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From: Caroline Parr <cparr>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 96 10:00:57 EST
I echo Jane Kurtz's concern with storytelling in science books. I have just read Joanna Cole's new autobiography, "On the bus with Joanna Cole," published by Heinemann this year (I think it's not in front of me!). She has a marvelous passage describing how she does research for her books, and she makes the same exact point: informational books are not just a collection of facts, but a coherent story about something. She makes this point in relation to writing reports as well, not bad advice for all the homework sufferers out there.
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 96 10:00:57 EST
I echo Jane Kurtz's concern with storytelling in science books. I have just read Joanna Cole's new autobiography, "On the bus with Joanna Cole," published by Heinemann this year (I think it's not in front of me!). She has a marvelous passage describing how she does research for her books, and she makes the same exact point: informational books are not just a collection of facts, but a coherent story about something. She makes this point in relation to writing reports as well, not bad advice for all the homework sufferers out there.
-- Caroline S. Parr (cparr at leo.vsla.edu) Coordinator of Children's Services Central Rappahannock Regional Library 1201 Caroline St., Fredericksburg, VA 22401 phone: 540/37260 fax: 540/373?11Received on Wed 13 Nov 1996 09:00:57 AM CST
