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Adventures in Fantasy offers an exciting approach to

Brilliant book suggestions for children. See our recommended books for 6-12 year olds and find the best fantasy and magic stories for your child.

This is the best writing prompt I've ever read. How about a corner in the library where you post weekly news stories to inspire writing? Two cozy chairs and a small table with a light, a few notebooks, pencils.... Add a cat, even!

'Beginnings are important. They are your fishing lure, your bling, your spider's web, your black hole from which there is no return until series end. It is what a new reader will judge you on, an editor will judge you on, an agent will judge you on. Frankly anyone who can read, and is looking at your book will judge you on it. No pressure.'

A blog of student writing/stories to match the Fantasy Writing Task - Band of Heroes: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/raps/twist13/twist13pdf/Bandofheroes_TaskWorksheets.pdf

An excellent resource for teachers wishing to engage their students in collaborative fantasy writing. Includes 5 writing tasks as part of the quest incorporating Web 2 resources.

Creative fantasy writing site based on HP.

Specialist and Grade 6 Language Arts Teacher and Students using a Research Model to discover the characteristics of Tolkiens fantasy creatures. Print and Internet Resources were accessed using Destiny online library catalog. Students created guidebooks based on their research as well as dioramas triptych art and murals. Since students were especially fond of the hobbits we planned a gallery walk to celebrate their amazing artwork and for the school community to enjoy The school library was transformed into the shire and Bilbo Baggins turned ....

All kinds of tips for creating, writing and publishing.