About the Author

Published in nine languages, children's book author and writing teacher DARCY PATTISON has been published with Harcourt, Philomel/Penguin, Harpercollins, Arbordale, and Mims House. Her books received recognition for excellence with starred reviews in Kirkus, BCCB and PW. Twice her books have been honored as National Science Teacher's Association Outstanding Science Trade books. The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt) received an Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Honor Book award, was named a Notable Book in Language Arts, and has been reprinted in a Houghton Mifflin textbook. Ewa O'Neill (ewaoneill.com) live in England with her husband and twin sons.

Reviews

"VERDICT: A good choice to help the visual learners write narrative essays." School Library Journal Review (November 2015)- Robin Sofge, Alexandria Library, VA - ". . .breezy and engaging introduction to genre writing." - "The model essay can be used across multiple genres (informational and narrative nonfiction in addition to opinion)." - ". . .useful for teachers showing early elementary students the relevancy, power, and importance of effective writing." -Booklist 6/17/15 SLJ Review of Books 1 and 2 of The Read and Write Series: ". . .fill(s) a niche for teachers. . ." (5/1/15) PRAISE for I WANT A DOG, FROM DOG EXPERTS "Darcy Pattison does a remarkable job on several fronts with her wonderful new book I Want A Dog: My Opinion Essay. She introduces the value of the written text at an early age to children. This cannot be emphasized enough in our early classrooms. With this comes an important lesson regarding the responsibility of owning and caring for a dog. As President of the Labrador Retriever Club representing the breed with the largest number of dogs I know how imperative responsible dog ownership is and Darcy does a wonderful job instilling this at an early age. This is a remarkable children's book that has a lesson." -Fred Kampo, President of the Labrador Retriever Club PRAISE for I WANT A DOG, FROM SCIENCE EDUCATOR "I find these books to be the perfect resource when teaching persuasive writing and opinion essay. Students are immediately interested in the engaging story, much more so than when introduced to this style of writing using an English text. The prompts included make for an excellent teacher resource and can be used an extension to the text, adding depth to the learning. " Peggy Carlisle, NBCT, Director, NSTA Preschool/Elementary Division, President-Elect Society of Elementary Presidential Awardees, NSTA.