Calkins, Lucy McCormick.
The Art of Teaching Writing.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, 1986. An invaluable guide to teaching writing to children.
Cleary, Beverly.
The Beezus and Ramona Diary
. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1986.
Elbow, Peter.
Writing with Power.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Techniques in developing writing and the writing process.
Gilford, Henry.
Genealogy.
New York: Franklin Watts, 1978. A helpful book for the student researcher into family background.
Graves, Donald H.
Writing: Teachers and Children at Work.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann Educational Books, 1983. A valuable aid to teachers interested in developing writing lessons with children.
Koch, Kenneth.
Wishes, Lies, and Dreams.
New York: Vintage Books, 1970. Wonderful book on teaching children to love to write poetry.
Weitzman, David.
My Backyard History Book.
Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1975. This book looks at ways a student may explore his own background.
Willis, Meredith Sue.
Personal Fiction Writing.
New York: Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1984. Ideas for writing based on personal experience.