“Perhaps then, someday in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer. ” —Rainer Maria Riike, Letters To A Young Poet. Welcome to Summer 2013 Creative Writing! NOTE: YOU WILL SEE DOZENS OF ENTRIES ON THIS SITE ABOUT LITERATURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ONLY THOSE WITH THE CATEGORY…
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An intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creation, from the “Queen of the concept book”
“Subtle cutouts on each richly painted page of Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s ‘Green’ similarly create a mystical sense of complexity and continuity. In this case, the images on each page refer both backward and forward, permitting a fascinating interplay of shade and hue, from the ‘khaki green’ of a lizard to the ‘never green’ of a…
Harold Underdown: “YA isn’t going away … print end of the publishing business is healthy”
From my vantage point, at least, the excitement was in MG and picture books, and to some extent in nonfiction. YA isn’t going away but those other areas are coming back … All in all, and coupled with the news that membership in the ABA is growing, I got the sense that the print end…
What Can a Crane Pick Up? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and other great picture books
What makes a good picture book? Remember what it’s like to see spring for the first time? To get your first grown-up bed? To run in the park, on the beach, along the Brooklyn Promenade, and never want to slow down? To find sneezes hilarious and wrapping paper the best toy in the world? wrote…
The Warrior’s Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage
“It’s no small feat to make a difference in somebody’s life, and Greitens has written a book that is a fitting honor to all the people who made a difference in his. By sharing these stories with young readers, he now has a chance to make a difference in a few more.”- The New York…
Shadow Dance (Book One of the Shadow Saga) is a must read for any fantasy enthusiast
This gripping tale of heroism and valor, Shadow Dance by John Harrison, is ideal for young adults as well as mature readers. The plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will definitely resonate with the generation raised on epic battles between good and evil such as Harry Potter and Twilight. Novelist John Harrison has…
The poems in NASTY BUGS Lee Bennett Hopkins are itchingly great
Crossposted on Daily Kos Gross! … Boys will love this collection … a book of poetry with a decided ick factor. The bugs are delightfully nasty and include magots, chiggers, wasps, lice and bed bugs. Nasty Bugs by Lee Bennett Hopkins is a collection of creepy, crawly poems by some of today’s most beloved children’s…
BEA to Host Star Wars Reads Day Celebration at North America’s Largest Annual Book Convention
“Power Readers” to Participate in BookExpo America on Saturday, June 1st, 2013 For youngsters (as well as seasoned fans!) there will be a Star Wars Reads Day Celebration on BEA’s Uptown Stage featuring a trivia contest as well as signings by Star Wars authors and giveaways. Additionally, many other authors will be participating in BEA’s…
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
“It has always been with a sense of awe that I have regarded those who have either voluntarily or involuntarily, assumed the role of guardians of life and liberty, by taking an oath to preserve and defend the Constitution against enemies, foreign and domestic.,” writes Richard Larsen in the Idaho State Journal: I’m deeply moved…
Four Twitter ideas for teaching concise writing, a FREE Ebook and other resources
Here are some activities that I will use in my 10th and 11th grade creative writing class this summer for TRIO/Upward Bound. The strategies teach concise writing and are based on Twitter. However, the ideas can easily be adapted for other platforms including Facebook status updates or text messages. SOURCE: Less Is More: Using Social…
Young People's Pavilion 