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The Invisible Child
A new, peerless collection of speeches and essays by celebrated author Katherine PatersonFeaturing selected essays originally published in Gates of Excellence and The Spying Heart, this collection also includes the complete acceptance speeches for her two National Book Awards and two Newbery Medals, plus a new introduction and eight speeches never before published in book....more
Hardcover, 266 pages
Published
December 31st 2001
by Dutton Juvenile
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It was a challenge to select just one Katherine Paterson book to read. A challenge I am happy to say I failed! One of the books listed had the intriguing title of The Invisible Child. This book is a compilation of speeches given by Paterson between 1974 and 2000.
I don’t know where to begin writing about this book. I found it to be a book full of treasures. Maybe my great enjoyment was because I agreed with so much of what Paterson said/wrote. Her words made me think. Paterson is widely read and...more
I don’t know where to begin writing about this book. I found it to be a book full of treasures. Maybe my great enjoyment was because I agreed with so much of what Paterson said/wrote. Her words made me think. Paterson is widely read and...more
This was really interesting. But I was expecting it to give me some good writing tips, which it didn't. It's a collection of speeches by Katherine Paterson about the concept behind writing for children, which was inspiring to me, as that's what I want to do. She is an amazing author and a brilliant woman.
This was really beautiful. I never read Paterson as a child because she seemed dull, but if her books are as good as her speeches about them (and about literature, childhood, moving, adults, culture, and more), I'm jumping on that train now.
"The very persons who took away my time and space," she says, "are the ones who have given me something to say."
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The invisible child : on reading and writing books for children by Katherine Paterson (2001), 1st ed
I really, really like this book, and learned a lot from it. This book is a collection of speeches/essays on the topic of writing for children, but a lot of what is in there can be applied to writing for older audiences as well.
If you're a writer, no matter what age you write for, read it.
If you're a writer, no matter what age you write for, read it.
Very inspirational.
This is a book of essays and lectures by Paterson about writing for children. Many of the essays are speeches she gave while accepting all the prestiges awards she has won. Her lectures are folksy but wise, giving us a true and honest framework in which to understand children's literature. Her major themes and passions are telling children the truth about the world and giving them hope even as they learn it's a hard place to live. Lots of interesting tidbits about the books she's written.
It inspired me a lot.
I love Katherine Paterson. This book is a collection of essays and speeches about writing for children. I hate reading books about writing, but Katherine Paterson has such a beautiful style and worthy ideas about writing for children, it encourages me to try harder to write quality stories.
I like how thought-provoking the essays are about reading and writing books for children. This is a book of substance that causes a writer to rethink characters and revise for more depth.
Can't believe I haven't read this yet. I've been saving it for like eight years!
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From author's website:
People are always asking me questions I don't have answers for. One is, "When did you first know that you wanted to become a writer?" The fact is that I never wanted to be a writer, at least not when I was a child, or even a young woman. Today I want very much to be a writer. But when I was ten, I wanted to be either a movie star or a missionary. When I was twenty, I wanted t...more
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People are always asking me questions I don't have answers for. One is, "When did you first know that you wanted to become a writer?" The fact is that I never wanted to be a writer, at least not when I was a child, or even a young woman. Today I want very much to be a writer. But when I was ten, I wanted to be either a movie star or a missionary. When I was twenty, I wanted t...more
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