December 2009
“There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent...”
– Marcel Proust (via kendalllouise)
(via libraryland)
“There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent...”
– Marcel Proust (via kendalllouise)
(via libraryland)
“A sentence says it all if the sentence is in just the right place.”
– Ward Cunningham (via nihilnoetia) (via delacroix) (via kendalllouise) (via libraryland)
henry jenkins on transmedia - storytelling through...
“As far as I’m concerned, I am a writer – whether my writing’s spoken or written...”
– Dylan Moran (via annieatkins) (via conorh) (via sometimesagreatnotion) (via crashinglybeautiful) (via libraryland)
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“Traditionally, stories would be told through one medium. A film would exist as a...”
– http://www.fourthstorymedia.com/
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“As always, one of her books was next to her.”
– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (via bookscakesnkisses) (via booklover)
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a vote for students having a say in what to read.
Harvey “Smokey” Daniels, Coauthor of Comprehension & Collaboration and Mini-lessons for Literature Circles ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Misconception: Adults who are...
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from heinemann.com:
Tom Romano, author of...
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“If you take a book with you on a journey,…an odd thing happens: The book begins...”
– Cornelia Funke (Inkheart) (via kari-shma) (via libraryland)
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soprano? alto? or bass?
voice is one of the most important - yet difficult - things to teach young writers. i’ve written about voice before and decided to post examples for readers. how do you teach someone how to have personality in his/her writing? as katie wood ray agrees, sharing examples with kids is key.
here’s an excerpt from the wonderful sharon creech’s granny torrelli makes soup:
Why I...
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let it go.
this book makes my heart swell every time I read it. the little yellow leaf by carin berger.
simple. beautiful. metaphoric.
read it and let go.
*from carin berger’s website:
Autumn arrives and all the other leaves fly off, but the Little Yellow Leaf clings to the branch of the great oak tree. I’m not ready yet, he thinks. This is a story of facing the unknown and a...
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you. me. us.
one thing i love about teaching with picture books is that they can make complex subjects accessible to young readers. the other side, written by the wonderful jacqueline woodson, approaches the ideas of segregation and racial tension in this beautifully illustrated book.
as woodson says on her site, “I wanted to write about how powerful kids can be. Clover and Annie fight against...
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Incredible children's libraries.
libraryland:
meagannnn:
As you may or may not know, I’m planning on becoming a librarian. Today I was being a dork and searching around the internet for cool elementary school libraries, and this is what I found:
Have I died and gone to heaven? If I could work in a library that looked remotely like any of these, I would freak out. These are all part of The Library Initiative, which...
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Watchthe lovely tricia shared this innovative literacy tool with me a few weeks ago, when she was invited by nokia to tour their research center.
family story play is a product that is currently being developed. according to their website, it “is a system that supports grandparents to read books together with their grandchildren over the Internet. The Story Play project is designed to improve...
“On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her the book,...”
– Matilda by Roald Dahl (via pictorialife) (via libraryland)
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reading rockets.
if you’re an educator, parent, or person who just loves children’s literature, then you must go to readingrockets.org.
this website has videos and podcasts of some of the most pressing issues in education and literacy today. author interviews and tips for helping dormant readers are also on here.
it’s just a gem.
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twibes.
there is this really cool tool for educational networking and discussions called twibes.
interested in finding out about conferences centered around adolescent lit? check here.
chatting with principals more your thing? your prayers have been answered!
there are hundreds of groups to choose from. love it!
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“ Kids not only need to read a lot but they need lots of books they can read...”
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“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to...”
“At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string...”
– Alberto Manguel (via pithia) (via libraryland)
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“ It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them...”
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“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of...”
“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the...”
– Orson Scott Card (via ilovereadingandwriting)
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“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” - Emilie...”
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How to Use Reading to Become a Better Writer
ilovereadingandwriting:
There are two ways to become a better writer, in general: write a lot, and read a lot.
There are no other steps.
Of course, within those two general directives, there are lots of more specific advice I can give you, and that other professional writers would offer. Let’s take a look at the second general directive: read a lot.
Why Reading Makes You a Better Writer
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“I’ve traveled the world twice over,
Met the famous; saints and sinners,...”
