In this fascinating look at the Newbery Award-winning author of Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor reads from one of the first books she wrote as a little girl and tells what she thinks makes a great story. She also talks about her popular Alice series. -20 mins

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Topics for classroom discussion and assignments:

• Phyllis Naylor says the best part of being a writer is having the characters come alive on paper: “It is like giving birth.”  Write about what she means by this.

• The author talks about “changing skins” and living someone else’s life.  Choose someone you know and interview that person — then write about what it would feel like to live that person’s life.

• In the program, Phyllis Naylor shows viewers an illustrated story she wrote as a young girl. Write a short story and illustrate it, then make it into a little booklet, the way Phyllis did. The booklet should be saved in a special place to be looked at again when you’re an adult.