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Penny Kittle teaches seniors at Kennett High School in North Conway, New Hampshire. She is also the K-12 literacy coach for the Conway schools and directs the new teacher mentoring program. She is the author of Book Love (2013), Write Beside Them (2008), The Greatest Catch: a life in teaching (2005), and Public Teaching: one kid at a time (2003); she co-authored Inside Writing (2005) with Donald Graves. She presents at writing conferences throughout the United States and Canada.

But if you want the real story… I dance and sing along to really loud music in my car; I just ate all of the M&M’s out of my trail mix; and I am the first one to keel over when we do those balancing moves in Pilates.

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	Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing [With DVD ROM] 4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers 4.78 of 5 stars 4.78 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greatest Catch: A Life in Teaching 4.76 of 5 stars 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Public Teaching: One Kid at a Time 4.86 of 5 stars 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Quick Writes: For Inside Writing by Donald H. Graves, Penny Kittle (Goodreads Author) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inside Writing: How to Teach the Details of Craft [With DVD] by Donald H. Graves, Penny Kittle (Goodreads Author) 4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children Want to Write: Donald Graves and the Revolution in Children's Writing by Penny Kittle Thomas Newkirk, Thomas Newkirk (Editor), Penny Kittle (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Confident Writing Teacher: Cultivating Meaningful Writing in Middle School by Shelley Barker, Penny Kittle (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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