Kate Walker: 15 books

A totally new way to Teach & Learn story craft & creative writing. Exercises honed in the classroom by a well-published, professional author. For Teachers - Home Schoolers - Young Solo Writers. No pre-class prep. Open the book & read. Sample download will give you the intro plus Exercise...

William Scott married Zara O’Mear, a dying girl who was considered ‘unfit for marriage’. Though friends and family advised against it, William saw in her what others failed to see. And Zara likewise saw in William what all others could not begin to understand. Theirs was a love both of this...

At age 11 Rosie O'Brien is sentenced to 14 years in prison and transported to the other side of the world – the far Colony of New South Wales. In this wild place she has only herself to rely on. Her letters home record the trials, hardships and miracles that befall her. Somewhere in this God...

Not another book about coming up with ideas for stories, but how to actually WRITE them! These exercises are crafted around the specific process whereby students learn to write. (See introduction.) Low stress for teachers & students alike. No pre-class prep. Open the booklet and read. For Classroom...

A story of insight and loss. A mother, jack-knifed out of reality by the pending death of her only son, begins to see the world differently. Suddenly there’s signs and meaning everywhere – signs that explain the inexplicable, uplift and furnish hope. But are these signs real? Is she reading them...

A Week-long Lesson Plan in Story & Language Assessment using the text 'Letters of a Convict Girl - Age 11' by Kate Walker.~ Questions on content, language use and text interpretation.~ Letter Writing Model and Task.~ Suitable for classroom and home schooling.

A story of first-time love and intimacy. A young girl chooses the man to initiate her into the joys of adult love. But chooses him for his music and not himself. Alone with him, she finds herself not as ready as she thought she’d be. He's a rogue without disguise, and far from a romantic figure....

How do you know if you're gay? Peter, a 15 yr old dirt-bike rider, suddenly needs to find out. Plagued by the usual teen hang-ups about sex, Peter spends an unplanned afternoon with his brother’s friend, David. David is tall, good-looking, immaculately dressed … and gay. A second encounter sets...

The Dragon of Mith - Honour Book (Runner Up) - Australian Children’s Book of the Year Awards.Without warning a dragon arrives in the town of Mith. He’s big. He’s got claws and scales! Everyone takes fright and runs for their lives. Everyone except a young turkey herder, Miss Krissy. ‘Why,’...

Warning: This story contains 'mucky stuff'.Prize Winning, funny story about a crafty old horse & a greedy landlord. An easy to read tale in rhyming verse. Ist PRIZE in Fanstory's 'Share a Story in a Poem' Contest March 2012.The farmers of Rumpsford are doomed! Drought...

It’s hard to live with some people, and harder to live without them. This story is based on a real family I meet some years ago. Their plight touched me, not least of all that of the older brother. Because the family tried to protect him, he seemed farthest removed from the unfolding tragedy. But there was no protecting him from the fact that sometimes, unfortunately, love hurts.

Liz meets a charming young man on a bus. He's Vietnamese and a student. And his serene smile belies the story he has to tell and the life he has fled. A true short story from the 1970s about the unexpected consequence of struggle and survival.

Help your students write better – like real writers – with simple yet magical Word Images. No pre-class prep. Just open the book and read. After 2 introductory lessons, students are guided to produce whole stories brought to life with Word Images, Similes and Figurative Verbs. A new approach devised...

How do you deal with bullies? Can it be done? Two cool kids at different high schools find themselves confronted by very different types of bullies. And for both of them, it’s something that’s never happened before! Surfer Mitch and mountain-biker Sue exchange very personal emails on matters at...