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From: DEBORAH CHURCHMAN <CHURCHMAN>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 08:44:34 -0500
First, I have to say that I just loved Pete's a Pizza. I'll bet a lot of parents will read it to their kids and then start playing the pizza game.
Second, William Steig is the author I always point to when I try to talk about the difference between writing for picture books that will be read aloud to children, and writing for young readers. Steig's language is quite complex, and uses any number of unusual, sophisticated words. Kids can get many of the words in context, but I suspect that a number of them have to be explained. I wouldn't dare use the kind of language he used in Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (one of my children's favorite books) on the pages of Ranger Rick; the reading level is way above that of our average reader.
Debby
Received on Tue 30 Mar 1999 07:44:34 AM CST
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 08:44:34 -0500
First, I have to say that I just loved Pete's a Pizza. I'll bet a lot of parents will read it to their kids and then start playing the pizza game.
Second, William Steig is the author I always point to when I try to talk about the difference between writing for picture books that will be read aloud to children, and writing for young readers. Steig's language is quite complex, and uses any number of unusual, sophisticated words. Kids can get many of the words in context, but I suspect that a number of them have to be explained. I wouldn't dare use the kind of language he used in Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (one of my children's favorite books) on the pages of Ranger Rick; the reading level is way above that of our average reader.
Debby
Received on Tue 30 Mar 1999 07:44:34 AM CST
