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From: Paul Fleischman <fleischman>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 13:53:13 -0700
Books are like postcards from abroad: by the time they reach the reader, the writer has moved on to a different country. In my case, several are on their way. The first to reach you will be WHIRLIGIG, next spring, a young adult book that takes the format begun in BULL RUN a step further toward the novel. It's the account of a boy's round-the-country rite of repentance building whirligigs, interspersed with the very different stories of four people whose lives are altered by his creations. It's my longest book, set in the present, and resembles a whirligig, with multiple moving parts.
The timing of the books that follow isn't clear yet. But I can report that graduates of I AM PHOENIX and JOYFUL NOISE will at last have something new to join voices in. It's a collection of three poems for four voices, tentatively titled BIG TALK. The pieces are longer than those in the earlier books. Readers who don't play violin can now taste the joys of being in a quartet. I debated calling the book KITCHEN TABLE QUARTET, which gives the picture of how I hope the book will be used.
Two picture books are likewise on the way: WESLANDIA, about a boy who invents his own backyard civilization, and LOST! A STORY IN STRING, a tale accompanied by string figures and followed by instructions on making them. I've spent the last several weeks with string on my fingers, trying out hundreds of combinations of moves, speaking into a voice?tivated tape recorder so that when I saw what I wanted I'd know how I got there. It's an original series of eight string figures, one growing out of the next, as in Cat's Cradle (but for one person). I've just finished. There's a Candlewick book whose title sums up my feelings--A PIECE OF STRING IS A WONDERFUL THING.
That brings us up to date. It's been a pleasure hearing from the group. Thank you, Ginny.
Paul Fleischman
Received on Tue 03 Jun 1997 03:53:13 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 13:53:13 -0700
Books are like postcards from abroad: by the time they reach the reader, the writer has moved on to a different country. In my case, several are on their way. The first to reach you will be WHIRLIGIG, next spring, a young adult book that takes the format begun in BULL RUN a step further toward the novel. It's the account of a boy's round-the-country rite of repentance building whirligigs, interspersed with the very different stories of four people whose lives are altered by his creations. It's my longest book, set in the present, and resembles a whirligig, with multiple moving parts.
The timing of the books that follow isn't clear yet. But I can report that graduates of I AM PHOENIX and JOYFUL NOISE will at last have something new to join voices in. It's a collection of three poems for four voices, tentatively titled BIG TALK. The pieces are longer than those in the earlier books. Readers who don't play violin can now taste the joys of being in a quartet. I debated calling the book KITCHEN TABLE QUARTET, which gives the picture of how I hope the book will be used.
Two picture books are likewise on the way: WESLANDIA, about a boy who invents his own backyard civilization, and LOST! A STORY IN STRING, a tale accompanied by string figures and followed by instructions on making them. I've spent the last several weeks with string on my fingers, trying out hundreds of combinations of moves, speaking into a voice?tivated tape recorder so that when I saw what I wanted I'd know how I got there. It's an original series of eight string figures, one growing out of the next, as in Cat's Cradle (but for one person). I've just finished. There's a Candlewick book whose title sums up my feelings--A PIECE OF STRING IS A WONDERFUL THING.
That brings us up to date. It's been a pleasure hearing from the group. Thank you, Ginny.
Paul Fleischman
Received on Tue 03 Jun 1997 03:53:13 PM CDT
