Biographies- The subjects become members of the family. Ben Franklin was fun to have around, Eleanor was more difficult to live up to. Looks for little facts that are interesting and that make the people more personable to kids. So they can relate to.
Went to a ceremony for FDR at the library she was at and ended up meeting a personal friend of Eleanor and got invited over to eat there and got a wonderful amount of personal stories.
Reading Mrs. Uldrich- Boxes For Katie, fiction has a nugget of truth, story based upon her mother.
Muncha Muncha Muncha- based on real life experiences of trying to get the rabbits out of the garden. Sequel to this book is Tibby Tibby Tibby Hide! which is based on a 3rd grade experience. Then there is the third one- asking the kids for ideas for what to do. A 3rd grader said "take them on vacation, he has to get away to the beach, but..."
Eavesdropping- getting lots of ideas from listening to others.
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Monday, March 26, 2007
Friday, February 9, 2007
WSRA- Christopher Paul Curtis keynote
Authors get paid about 10% of the book proceeds. Person who designed the cover initially was paid more. (Picture is worth a thousand words)
- Watsons Go To Birmingham- entered into 2 contests and was rejected for both, but then was published anyway.
- Bud, Not Buddy- 5 year old daughter has copyrighted lyrics in it Bucking the Sarge- took 4 years to write.
- Mr. Chickee's Funny Money- started it at the same time as Watsons book. Mr. Chickee's Messing Mission- continuation of the detective story
- NEW BOOK-- Elijah of Buxton- his favorite book. Terminus of the UG Railroad (BUXTON). Book about slavery. Peripherally because it is about a free community. Claim to fame- 1st child born free there, threw up on Fredrick Douglas. Published in October 2007
Process of writing- gets the character in his head and goes from there.
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