Explore Author Visits, Workshops & Classroom Resources
Author visits, student workshops, and classroom resources that help students explore creativity, storytelling, resilience, and overcoming fear of failure.
Fear Of Failure:
Why Mistakes Are Great!
Kids deserve to know the real secret to success. It’s not that confident people stop feeling afraid. It’s that they feel the fear and try anyway. This workshop helps students understand how mistakes, effort, and courage are all part of learning and growing.
World Building Workshop
How do authors invent entire worlds? From landscapes and creatures to cultures and conflicts. Letting the imagination run wild and then using structure to anchor it can lead to rich, unforgettable stories.
How Imagination Becomes a Story
Students explore how ideas turn into characters, problems, and adventures. This session shows how imagination and structure work together to create a real story.
Author Reading with Q&A
Students hear a reading from Planet W and learn how imagination becomes a story. Joe Sasson shares insights about creativity, perseverance, and the journey of writing a book, followed by student questions.