Janiel Wagstaff

Illustrations by Dana Regan

Meet Stella, an eager second grader. In this lively series of three, 32-page illustrated picture books, youll find effective and engaging ways to teach and model the three writing types outlined in the standards: opinion, informative, and narrative. Each title includes several suggestions real writers use to craft effective writing, cleverly presented through the eyes of a second grader. Teachers are clamoring for explicit resources for teaching the standards, and these books provide a unique tool, both practical and fun, to inform that teaching.

"Not only are these books ideal for helping students master the standards for writing, but will serve as a great reference tool throughout the year. What I especially loved are the insights into how skilled writers writewhat they think about at each step of the process, how they revise, the questions they ask themselves, the time they take to get it right. This is a must-have writing resource for teachers and Stella will quickly become a primary-grade students favorite writing mentor!"-Wiley Blevins (Author, educator, researcher)