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Picture Book Biographies: 98 Years in 32 Pages? II of III biography |bīˈägrəfē| noun ( pl. -phies) an account of someone’s life written by someone else. • writing of such a type as a branch of...
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Is it Worth It? "Pierre Writing" Renoir “Remember, that writing is translation and the opus to be translated is yourself.” E.B. White A former writing student feeling very weary of rejections...
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Story is Story is Story Kukla, Fran and Ollie I have never understood writers who proclaim, “I write for myself not the reader.” If they only write for themselves, why do they bother jumping through...
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How Listening Can Improve Your Manuscript “What one has written is not to be defended or valued, but abandoned: others must decide significance and value.” William Stafford Illus. by Feodor...
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PICTURE BOOKS THAT LAST
Leo Lionni FREDERICK As picture book writers, we have a braid of dreams. First, to write a book that expresses something we want to share. Second, a book that connects with our audience, engages the...
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IN THIS MOMENT THE PHILHARMONIC GETS DRESSED illus. by Marc Simont. “…a good essay…must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in, not out.” Virginia Woolf Ultimately,...
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Celebrating Tomi Ungerer Today most children know Tomi Ungerer through two of his earliest books: CRICTOR and as the illustrator of FLAT STANLEY by Jeff Brown (1964). If, however, you were lucky enough...
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Go! “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Jack London As in childhood most of us tend to approach games and new endeavors with “Get ready. Get set. Go!” But when it...
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INTERVIEW
Interview Dawn Simon interviews George Shannon 23 October 2011 I recently had the pleasure of answering questions from Dawn Simon for her blog, PLOTTING AND SCHEMING, at dawnvandermeer.blogspot.com...
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Are You a Good Date? Edward Lear One of my favorite quotes about writing refers to two elements we rarely associate with picture books, but I believe they are vital to our writing. #1 Kurt Vonnegut. #2...
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