This is the second book that teaches what to do with words so that we can put them together on paper. Learning is fun and the yard full of chickens are giggleworthy, too!
The illustrations by Rachel Suzanne are colorful, simple, and fun.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to everyone, but especially to a school, waiting room or your local public library!
I requested and received a temporary uncorrected proof galley from Gnome Road Publishing via NetGalley. Pub Date: Sep 09, 2025
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I loved the first book in this series written by the talented team of Kari Ann Gonzalez and Rachel Suzanne and was excited to read an advance copy provided by NetGalley. The familiar characters had me giggling once again while they tackled the new task of learning how to write. With clever and witty text combined with the bright and fun illustrations, I have no doubt that HOW TO HATCH A WRITER will inspire readers (and budding writers) everywhere!

What a fun way to learn some basics of writing! Young readers and families will enjoy this funny story about chickens learning to write.

How to Hatch a Writer, by author Kari Ann Gonzales and illustrator Rachel Suzanne, is a colorful, fun book for children who are learning to compose their own stories. Some concepts, such as the idea of complex sentences, may be difficult for younger kids to understand so I think they'll benefit most from going through the book with an adult. If this is used in a classroom or as some other learning experience, I expect the adult would need to proceed slowly; this doesn't read--to me, at least--as a child's book that can be read straight through.

This adorable picture book teaches basic components of writing, helping kids understand how to make a sentence. The illustrations are cute, and the story is clever and engaging, with lots of humor as the girl, chickens, and fox interact. The building tension related to the fox will hold kids' attention, and I like that this a fun storybook, not just a teaching tool. This is really effective, and this book is great for home and classroom contexts.

I received an electronic ARC from Gnome Road Publishing through NetGalley.
The Hatch Farm hens are back. Now that everyone can read, they want to teach Goldifox how to be a writer too. They gather words and talk about parts of speech with the readers and each other. They also model sentences and how to build them. A fun story that slips in writing lessons on every page.

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I loved this title, and its earlier one: How to hatch a reader.

It's witty.
It's clever.
It's corny.

Hey, that's right up my alley. Must read for smallies learning how to read and, in this case, write.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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This was very funny and informative. I love picture books where the words are telling one story, but the illustrations are telling another. Great read aloud, and especially would be great for classrooms! Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read!

Such a fun book to teach the basics of writing. I love the inclusion of Goldifox. The writing is informative but very accessible and fun. This would be a great read aloud book.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a really cute book. The pictures are adorable and the story is amusing in a way that would appeal to both kids and adults!

This was a very cute and amusing picture book! I would highly recommend it for the story, as well as the illustrations. The story itself has a good lesson, teaching the reader how to write proper sentences. i could see this book being a huge hit for elementary classrooms.

When asking for an advanced reader copy, I had not realized it was part of a series. Now I am eager to read the first!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book provided by the publisher via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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This is a very cute book about the sequence of skills for learning to write. I like that the book progresses along a continuum, from letter to paragraph.. There are several teaching points through out the book, with some helpful tips on the last page to support teachers and caregivers. I look forward to reading the previous book, How to Hatch a Reader.

Thank you so much to Gnome Road Publishing and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

Sequel story to How to Hatch a Reader, this book takes you back with the characters we met before, this time teaching her hens and the fox named Goldilocks how to write a sentence. From the very start of how to structure the sentence to how to write full sentences.

I liked that it was taught in stages, it helps get a child familiarised with the basic structure of a sentence, it then builds up and up, even show corrections to previously written sentences. I really think that aspect of it will be really beneficial to helping educate a child starting to write.

I thought it was really cute and children will certainly find the fox funny as they read the story. It was written well and shared enough about writing, with added information at the end. It has cute illustrations of all our characters we meet, a very good continuation from the previous book.

How to Hatch a Writer is the PERFECT book to those elementary school readers learning about sentence structure! The illustrations were bright and fun while the storyline was consistently engaging while educating. This book was great to introduce some basic sentence structure to my 4 year old, but I don't believe he could truly grasp the concepts yet. I believe this would be perfect for teachers and parents of those in 1st or 2nd grade!

“How to Hatch a Writer” by Kari Ann Gonzalez is a must have for classroom teachers. This is the perfect story to introduce parts of speech and punctuation while making it plenty humorous. It’s also a great way to introduce how to make your writing better with more powerful adjectives. I highly recommend it for school libraries, classroom collections, and homeschool families.
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My son who is just starting to read & learn about writing structure and patterns loved this. He especially loved the chicken outbursts being performed in a fun voice.

I initially expected 'How To Hatch A Writer' to be geared toward pre-emergent and emergent writers, like K or 1st grade students. While the illustrations are absolutely adorable and engaging, the content covers more advanced concepts like compound sentences, which typically aren't introduced until around 3rd grade in my state. As a primary teacher, I would read this book to my class and just skip the pages that are more advanced. It's a charming book overall, but not a perfect fit for early writers.

This writing book would be fun for k-2 teachers to show how to build writing up from a single word to multiple sentences. It has good vocabulary like the parts of speech and punctuation.

Thank you for the ARC. This book had very cute and bright illustrations which were eye catching. This book was a cute way to teach children about writing and grammar. What a creative way to engage children.

How to Hatch a writer is a book for children that teaches sentence structure, punctuation and grammar while also entertaining the readers with quirky characters. The information given was written in an age-appropriate learning level and it was very informative. Goldifox provided a fun and humorous backstory with her desire to eat the chickens while they were trying to teach her how to write.