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 Carol
Baldwin is a freelance writer in Charlotte, North
Carolina, and has written for a variety of local and
national publications. Baldwin developed Teaching the
Story from materials that she taught in several
different middle-school classrooms. She is active in the
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, and
when she is not writing, she enjoys being a mother,
grandmother, working in her husband’s dental office, and
gardening. You can contact her through Maupin House
Publishing for in-service training and conference
speaking.
Visit
Carol
Baldwin's blog to learn more
about her and her writing!
Read this Children's Book Insider article on Carol!
Read this article on Carol's love of
writing and reading from the Holy Family University
(Philadelphia) student paper!
Carol's article, "Paperweight
Magic," on artist
Paul Stankard won both the "Article of the Month"
award and the "Arts Feature of the Year" award for
Highlights Magazine!
Click here to download the handout, "Getting to Know
You--the Author," from one of Carol's workshops.
Carol is presenting at the following
conferences and workshops:
South Carolina Council of Teachers of English:
January 24-26,
2008; Kiawah Island, SC
Buy Carol's book from The
Reading Source booth!
"Teaching the
Story: Fiction Writing for Grades 4-12"
February 14,
2008; Holy Family University, Newtown, PA
South Carolina International Reading Association
Conference:
February
21-23, 2008; Myrtle Beach,
SC
Carol will be presenting with
Jane Bell Kiester -- buy their books at
the Studium Educational Resources booth!
South Carolina Middle School Association
Conference:
February
29-March 2, 2008; Myrtle Beach,
SC
Carol will be presenting "Making
the Red Pencil Your Best Friend: Fostering Critical
Thinking through Focused Revision," "Mining Your
Students' Lives: Writing Fiction in Middle School,"
and "Put Pizzazz into Your Students' Writing using
Fiction Techniques to Write Grab-You-by-the-Collar
Expository Essays" --
buy her book from The Reading
Source booth!
"How You Can
Help Your Child Write Better" -- workshop for parents
March 7, 2008
@ 7 p.m; Steele Creek Library, Charlotte, NC
North Carolina Middle School Association:
March 17-18, 2008; Greensboro, NC
Buy Carol's book at the IESS booth!
"Stories That Are out of This World: Write a
Science-Fiction or Fantasy Story" -- teen workshop
March 27,
2008 @ 7 p.m.; South County Library, Charlotte, NC
Registration opens on March 1.
"Solve
This Mystery: How Do You Write a Whodunit?" -- teen
workshop
April 9,
2008 @ 2 p.m., South County Library, Charlotte, NC
Registration opens March 15th.
"Stories
That Are out of This World: Write a Science-Fiction or
Fantasy Story" -- teen workshop
April 17,
2008 from 7-8:30 p.m.; Morrison Regional Library,
Charlotte, NC
International Reading Association:
May 4-8,
2008; Atlanta, GA
Buy Carol's book at the Maupin
House booth!
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