April 2010
Children's Bestsellers 2009: The Reign Continues -... →
The Well-Read-Aged-Female-Teacher « educating... →
top 100 children’s books.
Gene Luen Yang’s Prime Baby « educating alice →
It is the story of Thaddeus who is none too happy with his attention-hogging baby sister. A sardonic, isolated, and book-smart (if not people-smart) eight-year-old seeking the right sort of attention from his parents and peers, Thaddeus is a cranky, but endearing protagonist. And when he determines that his little sister has something to do with a bunch of aliens…well, read this witty...
Teaching With Blogs: Top Ten Children’s Books «... →
“Once I began a book, I couldn’t put it down. It was like an addiction; I read...”
– Haruki Murakami(via suzywire) (via prettygeek) (via watersnakes) (via merricat) (via unicornology) (via scooterjinx) (via booklover)
“Write about the emotions you fear the most.”
– Laurie Halse Anderson (via wordpainting)
Millions Of Book Club Readers, 140 Characters
“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the...”
– Annie Proulx (via wordpainting) (via awritersruminations)
“Back before the digital revolution, access to information was an issue. The size...”
– Seth’s Blog: The coming melt-down in higher education (as seen by a marketer) (via infoneer-pulse)
“I think the people who become the most interesting writers are always going to...”
– Kay Ryan
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You have to write whichever book it is that wants...
Love the writing, love the writing, love the...
Writing. I love the swirl & swing of words as they...
In conversation you can use timing, a look, an...
Read, read, read. Read everything- trash,...
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in...
Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise....
Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the...
A writer's voice is not character alone, it is not...
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So this is always the key: you have to write the...
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A writer's job is to imagine everything so...
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the...
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I believe that good questions are more important...
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The best children's book writers are not people...
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9 Tips for Writing Stories
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Ten read-aloud commandments
Mem Fox’s Ten Read Aloud Commandments
1. Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud.
2. Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read.
3. Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be...
HOW TO READ ALOUD
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Mem Fox » And Do It Like This
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Write from the Inside by Judy Blume
The best books come from someplace deep inside. You don’t write because you want to, but because you have to. Become emotionally involved. If you don’t care about your characters, your readers won’t either.
Those of us who write do it because there are stories inside us burning to get out. Writing is essential to our well-being. If you’re that...
“We also write to heighten our own awareness of life. We write to lure and...”
– Anaïs Nin from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol.5 (1954) (via predatorywaspobserver) (via awritersruminations)
“When text is shared, remixed and recombined in new contexts, fresh value is...”
– The iPad and the Future of Text - Digits - WSJ (via infoneer-pulse)
Texting poetry inspires kids to learn |... →
