Living Between the LinesAuthor: Lucy McCormick Calkins and Shelly Harwayne
Format: Paperback
Published: Heinemann, 1991

Calkins weaves insights, practical suggestions, references, and anecdotes into an inspirational story of a community of educators who have pushed back the frontiers of knowledge about teaching writing and reading. This comprehensive book includes an exploration of recent changes in many writing workshops, and a discussion about establishing courses of study in which children read and write memoir, nonfiction, and picturebooks. Calkins and Harwayne also take a new look at the qualities of good writing and ways teachers can help children grow into them. References to the best of children's literature and to ways these books can enrich classrooms and a discussion of new ideas about conferring, record keeping, mini-lessons, and organizational structures for the workshop are also included.