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Behind the Books: Jon Klassen Caps Off the Hat Trilogy
Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Jon Klassen always knew he wanted to write three books about hats—which is why he's so relieved to be capping off his hat trilogy with his most recent picture book We Found a Hat (Candlewick 2016).
In this month's guest blog post, read about all the thought that went into making this story have a quiet ending.
Meet-the-Author Book Reading: Kekla Magoon on Writing to Explore
Sometimes people write in order to process complicated emotions and situations.
When she wrote How It Went Down (Henry Holt, 2014), Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning author Kekla Magoon wanted to get beyond the sound bytes of current events and explore the emotions of human beings affected directly by shooting tragedies.
Listen to Kekla Magoon share the story behind her novel now.
Teaching materials will help you use How It Went Down in your classroom.
