Contact: Caroline at carolinebdubois@gmail.com
About
Caroline Brooks DuBois is the author of three middle-grade novels in verse. The Places We Sleep, her debut novel, received a starred review from School Library Journal and was an NCTE Notable Book in Poetry, an Indies Introduce and Kids Indie Next selection, and a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year. Ode to a Nobody received two starred reviews, was named to multiple state award lists, and was a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year. All the Sunshine in the World, her third novel, has received starred reviews from both School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews. Caroline has taught English and creative writing at the middle school, high school, and college levels and was a Nashville Blue Ribbon Teacher, a Teacher of the Year, and a nominee for High School Teacher of the District. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and dog Lilli. Visit Caroline online at CarolineBrooksDuBois.com.
Program Overview
DuBois provides interactive literary arts and literacy programming for young readers and writers in PreK-12th. Sample programs offered include “Become a Word Collector,” “Poem-ing and the Art of Descriptive Writing,” and “Narrative Know-How.” These programs energize students to explore the use of words in mentor poems and stories in playful and experimental ways. Students will read and analyze sample poems and/or stories and brainstorm and write their own. Check her out at
