Aimee Buckner

Aimee Buckner always wanted to be a teacher. Not only does she love school supplies, but she also loves watching children grow intellectually and emotionally. "I enjoy being around children and working with them," she says. "I love learning new things, so as I get to teach science and social studies, I get to learn along with the kids. It's great."

Aimee was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and even as a child her future career as a teacher was certain. "My parents even put a blackboard on the wall of my playroom. My Mom was a teacher and I used her old teacher editions and leftover dittos to play school. It's just who I am."

She is the author of Notebook Know-How and the video series Inside Notebooks. "Notebook Know-How was an easy book to write," she says. "It's what I know and what I do. I didn't have to do a lot of extra research just for the book. . . . Also, the old adage we tell kids, 'write what you know' is the same for authors. I write what I know, so that the book becomes an extension of myself and a doorway to a deeper understanding of what I'm already doing in the classroom."

Aimee has taught children in grades three through six and is currently teaching fourth graders at Brookwood Elementary School in Georgia. She speaks at national conferences, including NCTE and IRA, and at literacy conferences in Indiana, New York City, Boston, and throughout Georgia. Her areas of specialty are reading and writing and she is a regular contributor to the website Choice Literacy.

Listen to an audio interview (podcast) with Aimee
Watch a video interview with Aimee and Joanne Hindley