tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77671601104506933702024-03-14T02:41:52.216-07:00Wendy WaxChildren's book author and illustrator writes about writing, books, and whateverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767160110450693370.post-59941766117594843502010-11-24T19:51:00.001-08:002010-11-29T14:36:11.398-08:00November Carnival of Children's Literature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8oFihv_xbQ5jWgKlmy4Y4nOt5EePStcPqz4XSFdWaI6gpwjxF5ydr12LRF7dWJDMXAhdGIFI5844VCIsHnNF0rFzTvNPa4iYWHuamfmHnO6Cgj8mkYenIS1KieMFKe4hkQpadXOnm7BB/s1600/leaf+tent+bigger+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8oFihv_xbQ5jWgKlmy4Y4nOt5EePStcPqz4XSFdWaI6gpwjxF5ydr12LRF7dWJDMXAhdGIFI5844VCIsHnNF0rFzTvNPa4iYWHuamfmHnO6Cgj8mkYenIS1KieMFKe4hkQpadXOnm7BB/s400/leaf+tent+bigger+for+blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Step right up! It's here at last-- </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">November’s grand event!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Leave the chilly air outside.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's cozy in the tent. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Come and see what’s on display.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There’s quite an eclectic mix…</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">recommended children’s books and</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">illustration tricks,</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">writing tips and interviews,</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">stories, poems, and art.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The list goes on, and as your host,</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I’m pleased to do my part. </span></span><br />
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-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">W</span>ith so much to read, </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">how does one choose? </span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Check out all these</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">B</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">O</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">O</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">K</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">R</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">E</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">V</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">I</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">E</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">W</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">S</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">! </span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Andromeda Jazmon</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">presents <a href="http://awrungsponge.blogspot.com/2010/11/giving-thanks-native-american-morning.html">Giving Thanks: A Native American Morning Message</a>. Author<a href="http://awrungsponge.blogspot.com/2010/11/giving-thanks-native-american-morning.html"> Chief Jake Swamp</a>, a force for world peace who, before his recent death, served on the Council of Chiefs in the Mohawk-Iroquois Nation, shares a poem and prayer for peace and thanksgiving. I give thanks to Andromeda (also know as "cloudscome") for sharing this timely post.</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://storiedcities.blogspot.com/2010/11/musical-city-gabriellas-song.html">Storied Cities</a>,</span> Erica</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> indroduces us to <a href="http://storiedcities.blogspot.com/2010/11/musical-city-gabriellas-song.html">Musical City: Gabriella's Song</a>. This charming picture book by <a href="http://www.windingoak.com/booking/fleming.html">Candace Fleming</a> celebrates the gentler sounds of the Venice, including the slap-slaps of laundry, the bump-bump of gondolas. Erica says she looks for books that highlight cities other than the overly famous New York City. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Anastasia Suen</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">at <a href="http://weekendreads.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/the-buddy-files-the-case-of-the-lost-boy/">Weekend Reads</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">introd</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">uces the early chapter book <a href="http://weekendreads.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/the-buddy-files-the-case-of-the-lost-boy/">The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy</a>. <a href="http://www.kidswriter.com/">Dori Hillestad</a> tells the story in first-dog narrative!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://picturebooksinelt.blogspot.com/2010/11/about-being-friends.html">Passionate about Picture Books</a>, </span>Sandie </span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mourão</span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> shares one of her favorite picture books: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2847">Chris Raschka</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">'s Caldecott winner, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://picturebooksinelt.blogspot.com/2010/11/about-being-friends.html">Yo! Yes?</a>. This witty, offbeat book is about </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">the budding friendship between a black boy and a white boy. Its vibrant, colorful illustrations and minimal text give the book a dynamic energy.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mary Ann Scheuer </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">presents <a href="http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/2010/11/ninth-ward-by-jewell-parker-rhodes.html">Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes</a>, an inspiring story about 12-year-old Lanesha who doesn't have enough money to escape New Orleans during the evacuation pre-Hurricane Katrina. Mama Ya-Ya encourages Lanesha to believe in herself, which gives Lanesha an inner-strength that helps save them both. Mary Ann describes Rhodes' writing as "beautifully evocative".</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">At <a href="http://blog.wrappedinfoil.com/2010/11/travels-with-gannon-and-wyatt/">Wrapped in Foil</a>, <b>Roberta Gibson</b> introduces </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://Travels With Gannon and Wyatt">Travels With Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">the first book in a new series by Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet. With the feel of non-fiction, this fictionalized account of the real-life adventures of two boys is told via journal entries written by the two boys. <a href="http://Travels With Gannon and Wyatt">Travels With Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana</a> won a Silver Moonbeam award for Best First Book.