Deborah's comments
(member since Aug 02, 2007)
Deborah's comments from the Children's Books group.
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I love it! "A site for all your reading disorders" - my kind of site. Sergio, I've added both to the list of links on my (author/illustrator) blog, which are all picture book related:http://deborahfreedman.wordpress.com/lin...
Oops... I just noticed that I forgot to leave the link...http://deborahfreedman.wordpress.com/200...
(and thanks, Kathryn!)
I just posted a list of pumpkin themed books on my blog yesterday, which don't seem to overlap with the great suggestions you already have here -
So sorry about Mandy, Kelly Jo.My favorite books for children about death are Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley, and The Dead Bird, by Margaret Wise Brown.
Here's a new one: KIDLITOSPHERE CENTRAL
THE SOCIETY OF BLOGGERS IN CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
http://www.kidlitosphere.org/KidLitosphe...
"KidLitosphere Central strives to provide a passage to the wonderful variety of resources available from the society of bloggers in children's and young adult literature."
Barbara, your post on book fairs is really great - I hope lots of parents read it! As a former book fair organizer/mom myself, my biggest complaint is against the fair companies that sell too much STUFF. The children want posters, pens, whatever, and it isn't a BOOK fair any more.But back to blogs - I like those mentioned above too. Also Just One More Book:
http://www.justonemorebook.com/
You are welcome - have fun!
Hi Lindsay,I think someone may have asked this question once before? But no harm in answering again! You are wise to be learning all you can. I have a page of resources on my website that I have found helpful; maybe there are a few things that you haven't run across yet:
http://www.deborahfreedman.net/resources...
Good Luck!
Debbie
Hi Alicia,By "new writer", do you mean unpublished? Delacorte Press (Random House) has a contest for middle grade novels. If you are from New England, PEN New England sponsors an award, and if you happen to be from CT, there is the Tassy Walden Award for children's writers and illustrators.
For published authors, Cynthia Leitich Smith has a great list of national and state awards here:
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_r...
SCBWI (The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) is a terrific organization open to published and unpublished writers and illustrators, and among the many things it offers are contests for grants.
http://www.scbwi.org/
Hope this helps!
Debbie
Deborah Freedman
df@deborahfreedman.net
http://www.deborahfreedman.net
CLEMENTINE & its sequel by Sarah Pennypacker is really funny and sweet, for the early chapter book crowd. She's a bit like RAMONA -so don't forget Beverly Cleary. Or other classic authors, like Roald Dahl... boy that list could go on forever!
You might like to add some fun nonfiction picture books for kids who like that sort of thing - like ALIENS ARE COMING or STRONG MAN by Megan McCarthy, or WHO PUT THE B IN THE BALLYHOO, by Carlyn Beccia.
Books by Ezra Jack Keats.YO! YES? Chris Raschka (fun)
MRS. KATZ & TUSH, Patricia Polacco
Adding to this great list: Mary Ann Hoberman - THE LLAMA WHO HAD NO PAJAMA, and lots of others.
Richard Wilbur's books for kids - OPPOSITES, MORE OPPOSITES, AND A FEW DIFFERENCES, and THE PIG IN THE SPIGOT - these are really fun & encourage word play.
We love ee cummings too, and have a collection of his poems for children called HIST WHIST - it's o.p. and the illustrations are bad, but it's worth trying to find at the library for the collection.
My husband & I used to read aloud to our kids every night until they were into their teens. Narnia, Pooh, Anne of Green Gables, Little House were all favorites for us too, as well as the Oz books, Roald Dahl... As they got older, he started reading things like Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer, Oliver Twist, Animal Farm, Jane Eyre, etc. - books that were a step ahead of what they were able to read on their own, but really enjoyed listening to (and talking about).
To follow up on Abigail's suggestion, a couple of others which bridge boundaries are ELIJAH'S ANGEL, by Micahael Rosen and beautifully illustrated by Aminah Robinson, and THE TREES OF THE DANCING GOATS, by Patricia Polacco. Both are lovely stories about of giving and receiving.
Congratulations on your adoption!THE MIXED UP FILES and LITTLE HOUSE books were favorites of mine also. I read the LITTLE HOUSE books over and over again too! Then read them again to my daughters (2 times!), which was interesting to me because they seemed so different to me as an adult - a little scary and overwhelming to read the stories from a parent's point of view. But of course as a child I identified with Laura and not her parents, and she felt protected by them.
Re the MIXED UP FILES - after seeing the new Greek and Roman galleries at the Met Museum I had really mixed feelings. They are beautiful, of course, but no trace at all of the old cafe with the fountain (the dolphins were removed years ago) where Claudia and Jamie collected coins!
Yes, NUTS.
More chapter books, but for girls -When mine were that age they loved the books mentioned (Beverly Cleary, EB White, etc.), and also the (old fashioned, I know) Betsy books by Carolyn Haywood, the Betsy Tacey books by by Maud Hart Lovelace, and All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor. They really liked finding an author with LOTS of books to keep them going for a while.
Guess I'll jump in too and say hi, and also say thanks to Andrea for the invite! Heidi - I ran a booksale at my synagogue for years, so I'm looking forward to learning about your favorites. Everyone else's too, of course!
