About the Author

Writing teacher, author and blogger Darcy Pattison teaches a Novel Revison Retreat nationwide and alumni of her class often go on to snag contracts for their first book. (darcypattison.com/speaking). Her Fiction Notes blog (darcypattison.com) has been ready by over a million writers seeking to improve their fiction. Her other books for writers include Start Your Novel, How to Write a Children's Picture Book, Novel Metamorphosis: Uncommon Ways to Revise, and The Book Trailer Manual. Recent teacher resource books for teaching writing to kids include Common Core ELA Activities: Month by Month Writing, Speaking and Listening Activities Aligned with the Common Core, What is Common Core?, and Writing for the Common Core. As an author, Pattison has won numerous awards for her children's books including the Irma and James Black Picture Book Honor award, an Outstanding Science Trade book award, the Writer's Digest Self Published Award for Picture Books, Indie-Gen award for juvenile nonfiction, and starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, and BCCB. She is the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for her work in Children's Literature. For more, see darcypattison.com/about Other titles by Darcy Pattison The River Dragon The Wayfinder The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman Searching for Oliver K. Woodman 19 Girls and Me Prairie Storms Desert Baths Scary Slopes Kentucky Basketball Saucy and Bubba: A Hansel and Gretel Tale Vagabonds The Girl, the Gypsy and the Gargoyle Wisdom, the Midway Albatross: Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and other Disasters for Over 60 years Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned Cub The Aliens Inc. Series: Kell, the Alien Kell and the Horse Apple Parade Kell and the Giants Forthcoming, Spring 2015 Aliens, Inc. Series, Book 4: Kell and the Detectives I Want a Dog: My Persuasive Essay I Want a Cat: My Persuasive Essay Looking for Normal