"This is the very book teachers have been yearning for—and not just ELA teachers—ALL teachers. In user-friendly terms and filled with practical, immediately useful ideas, David and Mary Jo walk readers through the treacherous waters of helping students find research topics, gather the right information, and get ready to write about them with clarity. If you’ve been wondering about how to navigate research writing with students of all ages, read this book."
— Ruth Culham, Ed.D., author of Traits Writing: The Complete Writing Program for Grades K–8
"This is not just ’another’ book on writing! David Harrison and Mary Jo Fresch have teamed up to provide readers a ’fresh’ perspective on perhaps the hardest part of writing—getting started. First, author and poet David talks about various prewriting issues and how he handles them in his own writing. Literacy scholar Mary Jo follows with actual classroom lessons for helping students explore these issues in their own writing. This immensely readable and practical volume will definitely help many students who would otherwise struggle just to get started in their writing."
— Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D., Professor, Reading and Writing Center, Kent State University, and author of The Fluent Reader
