Susan Stoderl
Nov 28, 20231 min
Information Literacy Essential to Combating Fake News in the Digital World
Information literacy has never been more important in the digital world has more information than ever before. However, there is a...
Susan Stoderl
Nov 22, 20232 min
On Writing | A Kansas Middle-Grade Life Created Spunky NYC Middle-Grade Characters
I am passionate about helping kids ages 8-12 years old navigate a complicated and sometimes treacherous world. Children often find...
Susan Stoderl
Nov 21, 20232 min
Financial Literacy | Educated Planning Versus Making-Do or Squeaking-By
How many people really understand financial literacy, or are sure what it is? I admit to being rather ignorant. For most of my life,...
Susan Stoderl
Nov 17, 20232 min
Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers | Asthma + Piano Lessons = Multicultural Middle-Grade Books
At four years old, I began piano lessons with my mother, mostly to get her attention. I lived with my grandmother while my mother worked....
Susan Stoderl
Nov 10, 20231 min
Writer’s Life | Keeping Your Creativity On Fire
Often my writer's life gets overwhelmed trying to get by book writing done. (Hint: Most of that is not writing fiction, but marketing—my...
Susan Stoderl
Nov 7, 20232 min
Adult Literacy | Prisoners Are More Likely to Re-Offend with Book Banning in Prisons
PEN America, through a FOIA request of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the departments of corrections in all 50 states and the District...
Susan Stoderl
Nov 3, 20231 min
Middle-Grade Books | Magical Realism | Listening to the Wisdom of Telepathic Animals
Why does the Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series include a telepathic raven, polar bear, and cat? They came to me as spirit animals...
