Narrative for Schools was launched in response to requests from our global community of teachers who were already using the Narrative Library in their classrooms. Today Narrative for Schools provides educators and students around the world with easy-to-access resources that nurture the love of reading and writing. The student-focused activities and resources, in conjunction with the Narrative Library, are extraordinary tools for aspiring writers, avid student readers, and their teachers. Narrative for Schools is uniquely adaptable to local contexts and needs.
Narrative for Schools
- Builds a love of reading by empowering students and teachers with an ever-expanding library of contemporary stories, essays, and poems that are meaningful to young people
- Supports differentiated instruction, student-centered activities, and free-choice reading assignments through themed reading lists of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction
- Provides approachable and relevant models of high-quality writing, plus writing instruction from world-class authors
- Offers opportunities for student writers to be mentored by professional authors and published alongside the greats
- Promotes connection, empathy, and engaged citizenry
Narrative for Schools by the Numbers
Testimonials
“I will never forget the moment I was able to tell a student she had placed in the Narrative High School Writing Contest, a student who had dealt with so much adversity at home. She was open and vulnerable in her writing, and she was rewarded. Now she is an avid writer and a confident student.”
—Teacher at Appomattox Regional Governor’s School
“Thanks to Narrative for Schools, I got to see all my students, especially the young men of color, come to see the power and possibility of their voice.”
—Executive Director, Next Generation Scholars
“I found a field of diamonds in Narrative for Schools. Your website is wonderful and absolutely necessary for writers, aspiring writers, students, critics, and readers. Keep up the excellent work. Narrative for Schools will be my constant companion from now on.”
—Teacher in Florida, where nearly 2,700 titles were targeted for restriction or removal in schools and public libraries in 2023, according to data released by the American Library Association