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://ncteacherstuff.blogspot.com/2010/11/mr-putneys-quacking-dog.html">NC Teacher Stuff</a>,</span> Jeff Barger</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> presents the picture book, <a href="http://www.jonagee.com/html/bio.php">Mr. Putney's Quacking Dog</a>. "Jon Agee's illustrations are humorous and intelligent," says Jeff, who believes the book's </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">word play would be great to read in the classroom.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://simplyscience.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/100th-post-infections-infestations-and-diseases/">SimplyScience Blog</a>,</span> Shirley Duke<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, in her 100th post, </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">introduces us to her non-fiction book: <a href="http://simplyscience.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/100th-post-infections-infestations-and-diseases/">Infections, Infestations, and Disease</a>. Shirley says, "This book is a starting point for kids interested in what makes you sick or those who are curious about the world and themselves." The book is filled with fascinating facts for eager young scientists and includes two <a href="http://simplyscience.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/100th-post-infections-infestations-and-diseases/">germ-free activities</a> for kids.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessons-from-eva-ibbotson.html">Book Aunt</a>, </span>Kate Coombs</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> shares her passion for the books of the late <a href="http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessons-from-eva-ibbotson.html">Eva Ibbotson</a>. <a href="http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessons-from-eva-ibbotson.html">Ibbotson</a> has a gift for creating quirky, creepy wizards, ogres, witches, and ghosts. For example, <a href="http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessons-from-eva-ibbotson.html">The Chewer</a>, a headless ghost, had a head "so stuck up with chewing gum that he had left it on the train". </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessons-from-eva-ibbotson.html">Ibbotson</a>'s books include <a href="http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessons-from-eva-ibbotson.html">The Secret of Platform 13, Which Witch?, The Ogre of Oglefort</a>, and <a href="http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/lessons-from-eva-ibbotson.html">Dial a Ghost</a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Find out which book "charmed the socks off" Kate Coombs. </span><br />
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</span></span></div></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Zoe Toft</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> shares her admiration of the British illustrator <a href="http://www.playingbythebook.net/2010/11/11/the-ability-of-stories-to-transport-us/">Karin Littlewood</a> and her latest book <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/playbythebook-21/detail/1862338035">Immi</a> at <a href="http://www.playingbythebook.net/2010/11/11/the-ability-of-stories-to-transport-us/">Playing by the book</a>. <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/playbythebook-21/detail/1862338035">Immi</a>, an Inuit girl, goes ice fishing and catches not a fish but a surprise. Zoe shows us how she and her daughters took the book one step further and built an <a href="http://www.playingbythebook.net/2010/11/11/the-ability-of-stories-to-transport-us/">indoor ice-cube igloo</a>. Find out how!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://thechildrenswar.blogspot.com/2010/11/cherry-ames-veterans-nurse-by-helen.html">The Children's War</a>, </span>Alex Baugh </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">gives a detailed account of the re-released</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1733274297"> </a></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://thechildrenswar.blogspot.com/2010/11/cherry-ames-veterans-nurse-by-helen.html">Cherry Ames Veterans' Nurse, by Helen Wells</a>. In this book, Cherry Ames, a character who appears in 27 mystery novels first published by Grosset and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Dunlap between 1943 and 1968, joins the Army Nurse Corps and works in a VA hospital where she's put in charge of five wounded veterans.</span><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tarie</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">at <a href="http://asiaintheheart.blogspot.com/2010/11/andy-mulligan-and-chris-cheng-in-manila.html">Asia in the Heart, World on the Mind</a> updates us on the first <a href="http://asiaintheheart.blogspot.com/2010/11/andy-mulligan-and-chris-cheng-in-manila.html">Manila International Literary Festival</a>, which took place in the Philippines on November 18-20. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">British author <a href="http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Andrew-Mulligan/62670603">Andy Mulligan</a> and Australian author <a href="http://www.chrischeng.com/">Chris Cheng</a> spoke about the children's book market, and Andy Mulligan's YA novel <a href="http://asiaintheheart.blogspot.com/2010/11/andy-mulligan-and-chris-cheng-in-manila.html">Trash</a>, which <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/">School Library Journal</a> named one of the best books of 2010, was featured.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://applewithmanyseedsdoucette.blogspot.com/2010/11/super-modeling-artsy-inspiration.html">Apples With Many Seeds</a>, </span>Tammy Flanders</span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> suggests we inspire kids "artsy" sides by introducing them to books like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Friend-Sharp-Pencil-Classroom/dp/0375853383/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1290684846&sr=1-1">Hanoch Piven's My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil</a> (a book of fun similes and metaphors) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Henny-Penny-Jane-Wattenberg/dp/0439078172/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290684819&sr=8-1">Jane Wattenberg's Henny-Penny</a>. The collages in both books are brilliantly funny and creative. