I was a kid

Marshfield dreams

JoAnn Portalupi

The Essential Guide

Writing Workshop

In clear language, Fletcher and Portalupi explain the simple principles that underlie the writing workshop and explore the major components that make it work.

Suggests ways to create writing classrooms that are boy friendly and offers techniques to engage boys in the writing process.

Reclaiming Their Voices

Boy Writers

A poetic description of the special relationship between a grandfather and a young child.

Grandpa Never Lies

Unlocking the Writer within You

A Writer's Notebook

After moving to another state, seventh grader Bobby deals with the change by telling people at school made-up stories and then retreating into his world of pet spiders and books about spiders.

Spider Boy

One September, Ralph Fletcher began a job teaching veteran New York City public school teachers how to teach writing to their students. The characters Fletcher worked with are unforgettable, as are their stories, in this rich narrative that reads like a novel.

Portraits of Teachers and Children in the Culture of Schools

Walking Trees

"A heartwarming picture book featuring the true story of Kaavan the elephant, his unlikely bond with musician Cher, and his rescue by veterinarian and animal rights activist Dr. Amir Khalil"--

Based on the True Story of Kaavan

The World's Loneliest Elephant

Kate Kiesler

Poetic prose describes dusk and dawn and some of the activities that take place at those special times.

Twilight Comes Twice

Contains eighty lessons for teaching students the craft of nonfiction writing, each with a discussion of the lesson, directions on how to teach it, and resource material; grouped by grade level, including kindergarten through second, third and fourth, and fifth through eighth.

Teaching Information Writing K-8

Nonfiction Craft Lessons

Poetic prose describes a full autumn moon and the magical effect it has on the earth, plants, animals, and people around it.

Ralph J. Fletcher

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