Summer Institute Resources

Publishers

Heinemann from Portsmouth, New Hampshire

National Council of Teachers of English

National Writing Project

Teachers College Press, Columbia University

Write Source

Authors, Illustrators, Photographers

A Community of Writers: A Workshop, Peter Elbow and Pat Belanoff

Andy Goldsworthy, A Collaboration with Nature, a stunning book of photography

A Poem for Every Student, Creating community in a Public School Classroom, Sheryl Lain

The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers, John Gardner

The Art of Teaching Writing, Lucy McCormick Calkins

The Artist’s Way, A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, Julia Cameron with Mark Bryan

Awakening the Heart, Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School, Georgia Heard

Because Writing Matters, Improving Student Writing in Our Schools, National Writing Project and Carl Nagin

Bird by Bird, Anne LaMott

Breaking the Rules, Edgar H. Schuster

Cohesive Writing, Carol Jago

Crafting Authentic Voice, Tom Romano

Early Harvest, An Anthology of Student Writing, edited by Matthew Shenoda for the Rural Readers Project

The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White

For the Good of the Earth and Sun, Teaching Poetry, Georgia Heard

Freelance Writer’s Guide, edited by James Waller

Fuel, poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye

Getting the Knack, 20 Poetry Writing Exercises, Stephen Dunning and William Stafford

I Am a Pencil, A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories, Sam Swope

Image Grammar, Using Grammatical Structures to Teach Writing, Harry R. Noden

It Was A Dark and Stormy Night, compiled by Scott Rice; Bride of Dark and Stormy; Son of It Was A Dark and Stormy Night; It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: The Final Conflict

Lessons That Change Writers, Nancie Atwell

Lessons to Share on Teaching Grammar in Context, Constance Weaver

The Multi Genre Research Paper, Camille A. Allen

The Muses Among Us, Kim Stafford

Nature Writing Handbook, John A. Murray

Old Faithful, Edited by Christopher Edgar & Ron Padgett

One Writer’s Beginnings, Eudora Welty

Poems Please! Sharing Poetry with Children, David Booth and Bill Moore

Quantum Teaching, Bobbi DePorter, Mark Reardon, and Sarah Singer-Nourie

Reading, Writing, Rising Up, Linda Christensen

Revision Toolbox, Teaching Techniques that Work, Georgia Heard

Robert Bateman Natural Worlds, gorgeous paintings by Robert Bateman

Rural Voices, Place Conscious Education and the Teaching of Writing, edited by Robert E. Brooke

Sentence Composing for Middle School, Don Killgallon

Spotlight on Comprehension, Building a Literacy of Thoughtfulness, Linda Hoyt with other leading experts

Walking on Alligators, A Book of Meditations for Writers, Susan Shaughnessy

What You Know by Heart, How to Develop Curriculum for Your Writing Workshop, Katie Wood Ray

Words Under the Words, Naomi Shihab Nye

The Writer’s Workout Book, Art Peterson

Writers Express, Dave Kemper, Ruth Nathan and Patrick Sebranek

The Write Track, A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers, and Learners, David Kemper, Ruth Nathan, and Patrick Sebranek

The Writing Life, Annie Dillard

Writing America, Classroom Literacy and Public Engagement, edited by Sarah Robbins and Mimi Dyer

Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg

Writing Out the Storm, Jessica Page Morrell

Writing Toward Home, Georgia Heard

Writing with Passion, Life Stories, Mulitple Genres, Tom Romano

You Gotta Be the Book, Jeffery D. Wilhelm

Children’s Books That Are Rich With Ideas

Cloudland, John Burmingham

January Rides the Wind, beautiful poetry and paintings by Charlotte F. Otten

Start Writing Adventure Stories, Penny King and Ruth Thomson

Who Comes? beautiful poetry and paintings by Deborah Chandra