Susan Stoderl
Jan 302 min read
Literacy | Florida Education Restrictions Deal Cultural and Civil Literacy Blows
The Florida Board recently banned public funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at all 28 state colleges in Florida.
Susan Stoderl
Jan 262 min read
Maroons in the Great Dismal Swamp | Middle-Grade Fiction | Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp | Middle-Grade Fiction |Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors Historical Fiction and Time Travel
Susan Stoderl
Jan 252 min read
Student Stereotypes | What’s in a Word?
Categorizing a fellow student as a “nerd” in middle or upper grades is applying a stereotype to a human being with feelings. It's used to...
Susan Stoderl
Jan 192 min read
Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors | Intrigue on the Dismal Swamp Canal
Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors, volume 2 of the Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series is a time travel historical middle-grade book....
Susan Stoderl
Jan 162 min read
Literacy | What If Your Four-Year-Old Struggles to Read and Write
Literacy involves reading, writing, listening, and speaking, which enables children, to communicate with others.
Susan Stoderl
Jan 121 min read
Excerpt | Chapter 3: Intersection Between Good and Evil," from Mission 2: Unexpected Visitors
The children of Ezekiel Stewart are about to meet their new mother on the Veranda of Oak Grove Plantation in 1834. They have their doubts.
Susan Stoderl
Jan 112 min read
Writers Life | 2024 Publishing Trends | Susan's Take
This is Author Susan Stoderls Take on the 2024 Publishing Trends
Susan Stoderl
Jan 52 min read
Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers | Spinning Off into Upper Middle-Grade Historical Fiction
New chapters set in 1834 show Jeb’s and Liza’s life as enslaved pre-teens.
Susan Stoderl
Jan 21 min read
Literacy | Cultural Literacy is a Necessity for a Harmonious Society
In a world where political polarization and hate speech are on the rise, cultural literacy plays a crucial role to living in harmony.