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Susan Koehler

May 31
2 min

Teach Them Love

"...all children need to identify with each other instead of learning to identify some children as the other."

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Susan Koehler

May 16
1 min

BBALC Writing Contest: Results Are In!

The Big Bend Area Literacy Council, FKA Leon County Reading Council, sponsors an annual narrative writing contest for K-12 students.

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Susan Koehler

Sep 5, 2019
5 min

Launched with Local Love

On August 17, 2019, I celebrated the launch of my very first novel for young readers. For me, it was a dream-come-true. Over the course o...

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If You Want to be a Writer....Advice for Young Authors Who Want to be Published

Susan Koehler

Apr 19, 2019
5 min

If You Want to be a Writer....Advice for Young Authors Who Want to be Published

#ncte #nctevillage #ila #scbwi #nwp #amwriting As a teacher of writing, I have the pleasure of working with young authors who have talen...

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Susan Koehler

Mar 14, 2019
7 min

The Journey Beyond Breast Cancer

The journey began on March 14, 2018. My mind was in a continuous loop: It’s got to be nothing. Breast cancer doesn’t run in my family. I ...

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Who’s Really "Getting it Wrong" in Reading?

Susan Koehler

Nov 6, 2018
4 min

Who’s Really "Getting it Wrong" in Reading?

“Why Are We Still Teaching Reading the Wrong Way?” This is the title of American Public Media journalist Emily Hanford’s dangerously misg...

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What’s All the Hullabaloo about Libraries?

Susan Koehler

Aug 9, 2018
4 min

What’s All the Hullabaloo about Libraries?

The West Flagler Branch Public Library in Miami was so close to home that by the time I was old enough to cross Flagler Street independe...

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Susan Koehler

Jul 11, 2018
4 min

Five Ways to Fail as a Writer

You have a gift. You have ideas. You have the passion to form words into images, concepts, and aha moments for adoring readers. You can d...

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Susan Koehler

Jun 14, 2018
5 min

The Reading Race

Runners, take your mark. Ready. Set. Go! Sprinters break from the blocks and explode onto the track. Arms and legs alternate in a visual ...

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Susan Koehler

Jun 14, 2018
5 min

Getting Ready for Kindergarten

Preparing to enter kindergarten is an exciting experience. It’s also a little scary. Parents of preschoolers often wonder if their childr...

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Susan Koehler

May 28, 2018
2 min

Collecting and Nurturing Ideas

Where do you get your ideas? Any author who’s ever visited a school has been asked this question. Everybody wants to know the answer. Rea...

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