TRAVEL AND FRIENDSHIP: picture books by DARCY PATTISON

Keep kids on the edge of their seats with 19 Girls and Me — a tale of friendship in a kindergarten class with 19 girls and one lone boy. Read-Aloud America names it one of the best read-aloud books for K-1. More info

Give kids the world! The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman introduces a wooden man who travels across the United States to connect a family. More info

Searching for Oliver K. Woodman finds the wooden traveler lost. His friends are very worried. They send out Imogene Poplar, P.I., a wooden woman to find him. More info

FREE Lesson Plans for Teachers or Parents

• Download free Lesson Plans for Darcy’s books. Included are Lesson Plans for The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman, Searching for Oliver K. Woodman and 19 Girls and Me. These Lesson Plans are FREE and may be distributed as needed.

• Over 100 activities to do with kids: family, counting, geography, music, writing, science, art.
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Darcy’s writing process
• Easy to Use–Just photocopy and go!
• This is a 6.3 MB zipped pdf file. Please be patient as it downloads!

HOPE: Teaching Writing and Revising Novels

Are you a novelist? Novel Metamorphosis: Uncommon Ways to Revise will help you strengthen your novel.

Are you a teacher of elementary through high school students? Paper Lightning: Prewriting Activities to Spark Creativity helps your students with a rich prewriting process, which results in stronger first drafts.

TEACHERS: Does your job depend on how well kids do on writing benchmark tests? Here’s hope. Paper Lightning: Prewriting Activities to Spark Creativity and Help Students Write Better. More info

NOVELISTS: Haven’t sold that novel — yet? Here’s hope. NOVEL METAMORPHOSIS: Uncommon Ways to Revise helps you transform your story into the novel of your dreams! More info

ABOUT THE AUTHOR, Darcy Pattison

As a children’s book author, Darcy Pattison writes stories that engage students. As a writing teacher Darcy Pattison turns theory into practical tools for writers of any age. More info