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Filled with insights on writing and the teaching of writing, NWP books and other publications stimulate innovative thinking about classroom practice, professional development for teachers of writing, and much more.

• Teaching Writing
• Digital Writing
• Children's Books
• Teaching Literacy
• Family, Communities, and Writing
• Social Change and Writing
• Teacher Leadership and Research
• Rural and Urban Classrooms
• National Writing Project—About
• Monographs
  • Continuity
  • Models of Inservice
  • Summer Institute
• Other Resources

Teaching Writing

	Teaching Children to Write: Constructing Meaning and Mastering Mechanics Daniel Meier (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2011) $18.00 Description | Order online
	The Successful High School Writing Center Dawn Fels and Jennifer Wells (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2011) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools National Writing Project and Carl Nagin (Jossey-Bass, 2003) $13.00 Description | Order online
	30 Ideas for Teaching Writing National Writing Project (2003) $1.00 Description | Temporarily Out of Stock
	Breakthroughs: Classroom Discoveries About Teaching Writing Edited by Amy Bauman and Art Peterson (2002) $15.00 Description | Order online
	The Writer's Workout Book: 113 Stretches Toward Better Prose by Art Peterson (1996) $13.00 Description | Order online
	I Can Write What's on My Mind: Theresa Finds Her Voice by Sherry Seale Swain (1994) $10.50 Description | Order online
	Writing Your Heritage: A Sequence of Thinking, Reading, and Writing Assignments by Deborah Dixon, foreword by Sheridan Blau (1993) $8.00 Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Digital Writing

	Because Digital Writing Matters National Writing Project, with Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, and Troy Hicks (Jossey-Bass, 2010) $15.00 Description | Order online
	Teaching the New Writing: Technology, Change, and Assessment in the 21st-Century Classroom Edited by Anne Herrington, Kevin Hodgson, and Charles Moran (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2009) $18.00 Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Children's Books

	Our Book by Us!/Nuestro Libro ¡Hecho por Nosotros! Peter H. Reynolds and Paul A. Reynolds (The College Board, National Writing Project, and Reading Is Fundamental, 2008) $2.00 Description | Order online
	The Curious Adventures of Sydney and Symon in: Water Wonders / Las Curiosas Aventuras de Sydney Y Symon en: Las Maravillas del Agua Peter H. Reynolds and Paul A. Reynolds (FableVision, National Writing Project, and Reading Is Fundamental, 2010) $5.00 Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Teaching Literacy

	Teaching Literacy for Love and Wisdom: Being the Book and Being the Change Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Bruce Novak (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2011) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Teaching for the Students: Habits of Heart, Mind, and Practice in the Engaged Classroom Bob Fecho (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2011) $18.00 Description | Order online
	(Re)Imagining Content-Area Literacy Instruction Edited by Roni Jo Draper; Co-Editors: Paul Broomhead, Amy Petersen Jensen, Jeffery D. Nokes, and Daniel Siebert (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2010) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Literacy Tools in the Classroom: Teaching Through Critical Inquiry, Grades 5–12 Richard Beach, Gerald Campano, Brian Edmiston, and Melissa Borgmann (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2010) $18.00 Description | Order online
	The Whole Story: Teachers Talk About Portfolios Edited by Mary Ann Smith and Jane Juska (2001) $13.00 Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Family, Communities, and Writing

	Literacy in the Welcoming Classroom: Creating Family-School Partnerships that Support Student Learning JoBeth Allen (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2010) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Inviting Families into the Classroom: Learning from a Life in Teaching Lynne Yermanock Strieb (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2010) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Writing Our Communities: Local Learning and Public Culture Edited by Dave Winter and Sarah Robbins (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2005) $20.00 Description | Order online
	A Poem for Every Student: Creating Community in a Public School Classroom by Sheryl Lain (1998) $11.00 Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Social Change and Writing

	Writing for a Change: Boosting Literacy and Learning Through Social Action Edited by Kristina Berdan, Ian Boulton, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Jennie Fleming, Launie Gardner, Iana Rogers, and Asali Solomon (Jossey-Bass, 2006) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Writing America: Classroom Literacy and Public Engagement Edited by Sarah Robbins and Mimi Dyer, foreword by Paul Lauter (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2004) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Working Toward Equity: Resources and Writings from the Teacher Research Collaborative Edited by Linda Friedrich, Carol Tateishi, Tom Malarkey, Elizabeth Radin Simons, and Marty Williams (2006) $20.00 Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Teacher Leadership and Research

	How Teachers Become Leaders: Learning from Practice and Research Ann Lieberman and Linda D. Friedrich (Teachers College Press, 2010) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Teacher Research for Better Schools by Marian M. Mohr, Courtney Rogers, Betsy Sanford, Mary Ann Nocerino, Marion S. MacLean, and Sheila Clawson (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2003) $18.00 Description | Order online
	Teacher-Researchers at Work by Marion S. MacLean and Marian M. Mohr (1999) $15.00 Description | Temporarily Out of Stock Return to Top of Page

