Category: Feature

• Answers about The Naked Mole-Rat Letters

  Mary Amato responds to letters written by fifth graders at MacFarland Intermediate School

  Mary Amato

  March 19, 2010

  Feature, Resources

  fan mail, The Naked Mole-Rat Letters, videos

• Writing Invisible Lines (3-minute video on the writing process)

  Learn more about how Mary wrote her ninth book, Invisible Lines, from this video.

  Mary Amato

  March 19, 2010

  Feature, Resources

  Grit, Grit lit, Invisible Lines, Stories about Grit, teaching ideas, videos, writing tips

• How to Make a Dutch Baby

  Fans of the Riot Brothers can see Mary Amato making Lydia Riot’s puffy breakfast pancake called a Dutch Baby.

  Mary Amato

  February 20, 2010

  Feature, Resources

  activities, Stinky and Successful, The Riot Brothers, videos

• Question about the power of story

  Why does reading a story about someone else make us feel alive?

  Mary Amato

  October 29, 2009

  Feature, General, Writer’s Blog

  The Power of Story, writing tips

• Plotting your way

  I often use index cards to keep track of my plot. I also use them to keep track of important bits of information.

  Mary Amato

  October 8, 2009

  Feature, General, Writer’s Blog

  Invisible Lines, writing tips

• Creative teaching: Toy travel diary

  Learn a little something by sending your toy pet into the world.

  Mary Amato

  September 24, 2009

  Feature, General

  teaching ideas

• Kids deserve a rich vocabulary

  I shoot for the best word, no matter how small or large.

  Mary Amato

  September 11, 2009

  Feature, General, Writer’s Blog

  vocabulary, writing process, writing tips