Stories to Cluck About

Chickens on the Loose
Why do we love chicken stories so much? Perhaps it’s because chickens are approachable heroes in stories that we can learn from or laugh with. It is our feeling that we can never have enough chicken stories. Chickens can also be where we find whimsy or better versions of ourselves.

Ideas and Details

What Do They Do With All That Poo?
When I was doing lots and lots of author vis­its, many schools were focus­ing pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment — and writ­ing instruc­tion — on Six Traits: Voice, Ideas, Pre­sen­ta­tion, Con­ven­tions, Orga­ni­za­tion, Word Choice, and Sen­tence Flu­en­cy. I liked to show ways that I, a pro­fes­sion­al writer, also dance and wres­tle with those traits. In par­tic­u­lar, I liked to focus on ideas and details.
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