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">You might want to cover your ears before reading</span> Jama Rattigan<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">'s</span></span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> review of <a href="http://jamarattigan.livejournal.com/485353.html">Holler Loudly, by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Barry Gott!</a> at <a href="http://jamarattigan.livejournal.com/485353.html">Jama Rattigan's Alphabet Soup</a>. Holler, the main character, has such a LOUD voice it blows off rooftops, upends desks at school, and gets him thrown out of a movie theater. The spreads SCREAM for our attention, and just when our ears need a rest, we're served a bowl of delicious looking alphabet soup--to be SLURPED LOUDLY. The sweet, desserts at the end look yummy! </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">...and speaking of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">L</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">O</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">U</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">D</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span>...</span></b></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></b></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wendy</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Wax</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> wants to know <a href="http://wendywax.blogspot.com/2010/11/who-took-quiet-out-of-libraries.html">Who Took the Quiet Out of Libraries?</a> Have </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> noticed how loud libraries have become?</span></span></div></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Whistle and shout! </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Clap and cheer! </span></b></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; 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-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">N</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">T</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">E</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">R</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">V</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">I</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">E</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">W</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">S</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span> </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">are here!</span></b></span></div><div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Margo Tanenbaum</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> interviews author <a href="http://fourthmusketeer.blogspot.com/2010/11/author-interview-kristin-odonnell-tubb.html">Kristin O’Donnell Tubb</a> at <a href="http://fourthmusketeer.blogspot.com/2010/11/author-interview-kristin-odonnell-tubb.html">The Fourth Muskateer</a> about her second book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Selling-Hope-Kristin-Donnell-Tubb/dp/0312611226/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290692412&sr=1-1">Selling Hope</a>, which is set during the comet hysteria of 1920. Kristin says she came across this great idea while she was doing a research project for an activity book. "I discovered that Earth actually passed through the tail of the comet on May 18 and 19, 1910," she says. When Kristin read that all the hype led to people selling "comet pills", she knew she had to write </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Selling-Hope-Kristin-Donnell-Tubb/dp/0312611226/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290692412&sr=1-1">Selling Hope</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Children's book author<b> Lizann Flatt</b> interviews Rebecca Upjohn, author of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://flattperspective.blogspot.com/2010/11/rebecca-upjohn-creating-through-clamour.html">Last Loon</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://flattperspective.blogspot.com/2010/11/rebecca-upjohn-creating-through-clamour.html">Patrick's Wish</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">, and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://flattperspective.blogspot.com/2010/11/rebecca-upjohn-creating-through-clamour.html">Lily and the Paper Man</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">at <a href="http://flattperspective.blogspot.com/2010/11/rebecca-upjohn-creating-through-clamour.html">The Flatt Perspective</a>. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">How does the author create through the clamour of her busy life? Lizann asks. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Rebecca </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">shares the way she juggles the different parts of her life.</span><br />
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</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-documentary-explores-cultural.html">Rick Sincere's News and Thoughts</a>, </span>Rick Sincere </b>reminds us that it's the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's 1960 novel<a href="http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-documentary-explores-cultural.html"> To Kill a Mockingbird</a>. Independent film maker<a href="http://www.marymurphy.net/"> Mary McDonagh Murphy</a> has written a companion book, <a href="http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-documentary-explores-cultural.html">Scout, Atticus and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird</a>, to go with her new <a href="http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-documentary-explores-cultural.html">documentary</a>. Mary believes that teachers assign </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-documentary-explores-cultural.html">To Kill a Mockingbird</a> to their classes year after year because of the indelible characters, social message, and race and class issues. </span></span><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Carl Schwanke</b> shares <a href="http://jaja-cas.blogspot.com/2010/11/interview-with-somone-who-both-reader.html">An Interview With Someone Who's Both a Reader Guy AND a Writer Guy</a> at <a href="http://jaja-cas.blogspot.com/2010/11/interview-with-somone-who-both-reader.html">Boys Rule Boys Read</a>! Twelve-year-old "Dark Omen" talks about the science fiction novel he is writing which is filled with adventure and mystery--but no romance. "Why waste words on romance and all that stuff when there are space battles?" says Dark Omen.