Now More Than Ever: On Writing Disabled CharactersJune 5, 2025 | Minds & Bodies, Picture BooksThis thoughtful blog post was originally published here on Lyn Miller-Lachmann's blog. Thanks, Lyn, for letting us ...By: Lyn Miller-Lachmann
#HFGather: The Resilient Writer—Writing Through Trauma and GriefMay 23, 2025 | HFGather, Minds & Bodies, Podcasts#HFGather: The Resilient Writer—Writing Through Trauma and Grief How can we write honest, heartfelt stories for ...By: Heather Demetrios
Faculty Picks: Outstanding Mental Health Representation in MG and YA BooksMay 16, 2025 | Minds & BodiesOutstanding Mental Health Representation in MG and YA Books Crystal Allen & Katie Keridan, PsyD, MPH We are ...By: Crystal AllenKatie Keridan
Faculty Picks: Neurodivergent BookshelfApril 16, 2025 | Minds & BodiesWe'd like to thank Highlights community and faculty member Meg Eden Kuyatt for this booklist! From Meg:As a ...By: Meg Eden Kuyatt
Write What You Know: How Writing My Autistic Experience Made My Writing StrongerFebruary 25, 2025 | Minds & BodiesWe'd like to thank Meg Eden Kuyatt for this blog post! A previous version of this article was published in the ...By: Meg Eden Kuyatt
With Scholarship Support, Writers Make Discoveries at Writing Through Trauma In-Community RetreatMay 17, 2024 | Minds & Bodies, Scholarship StoriesWith scholarship support from Hawthornden Foundation and Rebecca Dykes Writers, Mitu Malhotra, Jess Rinker, Ashley ...
3 Questions With Kaz Windness and Katie Mazeika About Disability Representation in Picture Book IllustrationApril 26, 2024 | 3 Questions With, Illustration, Minds & Bodies, Picture BooksKaz Windness and Katie Mazeika joined Highlights Foundation Social Media Manager Cat Galeano on Instagram Live to ...By: Kaz WindnessKatie Mazeika
3 Questions With Crystal Allen and Katie Keridan: Writing About Mental Health for MG and YA ReadersMarch 28, 2024 | 3 Questions With, Black Voices, Minds & Bodies, NovelsCrystal Allen and Katie Keridan joined Highlights Foundation Social Media Manager Cat Galeano on Instagram Live to ...By: Crystal AllenKatie Keridan
#HFGather: Crafting and Sharing Books from the HeartFebruary 27, 2024 | HFGather, Minds & Bodies, PodcastsAuthor/agent Sera Rivers and agent Linda Camacho joined us for an #HFGather conversation facilitated by author ...
Cooking Up Stories: Moonwalking Plus a Recipe and a PromptApril 7, 2023 | Food & Friends, Minds & BodiesWe love it when Chef Amanda and author Padma Venkatraman pair up to share a recipe and writing prompt for our ...By: Padma VenkatramanLyn Miller-Lachmann
#HFGather: Writing About Trauma and Grief for KidsNovember 3, 2022 | Essential Conversations, HFGather, Minds & Bodies, PodcastsAt our latest #HFGather, authors Ally Malinenko, Amber McBride and Linda Epstein shared an honest and thoughtful ...
A Collection of Support from the Faculty of Writing Stories to Empower Through TraumaOctober 25, 2022 | Essential Conversations, HFGather, Minds & BodiesAs part of the Highlights Foundation’s Essential Conversations series for children’s book storytellers, we hosted ...By: Sera RiversHeather DemetriosJane Houng