Class #6, December 19 Book discussion from last week Jane Yolen presentation Lolly on poetry and verse novels Locomotion book discussion

Break Odds and ends, Q&A What’s next? Evaluations

Jane Yolen presentation

Arika Cohen

Ruth Michael

Laura Sitkin

Poetry More poets and books Horn Book poetry issue Verse novels Poetry and history

Jacqueline Woodson

b. 1963 in Columbus OH Lives in Brooklyn First book (Last Summer

with Maizon) published in 1990

Themes include family, loss, and identity

Many awards

Jacqueline Woodson resources

Author websitehttp://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/

NYPL online chathttp://summerreading.nypl.org/read2003/chats/woodson.cfm

Lit circle guide for Locomotionhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/locomotion_t.pdf

Interview and discussion questions (scroll down):http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/jacqueline_woodson.html

Book discussion

Talk about your bibliographies

Discuss Locomotion What worked best?

(Characterization, poetry, plot, themes…)

What grade would you use this with? How?

Break

Odds and Ends Writing and getting published Magazines My five favorite books Author visits Communicating with authors Q&A—free for all on any topic

Writing and getting published SCBWI Writing group for feedback Agent? Literary Market Place Writers’ Market 2007 Read Publishers Weekly (online) Be patient!

Writing programs

VT Collegehttp://www.tui.edu/programs/

masters_mfawc.asp

Simmons MFAhttp://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/

liberal-arts/academics/childrens-literature/writing.shtml

Listservs

Child_Lithttps://email.rutgers

.edu/mailman/listinfo/child_lit

Yalsa-bkhttp://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk

Magazines for adolescentsCricket Magazine Group

(http://www.cricketmag.com/) Cricket (9-14) Cicada (14 & up) Dig (archaeology, 9-14) Cobblestone (history, 9-14) Muse (science, history, arts, 10 & up) Faces (world cultures, 9-14) Calliope (world history, 9-14) Odyssey (science, 10-15)

Favorite books

1. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt2. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine

Paterson3. Eva by Peter Dickenson4. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins5. Feed by M. T. Anderson

Favorite books (as adolescent)

1. Anne of Green Gables

2. A Wrinkle in Time (and anything by Madeleine L'Engle)

3. Mysteries (Nancy Drew, Sherlock Holmes)

4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and anything by C. S. Lewis)

5. The Long Winter (and all Little House books)

Author discoveries

1. Virginia Hamilton

2. Cynthia Voigt

3. Randall Jarrell

4. Katherine Paterson

5. Lois Lowry

6. Bruce Brooks

7. Walter Dean Myers

Author visitsRandom House advice (very good)

http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/eventkit.pdf

Planning detailshttp://childrensbooks.about.

com/library/howto/htscheduleauthor.htm

Authors collaborativehttp://www.visitingauthors.com/helpful_articles.html

Communicating with authors E-mail from author’s site

read info on site first

US Mail via publisherInclude postage paid envelope for

response

Be considerate

More questions?(General Q&A)

Where to go from here

Thanks

Please keep in touch!