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Mission: Write with Stuart Gibbs

Stuart Gibbs is a New York Times bestselling author of series including Spy School, FunJungle, Charlie Thorne, and Once Upon a Tim. With the help of educators, we have created a creative writing video series that focuses on providing real world tips from Stuart Gibbs for aspiring young writers.

  • Each video unit focuses on one topic including: Anatomy of a Scene, Telling a Story, Revisions, and Writerly Advice.
  • Lesson plans, teacher instructions, and extension activities accompany each of the themes to help take students further within each topic.

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Lesson Plan Downloads

For further instruction on any of the video topics, you can download and distribute the writing extensions. Each episode topic has an accompany writer extension that can be used in conjunction with the video or separately.

Download the Complete Printable Lesson Plan Kit

About Stuart Gibbs

Stuart Gibbs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Charlie Thorne series, FunJungle series, Moon Base Alpha series, Once Upon a Tim series, and Spy School series. He has written screenplays, worked on a whole bunch of animated films, developed TV shows, been a newspaper columnist, and researched capybaras (the world's largest rodents). Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles.

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Spy School

Spy School

Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? In the first book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley sure hopes so—and his life may depend on it!

Charlie Thorn

Charlie Thorne

Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a thief. Charlie Thorne isn't old enough to drive. And now it's up to her to save the world…

FunJungle

FunJungle

Join middle school sleuth, Teddy Fitzroy, as he solves mysteries at FunJungle, the nation's largest zoo in this hilarious, New York Times bestselling series.

Moon Base Alpha

Moon Base Alpha

It's a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure! Twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson solves murders, finds missing people, and searches for a rogue poisoner in this far-out adventure series.

Once Upon a Tim

Once Upon a Tim

A hilarious, highly illustrated middle grade series about a peasant boy named Tim who dreams of becoming a knight. He doesn't know how to ride a horse or wield anything more deadly than a water bucket, but he's going to do whatever it takes to make sure his dream becomes a reality.