Mentor Texts – Imagination Soup

My First Picture Book Cover Reveal: TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION

Melissa Taylor — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:50:16 +0000

BIG, EXCITING, WONDERFUL NEWS! Today, I can officially reveal the cover for my first picture book, TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION, written by me, Melissa Taylor, illustrated...

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A CUP OF QUIET Writing Prompts for Elementary-Age Writers

Guest Writer — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:35:34 +0000

written by author and poet Nikki Grimes A CUP OF QUIET Writing Prompts for Elementary-Age Writers In A Cup of Quiet, a girl listens for,...

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28 Picture Books with Simile Examples and Metaphor Examples

Melissa Taylor — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:27:41 +0000

Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to convey meaning. Use these mentor texts to teach writers how to write similes and metaphors in their own writing.

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Best Research Practices for Nonfiction Kidlit Writers

Guest Writer — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:51:59 +0000

written by Lydia Lukidis I’m so excited to celebrate the release of my new STEM picture book. UP, UP HIGH: The Secret Poetry of Earth’s...

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40 Impressive Personal Narrative Examples in Children’s Books

Melissa Taylor — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:12:26 +0000

Build empathy by reading personal narrative examples in children's books, including picture books and middle grade books. In other words, read someone's authentic memoir based on their life experience. And see how it gives you empathy as you walk in that person's shoes. (It will also help you become a better personal narrative writer!)

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15 Children’s Books to Teach Letter Writing to Kids

Melissa Taylor — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:52:59 +0000

Want to teach your kids how to write a letter? Start by reading children's books mentor texts filled with letter writing and use them as examples!

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24 Beautiful Mentor Texts to Teach Word Choice in Writing

Melissa Taylor — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:51:29 +0000

When we teach children to use rich, wondrous words by filling them up with the sound of many wonderful words. We must read them children's books by authors who use astounding word choices. We must encourage them to read high-quality mentor text picture books and chapter or middle grade books filled with precise, lyrical, sensory words.

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My 23 Favorite Picture Books to Teach Perspective

Melissa Taylor — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:22:35 +0000

Teachers and parents, use picture books as mentor texts to teach perspective. Stories like these help you model for your students and children that our perspectives and the perspectives of different characters, including the narrator, are how we see the world and the events in it. These are my favorite books to teach perspective that I've used with children.

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