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; 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-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">T</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">R</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">A</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">O</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">R</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">S</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span> </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">on parade!</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Find out how the art gets made.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jacquitta McManus</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> presents <a href="http://worldstodiscover.com/Storyteller/?p=421">3 of the Author's Favorite Illustrations in Labyrinth's Door - Anyia "Dream of a Warrior"</a> at <a href="http://worldstodiscover.com/Storyteller/?p=421">Journey of a Storyteller</a>. Jacquitta says, "I started writing children stories years ago. It came out of a desire to create characters I felt my daughter could relate to. It also came from a desire to create stories that would excite her imagination when she laid in bed at night. This is my Journey." (The name of the talented illustrator</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">--</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://blackartinamerica.com/profile/ToujourByrd?xg_source=activity">Toujour Byrd</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">--whose illustrations are featured in the post should really be mentioned in the post!)</span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://gingerpixels.blogspot.com/2010/10/traditional-digital-tradigital.html">Traditional + Digital = TRADIGITAL</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ginger Nielson</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> says there's no reason to frown upon "digitized" artwork. Ginger shows how she mixes traditional and digital styles in her own work. Her traditional sketch and watercolor study are lovely, as is the final painting done in a digital painting program, which only enhances her original artwork. </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">At <a href="http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2009/11/11/illustration-for-picture-books-part-1/">Daily Art Food</a>, <b>Wendy Martin</b> presents <a href="http://wendymartinillustration.com/wordpress/2009/11/11/illustration-for-picture-books-part-1/">Illustration for Picture Books</a>. "What makes a great picture book?" says Wendy. "It’s a combination of stellar text and outstanding pictures, of course. This two part article covers the basics and gives lessons on how to begin your own book dummy."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">R</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">T</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">N</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">G </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">T</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">P</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">S</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span> are always key.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What works for you may work for me.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">At <a href="http://poemfarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/just-write-my-poem-writing-year-208.html">The Poem Farm</a>,</span> Amy Ludwig VanDerwater</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> shares a poem called <a href="http://poemfarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/just-write-my-poem-writing-year-208.html">Just Write</a>, which she wrote to encourage young writers. Also included are two great book suggestions for teachers. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Carmela Martino</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> presents <a href="http://www.teachingauthors.com/2010/11/writing-with-your-gluteus-maximus.html">Mary Ann Rodman</a>'s post <a href="http://www.teachingauthors.com/2010/11/writing-with-your-gluteus-maximus.html">Writing with Your Gluteus Maximus</a>. How does this "Master Procrastinator" get herself writing? She uses the "B-I-C" rule, which she explains simply. A must-read for easily-distracted writers.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A mom and dad are very fond</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">of taking books </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">O</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">N</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">E </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">S</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">E</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">P </span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">B</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">E</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Y</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">O</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">N</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">D</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span>.</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">At <a href="http://pamelajorrick.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-like-ma-ingalls.html">Blah, Blah, Blog</a>, <b>Pamela Jorrick</b> talks about the deep connection she feels with <a href="http://pamelajorrick.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-like-ma-ingalls.html">"Ma Ingalls"</a> from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_793194917">the L</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_793194917">ittle House </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://the Little House books">books</a>. When Pamela read <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_793194917">the L</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_793194917">ittle House </a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://the Little House books">books</a></span></span> with her kids, they were actually living "off the grid" in the California mountains with a wood stove, very little electricity, and an oil lamp to read by. Pamela likes what her kids gained from the experience and continues to remind them of that way of life. She even recruited "Pa" to <a href="http://pamelajorrick.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-like-ma-ingalls.html">make lanterns</a> with the kids--a craft that, rather than collecting dust, can actually be used.</span><br />
