From: DAJ <daj9999>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 23:04:53 -0700 (PDT)

--- Linda Stanek <lkstanek1290 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> next summer). The trend in publishing is to have all
> children's books written from the main character's
> point of view, and as such, editors insist that all
> the writing should sound as if it came from a
> child's mouth. This sometimes means poetic or
> insightful prose (including narrative) gets the ax
> for simpler words and thoughts. This is especially

A colleague and I were just talking about the trend this evening, and not favorably. We both missed the richer language that often accompanies more sophisticated narrative voices. If first person is going to be used, I prefer Laurence Yep's approach in books like _Dragonwings_ and _Dragon's Gate_, where he writes as an adult looking back to his youth and adjusts his style accordingly. Many of my (college) students who are reluctant readers don't care for those books, however. They respond more positively to first-person written from a child's perspective and say it makes them feel as if they're part of the story.

DAJ
 

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