Dogland Blog
Finding Joy in a Bowl
Thank you to Ashland Creek Press for posting my essay about a fish, a snail, and a very wise 10-year-old on its blog. You can read the essay here. Jacki Skole is an award-winning journalist, author and adjunct professor of communication. A...
read morePuppies CAN be presents
My eleven-year-old daughter bought a shirt that reads, “Puppies aren’t presents.” It’s a slogan you hear a lot this time of year, but puppies—and dogs of any age—can be presents, and the holidays can be a great time to give them, so long as a...
read moreDog Tales: Stories about dogs written by the children who love them
This Dog Tales post is unique in that it is a joint offering from sisters Melissa and Alice, who share letters they wrote to the family’s dog, Tako. As with all stories in this series, the girls’ letters have not been edited for spelling or...
read moreDOGLAND featured
Thank you to Sheila Boneham for posting an interview about DOGLAND on Writers and Other Animals. You can read the interview here. Also, if you haven't followed me on Facebook, please do. In addition to posting information about DOGLAND and all...
read moreDog Tales: Stories about dogs written by the children who love them
This is the seventh in a series of stories written by young people. Writing encourages children to explore their relationships with pets and works to strengthen the human-animal bond. After all, today’s youth are tomorrow’s pet owners. Stories...
read moreABOUT
Jacki Skole is an award-winning journalist, author and adjunct professor of communication. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, she spent a decade as a writer and producer at CNN before turning to teaching. Jacki launched WRITE Now to assist students in writing the college application essays that will chart their future. Read More...
