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From: Cynthia Grady <gradyc>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:49:50 -0400
Flight of the Fisher Bird by Nora Martin (Bloomsbury, 2003) is a lovely testament to the power of poetry as well as a compelling mystery set in the Pacific Northwest at the time of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
It didn't work well as a read-aloud, but individual readers, especially writers, have really enjoyed it.
Cynthia Grady Sidwell Friends Middle School
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Lockwood Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:27 PM To: Megan Schliesman; ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Characters as Writers
Here are a few:
Clements, Andrew, The School Story Creech, Sharon, Love That Dog Donnelly, Jennifer, A Northern Light Fitzhugh, Louise, Harriet the Spy Grimes, Nikki, Bronx Masquerade Henkes, Kevin, Olive's Ocean Koertge, Ron, Shakespeare Bats Cleanup Lisle, Janet Taylor, How I Became a Writer and Oggie Learned to Drive Montomery, L.M., Anne of Green Gables Myers, Walter Dean, Monster Smith, Dodie, I Capture the Castle Snyder, Zilpha Keatley, Libby on Wednesday Woodson, Jackie, Locomotion
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Megan Schliesman Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:24 PM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [CCBC-Net] Characters as Writers
There weren't many comments about poetry during the first half of April. Now it's time to turn our attention to our topic for the second half of the month: books that feature children and teenagers who write or who want to be writers.*
* Two of my favorites for younger children are the picture book "A Bird about the Sing" by Laura Nyman Montenegro (Houghton Mifflin, 2003) and Nikki Grimes's collection of poetry "A Pocketful of Poems" (Clarion, 2001). I don't recall that either book shows the actual endeavor of writing, but both offer up a child character who has a distinctive way of viewing the world, and who references the writing she does. (Both fictional characters happen to be young poets.)
Who else can think of books that feature young writers or would-be writers? Are there ways you use books like these with children and teens?
Megan
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:49:50 -0400
Flight of the Fisher Bird by Nora Martin (Bloomsbury, 2003) is a lovely testament to the power of poetry as well as a compelling mystery set in the Pacific Northwest at the time of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
It didn't work well as a read-aloud, but individual readers, especially writers, have really enjoyed it.
Cynthia Grady Sidwell Friends Middle School
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Lockwood Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:27 PM To: Megan Schliesman; ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Characters as Writers
Here are a few:
Clements, Andrew, The School Story Creech, Sharon, Love That Dog Donnelly, Jennifer, A Northern Light Fitzhugh, Louise, Harriet the Spy Grimes, Nikki, Bronx Masquerade Henkes, Kevin, Olive's Ocean Koertge, Ron, Shakespeare Bats Cleanup Lisle, Janet Taylor, How I Became a Writer and Oggie Learned to Drive Montomery, L.M., Anne of Green Gables Myers, Walter Dean, Monster Smith, Dodie, I Capture the Castle Snyder, Zilpha Keatley, Libby on Wednesday Woodson, Jackie, Locomotion
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Megan Schliesman Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:24 PM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [CCBC-Net] Characters as Writers
There weren't many comments about poetry during the first half of April. Now it's time to turn our attention to our topic for the second half of the month: books that feature children and teenagers who write or who want to be writers.*
* Two of my favorites for younger children are the picture book "A Bird about the Sing" by Laura Nyman Montenegro (Houghton Mifflin, 2003) and Nikki Grimes's collection of poetry "A Pocketful of Poems" (Clarion, 2001). I don't recall that either book shows the actual endeavor of writing, but both offer up a child character who has a distinctive way of viewing the world, and who references the writing she does. (Both fictional characters happen to be young poets.)
Who else can think of books that feature young writers or would-be writers? Are there ways you use books like these with children and teens?
Megan
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