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</div><div>Personally, I think it's a waste of energy to worry about idea-snatchers. There are trillions of ideas out there and what are the chances that someone will choose <i>your</i> idea, as unique as it is? I'm not saying you should post your best ideas on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wendy-Wax/117172760031?ref=ts">Facebook</a> or Twitter or on a billboard in Times Square, but I do think you'll be better off channeling that worry-energy into something more creative. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Have <i>I</i> ever had an idea stolen? Yes--and not just an idea. One day I was at <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/">Barnes & Noble</a> and saw that a book <i>I</i> had written--same title, same text, and illustrations that followed my art notes--had been published under the name of an illustrator I had hired to do a sample illustration for my book. <i>How dare she?! </i>I thought at the time, and I was pretty bummed out. I got a lawyer, scrounged around for correspondence, and didn't believe her story about how she had tried to track me down (not a difficult task) to ask my permission. Case over; her book is still out there. </div><div><br />
</div><div>But even still...I got over it and, in the long run, went on to write <a href="http://wendywax.com/">books</a> I liked better than that one. The more I write, the more ideas I have, and the more ideas I have, the less time I have to write them all down. I believe that's true for most children's book writers. If I'm every stuck for ideas, I just go to New York City and look up at the thousands of windows everywhere, and remember that there is a world of stories that haven't yet been written--or at least not in the way I would do it.<br />
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If someone steals your idea, take it as a compliment and know you'll come up with another one...or two...or ten. Look up at the city windows or twinkling stars and remember that you live in a world of abundance. Old ideas are always being recycled; new ideas pop up when you least expect them. <br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767160110450693370.post-27165822659354349352010-02-02T14:25:00.000-08:002010-03-08T09:00:02.905-08:00If a Child Really, Really, Really Wants a Book, Why Insist He/She Buy a Different One?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">I hadn't thought of the classic </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Now-We-Are-Six-Deluxe/dp/0525479295/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266867450&sr=1-1">Now We Are Six</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne">A. A. Milne</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">years</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">--and then I overheard this conversation in a <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/">Barnes & Noble</a>:</span></span></span></span></i><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Mom: Choose a book and I'll buy it for you.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Son: I want THIS one!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Mom: I'm NOT buying that for you. It's too young. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Son: But I really, really, really want this one. Pleease.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Mom: That book is too babyish for you. It's called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Now-We-Are-Six-Deluxe/dp/0525479295/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266867450&sr=1-1">Now We Are Six</a></span>--but YOU just turned seven. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">I wanted to pop out from behind the shelves and 1. inform the mom that her son had made an excellent choice, having selected an ageless, timeles, classic poetry book; 2. read them "<a href="http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/58211-A-A--Milne-Sneezles">Sneezles</a>", one of my favorite poems in the book; and 3. buy one copy of the book for myself and another for the boy.) But knowing it really wasn't my business, I did nothing. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">As a parent, I understand how the mom might want her 7-year-old to choose a book that's right for his reading level. But as a book lover who is passionate about choosing her own books, I can't help but wish for children to be allowed a similar freedom. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;">As a children's book author, I participate in many book fairs and often hear parents trying to steer their children into making the "right" book choices. I'm so used to this that when a child is interested in my picture book <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Witch-Country-Switch-Wendy/dp/0761454292/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266867899&sr=1-1">City Witch, Country Switch</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">I automatically tell the parents that it's not a Halloween book. </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Why? Because younger kids who fall in love <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bus-Booville-Reading-Railroad-Wendy/dp/0448431890/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266867965&sr=1-1">Bus to Booville</a></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bus-Booville-Reading-Railroad-Wendy/dp/0448431890/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266867862&sr=8-1"> </a>or </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><a href="http://www.wendywax.com/">You Can't Scare Me</a>--<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">two of my books that ARE Halloween books</span>--<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">are often told "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">no</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">because it's not Halloween," as if </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">kids don't love monsters, ghosts, and spooky stuff all year around! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">When a child really, really, really wants a book, what's wrong with responding with an automatic "no"?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">1. The child might<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"> feel he makes poor choices.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">2. It robs him of the chance to explore, enjoy, and learn from a book she was drawn to.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">3. It implies that there's a "right" and "wrong" answer in choosing a book. When a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"> parent asks the child to "choose" a book, shouldn't he/she be able to do just that?