Louis Sachar, the author of Holes and the Wayside School series, has spent nearly half a century writing books for kids. And he was originally going to continue that streak with his new novel, The ...

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This class explores what goes into “the perfect summer,” and how to put those grand ideas into words; June 16-20, 9-11 a.m. Kids will create their own evil villain and craft a story about how they ...

“Writing for kids had long been an ambition of mine, but until recently I didn’t know it had long been an ambition.” By Bruce Handy I published my first picture book for children two years ago, when I ...

INSPIRING ACTIONS: Local K-12 students are invited to create art and writing for possible publication in the 2025 Mountain Xpress Kids Issues. Deadline is Friday, Jan. 31. Photo by iStock Attention, ...

With books like "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," Judy Blume has captured the feelings of adolescence again and again. Her novel "Summer Sisters," which is Jenna Bush Hager's August Read With ...

Recently, at one of the writing workshops that I teach at three juvenile lockups in and around my hometown of St. Louis, one of my students posed a provocative question: “Why should I write about ...