Tuesdays are #PromptMyStory days! Time to another writing prompt to motivate kids (and a few adult writers) to get creative. Here's today's starter: "You're on a sinking ship, and you have only enough time to grab three things. What are they and why?"

Want to peek behind the curtain at how illustrators work? Telling Tales is offering three virtual sessions for schools next week. Kevin Sylvester talks to Johnnie Christmas, Vivian Zhou, Stephenie Cooke and Whitney Gardner. Register your class here: events.humanitix.com/cgn-2025

Barely a week into June and my dance card for school visits is already starting to fill up in October. If you're planning any literacy events and need a kids author to fire up your kids' reading habits, give me a shout. #edutwitter #virtualvisits

Another Tuesday, another #PromptMyStory to motivate kids to write. Here's this week's story starter: "A major food company has issued a million dollar challenge to anyone who can develop a new flavour of potato chip. What chip flavour does the world need?"

Nothing quite beats the feeling of holding the warm pages of a freshly printed first draft of your novel.

#forevercanadian is at Edmonton Folk Fest gathering signatures today, Thursday - Sunday #yeg and we are also at Castle Downs Park. We are adding new locations soon. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli Thomas A. Lukaszuk

#abpoli #cdnpoli #ablegGet ready #yyc check out #ForeverCanadian To expand to new locations, we need more volunteers to gather signatures. It could be as simple as looping in family and friends. Head to forever-canadian.ca for information.Thomas A. Lukaszuk 📷

Have webcam, will travel virtually to schools around the world. I'm booking virtual author visits and writing workshops for the new school year. Interested in what I can do? Please give me a shout. #virtualvisit #schoolvisit

UCP just said they have no appetite to pay what they claim is overmarket wages for Alberta teachers. What if we told the UCP that teachers were Turkish Tylenol?

It's Tuesday and the start of the school year. Time for another #PromptMyStory. "You can enhance one of your senses to superhuman levels. What is the sense you want to enhance and how would you use it?"

Just in time for the new school year, four webinars on how authors and illustrators can level up their school visits. #kidauthor bookcentre.ca/blogs/industry…

It's Tuesday! Time for #PromptMyStory, a story starter to help students get creative. Here's this week's prompt: "I woke up to the sound of my dog speaking English. When I tried to ask how this was possible, the only thing that came out of my mouth was 'Woof.'"

It's Tuesday! Time for another #PromptMyStory to movitate kids to be creative. You can write, draw, or tell the story from this writing prompt. "The room reeked of skunk, but all I could find were roses growing out of the floorboards. What happened here?" #teachertwitter

It's #PromptMyStory Tuesday! Time for another writing prompt to motivate kids to be creative. Here's this week's idea. "I overheard my cat talking to the neighbour's dog this morning, and it sounded like there's a master plot to take over the human world."

It's #PromptMyStory Tuesday. Time for another story starter to help motivate kids to write. "The turkeys have learned to fly and they're angry about Thanksgiving. Run!"

Holidays always mess with my schedule. Almost missed #PromptMyStory Tuesday. Here's this week's story starter to help kids get creative. "The furnace just kicked in for the winter, and I swear I hear giggling coming from the vents."

Almost forgot it's Tuesday. Time for another #PromptMyStory to motivate kids to write. Here's this week's prompt: "The leaves that fell from my tree bounced like superballs all the way down the street to the house that no one is allowed to visit on Halloween." #edutwitter

ime for another #PromptMyStory to motivate kids to write. "The Swiss cheese at the back of the fridge has grown four moldy legs, but what really bothers me is the deformed eye that keeps winking at me."

Tuesday rolls around for another #PromptMyStory. Teachers, if you're looking for a way to motivate your students to write, here is this week's prompt. "In my wildest dreams, I never imagined the search for my missing sock would lead me to Area 51."

It's #PromptMyStory Tuesday. Time for another story starter to get kids excited about writing. "Today, it snowed Corn Flakes." #edutwitter