This book focuses on three types of revising: revising for style, revising for structure, and revising for meaning. The book's author shows, step by step, how three of his own short stories evolved from journal musings and early drafts to final, published versions. In addition, points are illustrated with examples from other contemporary writers.…

The 1997 edition of this annual directory contains more than 800 listings in the children's book market; more than 150 of these listings are new with this edition, and nearly all the listings have been updated. The directory provides the standard addresses, contacts and query tips, but it also offers the publishers' electronic mail addresses and…

This book provides listings of about 1900 markets and other opportunities for fiction writers. In addition to the listings, the book offers interviews with published authors and editors and a wide range of articles and introductory material on the craft of writing and on all aspects of marketing and publishing. The book is divided into three…

The third edition of this annotated bibliography collection offers students, teachers, and librarians a helpful guide to the best multicultural literature (published between 1996 and 1998) for elementary and middle school readers. With approximately 600 annotations on topics and formats including picture story books, realistic fiction, history and…

The writing program described in this lesson plan guides students to plan an adventure story, write different endings to the story, and create web sites with the parts of the story hyperlinked to each other. During six to eight 50-minute lessons, students will: understand the structure of Choose Your Own Adventure stories; become familiar with the…

An academic librarian who is a Vietnam War veteran was inspired by the exemplary collection of Vietnam War literature at the Colorado State University Library to begin his own personal collection of mass market paperbacks dealing with the Vietnam War. Although Vietnam War fiction was common on the mass market racks in the mid 1980s, it has been…

This companion volume to "Novels and Plays" contains 30 detailed teaching guides for some of the best literature commonly taught in grades 6-12. Twenty of the guides are new to this edition and the others have been updated with fresh related readings, extension resources, and revised questions and activities. Guides are organized according to the…

Intended for use in grades 4-8, this book provides teachers and librarians with everything they need for a successful literature-based history program in upper elementary and middle school grades. Through recommended reading selections, extension activities, and other supplementary information, the book integrates historical fiction and nonfiction…

Topic 7, Atomic Bombs and Radiation, from a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, stimulates discussion on mutation and radiation effects. (JB)

Explores recent publications in the United States which popularize the myth, biographies, and private aspects of history from the classical era. (DS)

Science fiction essay for social studies students is used to stimulate analysis of a peoples' characteristics and point of view. (JB)