Jacqueline Woodson
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Jacqueline Woodson
Christine Fortner SLM 504
GenresRealistic Fiction
Historical FictionPicture Books
Style of Writing
Poetic
Character Driven
Short Texts
Stories written in poems, letters, different narrators
Characters speak thoughtfully and insightfully
Not preachy
Characters struggle with identity and grow
Jacqueline Woodson on Writing
Family history is part of who she is Characters are writers Has questions “caring about one another” Religious upbringing Characters have stories to tell Writing an escape “When I was a kid. I got in trouble for telling stories. And my teachers said, “Be quiet and write it down, and if you write it down, it’s fiction. It’s not a lie anymore.””
Themes
Jacqueline Woodson Interviewhttp://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/woodson
Young Adult Appeal
• African American girls, boys, and others• Mostly self conscious stage (feelings,
personal problems)• Stories about real life problems that
teens face• Writes about controversial issues• Several series (I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This, Lena),(If
You Come Softly, Behind You),(Last Summer With Maizon, Maizon at Blue Hill, Between Madison and Palmetto),( Locomotion, Peace, Locomotion)
Bibliography
Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database. 2010 The CLCD Company, LLC. 19 June 2010.
Jacqueline Woodson Books for Children and Young Adults. 2010. 21 June 2010. <www.jacquelinewoodson.com>.
Follett Library Resources. 2010 Follett Library Resources, Inc. 21 June 2010. <www.titlewave.com>.
Novelist. 2010 EBSCO Industries, Inc. 20 June 2010. <http://web.ebscohost.com/novelist/search?vid=1&hid=108&sid=1bba4700-602d-4624-b89d-6ad1f7781b80%40sessionmgr110>.
Reading Rockets. 2010 WETA. 21 June 2010. <readingrockets.org>.
Teaching Books. 2010 Teaching Books.net LLC. 21 June 2010. <teachingbooks.net>.
Wordle. Jonathan Feinberg. 2009. 20 June 2010. <wordle.net>.