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;">If your child buys a book that's too easy, so what. Suggest he read it to a younger kid. If he chooses a book that's too difficult, either read it to him or save it until he grows into it. If the book never gets read, arrange for your child to donate it to a library or charity. It's all good! And your child will know that you value his taste in books.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">My 9-year-old son has always gravitated to non-fiction books way above his level. If I'd said no because of reading level, he'd never have gotten frustrated with the words...and I'd never have ended up reading to him...and he'd never have learned as much as he knows now about spies, mummies, pyramids, pirates, venomous creatures, and World War II as he does. Did my son learn to read? Of course--all kids do. But because his earlier book choices were not on his level, he now knows more than I did at his age, and he chooses his books with confidence and excitement.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Fortunately, there are plenty of parents who leave the book choice up to their child--regardless of level. Many adults still enjoy their childhood favorites like I do--which reminds me. I'm going to read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne">A. A. Milne</a>'s poem <a href="http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/58211-A-A--Milne-Sneezles">Sneezles</a> before my son comes home from school. I hope a copy finds its way to the boy from Barnes &Noble via a librarian, teacher, grandma, or--better yet--his mom who eventually comes to her senses.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7767160110450693370.post-54797555118702079312010-01-25T09:08:00.000-08:002010-02-02T04:35:47.804-08:00You Wrote a Children's Picture Book--So NOW What?Everyone has an unpublished children's story somewhere in a drawer--at least it seems that way to me. "Can you help me get my book published?" I'm always being asked.<br /><br />I wish I <i>did</i> have a magic wand that could publish the stories of my choice (including my own!). But the best I can offer are 10 tips to help you determine whether your picture book manuscript is ready to be submitted to a publisher.<br /><br />1. YOU like your story, but will parents and kids choose it over the bookstore's competing bestsellers? Go to Barnes & Noble and read as many new books as you can in your story's category. These days children's books are pretty sophisticated, so if your story was written when your 20-year-old was 4, it probably needs freshening up.<br /><br />2. Clichés make editors yawn. Not that talking animals; the shy, new kid who tries to fit in; or the red-headed tomboy are taboo--but if you use them, make sure they're surprisingly fresh.<br /><br />3. Teachy-preachy is no good. If your story involves a "lesson," bury it deep, deep, deep beneath an engaging character and story. (In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pierre-Cautionary-Tale-Chapters-Prologue/dp/0064432521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265056561&sr=1-1">Maurice Sendak's </a><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pierre-Cautionary-Tale-Chapters-Prologue/dp/0064432521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265056561&sr=1-1">Pierre</a>, </i>Pierre learns not to say "I don't care" when his indifference leads him to be eaten by a lion!) <div><br /></div><div>4. Does your story work on more than one level? For parents to shell out money for a picture book these days, it's usually for a book that can be read again and again and again.<br /><br />5. If your first sentence doesn't grab the reader, what will? When it comes to titles, first sentences, and endings, there are infinite possibilities. I write pages and pages of each until I find the winning one. I like Arthur Yorinks beginning to <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Louis-Fish-Reading-Rainbow-Book/dp/0374445982/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265056494&sr=8-1">Louis the Fish</a></i>: "One day last spring, Louis, a butcher, turned into a fish." Endings have endless possibilities--think surprise, twist, humor.... have fun with it!</div><div><br /></div><div>6. Make sure your book hasn't already been written. Do title and subject searches on Amazon. If your idea has been done but not for several years, I wouldn't worry about it. If your idea is all over the place, make sure it's obvious that yours is completely different or go back to the computer and write something else. </div><div><div><br />7. Having a major dramatic question (MDQ) is a must! What is your character trying to achieve? This question must be obvious at least 1/3 of the way through and must be answered by the end of the book. Your character must actively pursue his/her goal and go through some sort of change to get there. </div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div>8. Humor is good. If you can keep kids (and adults) laughing throughout you've probably got a winner. </div><div><br /></div><div>9. If you're trying to find an illustrator for your story, don't bother. Editors prefer to choose their own illustrators unless the author is also an illustrator. Many editors say don't include art notes but I include brief notes where they're needed. If, say, an armadillo must appear in the art but isn't in the text, you'd need to note this.</div><div><br /></div><div>10. Editors say they have no interest in rhyming books. If I had listened to this, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Witch-Country-Switch-Wendy/dp/0761454292/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265048685&sr=8-1">City Witch, Country Switch</a>, <a href="http://www.wendywax.com/">Bus to Booville</a>, </i><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Look-Whos-Buzzing-Touch-Sniff-Listen/dp/1581179111/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265049058&sr=1-1">Look Who's Buzzing</a></i><i>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Family-Christmas-Wendy-Wax/dp/1581176252/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265049122&sr=1-1">Animal Family Christmas</a>, <a href="http://www.wendywax.com/">You Can't Scare Me</a>, <a href="http://www.wendywax.com/">A Very Mice Christmas</a>, </i>and <i><a href="http://www.wendywax.com/">Class Picture Day</a></i>--all rhyming books--would still be sitting in a Folder on my Desktop. If you're good at rhyming, and can avoid grabbing at contrived words to make something work, go for it! </div><div><br /></div><div>Good luck!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.wendywax.com/">www.wendywax.com</a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0