The New England Comic Arts in the Classroom conference is coming up on Saturday, March 26. This day of education for K-12 teachers and preservice teachers will feature keynote speakers, and several smaller workshops that will enable teachers to better incorporate comics, graphic novels, and manga into their educational programs. High-school teacher Michael Gianfrancesco, one of the codirectors of the conference, took some time to answer our questions.
Sean Beaudoin, author of the newly released YOU KILLED WESLEY PAYNE, talks to Teenreads about "J" --- his niece, who acts as both an inspiration and a target audience for his books. Not all kids are popular, not all are unpopular --- the majority are those who fall in the middle.
February 4, 2011
This is a signal of how bad the weather has been. The artificial Christmas tree that I brought to my office in New York for a client holiday party in mid-December is still there. I have stripped the tree of ornaments, but the weather has been so inclement that I have not dismantled it and taken it to my car. Visitors to the office have to think I am daft, but between my travel schedule in January and the weather, I have had no time for this. Maybe next week!
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Susan Vreeland is the bestselling author of several historical novels about some of the most prestigious works of art in history. Combining heavy research with natural storytelling grace, Vreeland often recreates the worlds of artists and the relationships that inspired them.
This month, one of our Special Features is the book NEVER BEEN KISSED by Melody Carlson. Today, the author takes us through an average writerly day.
