The inventor of the School Library Writing Center makes it easy for librarians and teachers of kindergarten through sixth grade learners to provide highly effective writing instruction.

• Presents practical, actionable guidance for creating and maintaining a School Library Writing Center in a school library setting

• Provides a clear explication of Common Core Writing Standards as they pertain to kindergarten through grade six

• Explains how the writing center is more than a physical location and is the site of a process that encourages successful collaboration between the school librarian and the classroom teacher

• Underscores how the creation of a School Library Writing Center serves to highlight the educational strengths of the school librarian and the pedagogical necessity of the school library

• Includes original reproducible worksheets with each chapter to save readers time and effort in designing their own

• Describes the writer's workshop and tutoring techniques, technological resources and activities that improve student writing, and the creation of a writing portfolio at the end of each grade