Interacting with young writers in Arkansas

For Teachers and Media Specialists

Resources and information



I love to visit schools and libraries. For rates and availability, please write to me at TracyTBarrett@​yahoo.com. For a .pdf with many tips on hosting an author visit, including suggested sources for funding, please click here. For further information on me and my books, a sample contract, book-order forms, and more, please write to me at TracyTBarrett@​yahoo.com.

I enjoy communicating with my readers and answer all emails sent to me at TracyTBarrett@​yahoo.com. If students write to me via surface mail, please have them include a stamped, self-addressed envelope for a reply.

All of my novels and some of my nonfiction works have been designated as AR books.

Feel free to use the copyrighted excerpts of my 2010 releases in class for writing exercises or whatever classroom applications you find helpful. For use in any other way, please write to me at TracyTBarrett@​yahoo.com for permission.

I've created class activities (see downloads and links below) for my novels. This material is copyrighted, but teachers and media specialists may make enough copies for classroom use with students without permission. Please write to me at TracyTBarrett@​yahoo.com for permission to use it in any other way.

I would appreciate feedback and suggestions for more activities. Please note that I did not write, commission, or have any input into the curriculum guide or trivia quiz for Anna of Byzantium.

Also see the booktalk guide for Anna of Byzantium in Lucy Schall's Booktalks and More: Motivating Teens to Read, pp. 196-198.

Click on a title to read reviews!

Fiction for young readers
The Case that Time Forgot
Book 3 of "The Sherlock Files"
The Beast of Blackslope
Book 2 of "The Sherlock Files"
The 100-Year-Old Secret
Book 1 of "The Sherlock Files"
On Etruscan Time
Will Hector be able to right an ancient wrong?
Cold in Summer
Is helping a mysterious new friend worth the risk?
Anna of Byzantium
Intrigue in the world of medieval Byzantium
Nonfiction for young readers
The Ancient Chinese World
The civilization of ancient China for middle-school readers
The Ancient Greek World
The civilization of ancient Greece for middle-school readers
Growing Up in Colonial America
Childhood in the American colonies