Rural and Urban Classrooms

	Rural Voices: Place-Conscious Education and the Teaching of Writing Edited by Robert E. Brooke (National Writing Project and Teachers College Press, 2003) $16.00 Description | Order online
	Cityscapes: Eight Views from the Urban Classroom by members of the National Writing Project Urban Sites Network (1996) $12.50 Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

National Writing Project—About

	Teachers at the Center: A Memoir of the Early Years of the National Writing Project by James Gray (2000) $12.50 Description | Order online
	Inside the National Writing Project: Connecting Network Learning and Classroom Teaching Ann Lieberman and Diane Wood (Teachers College Press, 2002) $22.95 Description | Order online
	The Quarterly of the National Writing Project, Volume 27, Number 3-4 (2005) by the National Writing Project (2005) $8.00 Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Monographs

National Writing Project at Work Monograph Series

The monograph series is inspired by the mission and vision of NWP and illustrates the local creativity of individual Writing Project sites. They are a great resource for developing programs at your site.

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Continuity

The Continuity set focuses on the practices that nurture ongoing professional development and provide a critical source for sustained leadership development at local sites.

	The Challenge of Change: Growth Through Inquiry at the Western Massachusetts Writing Project by Susan Connell Biggs, Kevin Hodgson, and Bruce M. Penniman (2008) Free Description | Order online
	Supporting On-Site Teacher-Consultants: New York City Writing Project's Community of Learners by Ed Osterman (2008) Free Description | Order online
	Continuity in the Rhode Island Writing Project: Keeping Teachers at the Center by Susan Ozbek, Marjorie Roemer, Keith Sanzen, and Susan Vander Does (2008) Free Description | Order online
	Creating Spaces for Study and Action Under the Social Justice Umbrella by Faye Peitzman, Norma Mota-Altman, and Marlene Carter (2009) Free Description | Order online
	The Philadelphia Writing Project's Leadership Inquiry Seminar: Continuity Linked to Site Mission and Local Context by Teri Hines, Vanessa Brown, and Bruce Bowers (2009) Free Description | Order online
	(Re)Visioning Site Work: Extending the Reach and Relevance of NWP Sites by J. Elaine White, Tom Pankiewicz, and Jane Frick (2010) Free Description | Order online
	The Web as a Tool for Continuity by Sonnet Farrell, Evan Nichols, Tom McKenna, Carol Tateishi, and Sondra Porter (2010) Free Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Models of Inservice

This set of monographs focuses on inservice programs, which are an integral part of NWP's teachers-teaching-teachers professional development model.

	Story of SCORE: The MS Writing/Thinking Institute Takes on a Statewide Reading Initiative by Cassandria Hansbrough and Lynette Herring-Harris (2002) Free Description | Order online
	On-Site Consulting: New York City Writing Project by Nancy Mintz, Alan Stein, and Marcie Wolfe (2002) Free Description | Order online
	The Johnston Area Writing Partnership by Patsy Butler, Sandra O'Berry, and Ruie Pritchard (2002) Free Description | Order online
	The Fledgling Years: Lessons from the First Four Years of the NWP in Vermont by Patricia McGonegal and Anne Watson (2002) Free Description | Order online
	The Professional Leadership Development Project by Zsa Boykin, Sarah Robbins, and Jennifer Scrivner (2004) Free Description | Order online
	The Saginaw Teacher Study Group Movement: From Pilot to Districtwide Study Groups in Four Years by Mary Calliari, Janet Rentsch, and Mary Weaver (2004) Free Description | Temporarily Out of Stock
	Southside Elementary Writing Focus: Site-Based Leadership Reforms the Writing Curriculum by Robert McGinty, and Nancy Remington (2005) Free Description | Order online
	Oklahoma's Marshall Plan: Combining Professional Development and Summer Writing Camps by Eileen Simmons (2004) Free Description | Temporarily Out of Stock
	Statewide and District Professional Development in Standards: Addressing Teacher Equity by Richard Koch, Laura Roop, and Gail Setter (2006) Free Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Summer Institute

The Summer Institute set provides perspectives on a variety of summer institute topics, including recruitment, teacher demonstrations, expressive arts in teaching, and education reform.

	Developing Citizen-Teachers Through Performance Arts in the Summer Institute by Nancy Mellin McCracken, Anthony Manna, with Darla Wagner, and Bonnie Molnar (2006) Free Description | Order online
	Enabling Communities and Collaborative Responses to Teaching Demonstrations by Janet A. Swenson, with Diana Mitchell (2006) Free Description | Order online
	A Work in Progress: The Benefits of Early Recruitment for the Summer Institute by Anne-Marie Hall, Roger Shanley, and Flory Simon (2006) Free Description | Order online Return to Top of Page

Other Resources

NWP Poster $1.00 Order online Return to Top of Page