Guest Post: Helen Ketteman on Making Picture Books Sing
By Helen Ketteman
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Are you aware that books can sing?
I learned this in the second grade when an aunt gave me a copy of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. That book sang to me–it was magic! Those musical words drew me back to read those stories over and over.
Growing up in the south, I did a lot of listening.
I listened to the way people talked and told stories. Their words were full of rhythm and music. In my picture books, I work to make my language sing, pa...
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations
Are you aware that books can sing?
I learned this in the second grade when an aunt gave me a copy of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. That book sang to me–it was magic! Those musical words drew me back to read those stories over and over.
Growing up in the south, I did a lot of listening.I listened to the way people talked and told stories. Their words were full of rhythm and music. In my picture books, I work to make my language sing, pa...
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