Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Clarion Book
Keywords: solo, flying
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1998-09-21
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0395873231
ISBN-13: 9780395873236

When the substitute for Mr. "Fab" Fabiano never shows up and his sixth-grade students are on their own, they set out to prove that they can run the class by themselves. With a little ingenuity and some careful planning, they might just succeed. But when a fight breaks out between Bastian Fauvell and Rachel White over a classmate, Tommy Feathers, who died six months earlier, everything begins to fall apart. Can Rachel deal with the anxieties that plunged her into silence the day Tommy died? Inventive and uniquely constructed, "Flying Solo" follows Mr. Fab’s students hour by hour as they t

Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Colli
Keywords: story, life, write
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2007-07-01
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0060507691
ISBN-13: 9780060507695

Lies About Writing Your Life Story You have to be a famous celebrity. You must have an amazing life. You can’t write your life story until you’re old and gray. Nobody will read it, so what’s the point?

Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: harvest
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-09-22
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0618164510
ISBN-13: 9780618164516

While tired farmers and their families are in bed, the harvest moon silently climbs into the sky and starts working its magic. For some, it is the nightly signal to rise and shine. It is time to hunt, to work, or to play in the shadows. For a little girl and her cat, it is an invitation to enjoy the wonders of the night and a last flood of light before the short days of winter set in. With an evocative text and radiant illustrations, this companion to Twilight Comes Twice offers a glimpse of nature"s nightlife long after bedtime.

Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: voices, reclaiming, writers
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2006-11-06
List price: $18.50
ISBN-10: 1571104259
ISBN-13: 9781571104250

Writing test scores indicate that boys have fallen far behind girls across the grades. In general, boys don’t enjoy writing as much as girls. What’s wrong? How can we do a better of job of creating “boy-friendly” classrooms so their voices can be heard?In Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices Ralph Fletcher draws upon his years of experience as staff developer, children’s book author, and father of four boys. He also taps the insights from dozens of writing teachers around the US and abroad. Boy Writers asks teachers to imagine the writing classroom from a boy’s per

Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: surprise, circus
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2001-03-19
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0395980291
ISBN-13: 9780395980293

Nick"s parents always have a special surprise for him on his birthday, but this year he knows he"ll have the best birthday ever. Mom and Dad are taking him to the circus! The crowds and attractions are exciting, but Nick is accidentally separated from his parents. Even though he knows what to do if he gets lost, he"s scared—until a green-faced clown on towering stilts comes to his rescue. The bright colors and bustling energy of the circus shine from each of Vladimir Vagin"s lively illustrations in this touching story of a day filled with surprises.

Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Heinemann
Keywords: needs, writer
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1992-11-16
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0435087347
ISBN-13: 9780435087340

In engaging, anecdotal prose, Ralph Fletcher provides a wealth of specific, practical strategies for challenging and extending student writing.

Author: Ralph Fletcher
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Keywords: daddy, uncle
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2001-04-15
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0805066632
ISBN-13: 9780805066630

Does Rivers have room in his life for two very different fathers?"The truth is Uncle Daddy isn’t either my father or my uncle. He’s actually Mom’s uncle. I was three years old when he came to live with us."Since Rivers’s real father left him and his mom six years ago, Uncle Daddy has been taking care of Rivers in all the ways a dad cares for a son -- even teaching him how to play baseball. Then his real father returns. Rivers is confused and angry. He had always thought that he’d express his anger at his father by socking him in the stomach. Now, face to face with