{"product_id":"write-back-soon-isbn-9781611802689","title":"Write Back Soon!","description":"\u003cb\u003eConnect to your friends through \u003ci\u003ehandwritten\u003c\/i\u003e notes, cards, letters, and postcards—an interactive workbook that  encourages creative interactions between friends through the written  word, complete with cross-outs, smudges, and parenthetical asides.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Put down  that smartphone and pick up a pen! Texting and e-mail have taken over  our correspondence, but Karen Benke is ready to change that. Through  prompts that invite penning short postcard-size notes, ideas for sending  cards \"just because,\" and inspired letter-writing exercises, \u003ci\u003ePass That Note! \u003c\/i\u003eoffers  limitless possibilities for connecting with your friends in more  personal, unique, and creative ways. Use the book for its letter-writing  ideas, tear out pages to send to friends, or write in it as a journal  to record big ideas for future correspondence. No matter how you use it,  you'll be connecting with the people you care about the most in ways  that are surprising, fun, and heartfelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors include: \u003c\/b\u003eNeil Gaiman, Jon J Muth, Ruth Ozeki, Wendy  Mass, Gary Snyder, Norman Fischer, Natalie Goldberg, Jane Hirshfield,  Claire Dederer, Albert Flynn DeSilver, Alison Luterman, Sam Hamill, Ava  Dellaira, Lucille Lang Day, and J. Ruth Gendler.“If you want to direct a young soul towards the great pleasures of letter writing, then \u003ci\u003eWrite Back Soon!\u003c\/i\u003e is the book for you . . . and them.”—Nick Bantock, author of the Griffin and Sabine books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWrite Back Soon!\u003c\/i\u003e inspires us to write from the heart and not just with our fingertips flying across a screen. Bravo, Karen Benke! And thanks for the wonderful examples of letter writers far and wide.\"—Monica Brown, author of \u003ci\u003ePablo Neruda: Poet of the People\u003c\/i\u003eKAREN BENKE is the creator of two popular books on creative writing adventures, \u003ci\u003eRip the Page!\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Leap Write In!\u003c\/i\u003e (Roost Books)—as well as a poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eSister\u003c\/i\u003e (Conflux Press). She handwrites a monthly snail-mail \"Museletter,\"  which reaches kids of all ages both nationally and internationally. She  has taught with the California Poets in the Schools program for  twenty-plus years and regularly leads Inspired Creativity Workshops for  kids and adults at Book Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, California,  and in schools and libraries.  With her husband, twelve-year-old son,  and a cat named Clive, she lives north of the Golden Gate Bridge, where  she prefers letters delivered to her physical mailbox, though she can be  reached at her virtual one via www.karenbenke.com.Postcard-sized prompts, letter-writing lead-ins, and inspiration from writers and poets to help you put pen to paper and connect to your friends","brand":"Roost Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304301777125,"sku":"NP9781611802689","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781611802689.jpg?v=1767744600","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/write-back-soon-isbn-9781611802689","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}