This is an excellent discussion guide for Kate Applegate’s Newbery winning book, THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN. With this one piece Kate is showing not only helping teachers know how to use her book with their classes, but she is also, generating interest in her book, encouraging teachers to share it with her readers, and get invited to their school. Bottom Line: Increasing sales.
Are you putting out something this high end? Next, I will share a picture book Discussion Guide. I hope these will get you thinking about what you can do for your book.
If your publisher is not planning on creating something like this for you, don’t let that stop you from doing all the things you can to look professional and grab more sales.
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
Filed under: Advice, authors and illustrators, Marketing a book, Middle Grade Novels, Process Tagged: HarperCollins Childrens, Increase your sales, Newbery Winner, School Discussion Guide, The One and Only Ivan
2 Comments on Example of Excellent Middle Grade Discussion Guide, last added: 10/1/2013
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This is really beautiful! Actually, how can you expect anything less from such an amazing author and her wonderful book? Of course, for this kind of quality, you need $, but the actual work CAN be thought about and put together well before it would have to be used
So glad you brought this topic up, Kathy 
This is wonderful. Makes me wish I was still teaching!