Preparing yourself to receive writing feedback is the best way to ensure you’ll improve. Let’s look at ways we sabotage our growth with unhelpful expectations.
This Brief explores the potential effects of parent-child contact during incarceration on child and adult relationships, well-being, and parenting as well as corrections-related issues, such as institutional behavior and recidivism. It presents a literature review on what is currently known about parent-child contact during parental incarceration in…
Highlights It's an extraordinary day on Pebble Island for three frogs when one of them discovers a beautiful white egg. 3-7 Years 10.5" x 8.5" Paperback 40 Pages Juvenile Fiction, Social Themes Description About the Book From Dragonfly comes the tale of three colorful frogs. One finds a strange pebble. Another declares it a chicken egg. But what happens when a baby alligator hatches instead? "Lionni's understated text perfectly complements his signature illustrations. . . . An eggs-tradordinary treat from a master storyteller".--"School Library Journal", starred review. Full color. Book Synopsis It's an extraordinary day on Pebble Island for three frogs when one of them discovers a beautiful white egg. They've never seen a chicken egg before, but they're sure that's what this must be. So when the egg hatches and out crawls a long green, scaly creature, they naturally call it . . . a chicken! From award winning-artist Leo Lionni, here's a hilarious case of mistaken identity that children are sure to delight in. Review Quotes "An eggs-traordinary treat from a master storyteller." --School Library Journal (Starred Review) "Just the thing to lighten up a picture-book hour." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) "Kids will giggle at the frogs' repeated references to the friendly newborn as `the chicken.' They'll be even more tickled when the frogs chuckle at the `mother chicken' who, finally reunited with her offspring, greets her `sweet little alligator' . . . In his 40th book, Lionni is in typically fine form." --Publisher's Weekly About the Author Leo Lionni, an internationally known designer, illustrator, and graphic artist, was born in Holland and lived in Italy until he came to the United States in 1939. He was the recipient of the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was honored posthumously in 2007 with the Society of Illustrators' Lifetime Achievement Award. His picture books are distinguished by their enduring moral themes, graphic simplicity and brilliant use of collage, and include four Caldecott Honor Books: Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Hailed as "a master of the simple fable" by the Chicago Tribune, he died in 1999 at the age of 89.
Writing children’s books can be a rewarding and fulfilling experience, but it’s important to remember that they are not just miniature versions of adult books. Children’s books require a special…
This Teaching Children Philosophy discussion guide for A Color of His Own explores personal identity, conformity, and the value of friendship.
Children's literature has been taught in undergraduate classrooms since the mid-1960s and has grown to become a staple of English literature, library science, and education programs. Children's literature classes are typically among the most popular course offerings at any institution. It is easy to understand why; children's literature classes promise students the opportunity to revisit familiar works with fresh eyes. With the growth of the children's publishing industry and the celebration of recent scholarly interventions in the field, the popularity of the discipline is unlikely to abate. A central question of current children's literature scholarship and practice is how to effectively address contemporary questions of social justice. This collection offers a series of interventions for the practice of teaching equity through children's literature in undergraduate classrooms. It is intended for individuals who teach, or who are interested in teaching, children's literature to undergraduates. It includes contributions from practitioners from a range of institutional affiliations, disciplinary backgrounds, nationalities, and career stages. Furthermore, this volume includes contributions from scholars who belong to groups which are often underrepresented within academia, due to race, nationality, ethnicity, gender identity, disability, or other protected characteristics. 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Not only does giving feedback help the writer who receives the feedback, it helps you as well. Let’s think about what makes good feedback and how to give it.
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New Perspectives on Illustration is an engaging weekly series of essays by graduate illustration students at MICA, the Maryland Institute College of Art. Curators Stephanie Plunkett and Joyce K. Schiller have the pleasure of teaching a MICA course exploring the artistic and cultural underpinnings of published imagery through history, and we are pleased to present the findings of our talented students in this weekly blog. Contemporary Gender Roles in Children’s Literature by Joshua Heinsz examines […]
Institute for Writers runs adult and children's lit writing contests throughout the year. Each contest culminates in a winners workshop. Enter now!
Over 200 discussion guides designed to introduce children to philosophy and ethics using picture books.
Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage, not knowing that the papers she has signed will entitle
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New Perspectives on Illustration is an engaging weekly series of essays by graduate illustration students at MICA, the Maryland Institute College of Art. Curators Stephanie Plunkett and Joyce K. Schiller have the pleasure of teaching a MICA course exploring the artistic and cultural underpinnings of published imagery through history, and we are pleased to present the findings of our talented students in this weekly blog. Contemporary Gender Roles in Children’s Literature by Joshua Heinsz examines […]
Babies to Bookworms provides a list of 12 amazing children's books on kindness. Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day with your family and these read-alouds!
These great books for kids who worry can be used as resources for a child who struggles with stress and anxiety due to a variety of reasons.
100 books every child should encounter by age five.
Gyo Fujikawa was born in 1908 in Berkeley, California. She attended the Chouinart Art School in L.A. where some of her fellow students were Hardy Gramatky and Harry Diamond. In 1932 she travelled to Japan to study the techniques of the Japanese artists... but returned to the States in '33 because, she said, the Japanese masters would not teach her anything unless she was prepared to spend a year just learning the "business of how to hold a brush in the proper manner." She instead settled into a job with Bullock and Marston on the West Coast, and then later with Disney Studios. An article in the May 1954 issue of American Artist magazine describes how Fujikawa developed a special interest in children's books around that time. She eventually went on to illustrate five -- and to write and illustrate another forty five that combined, sold over a million copies. During her long career she also contributed to the major magazines, to booklets, and pamphlets for medical and technical organizations, to textbooks (as seen in these examples from the 1960's Childcraft children's encyclopedia volumes) and as recently as the 1990's, she designed 6 postage stamps for the U.S. Post Office. "Her pictures are full of inventiveness," wrote Ervine Metzl in the American Artist article on Fujikawa. "Anything from a single figure to an all-over design has in it the characteristics of a tapestry. Each corner is full of its own individual excitement." "Her work is diversified. She is completely at home with layout and the use of type." "In fact, nothing seems to stop her." * My Gyo Fujikawa Flickr set.
Many writers think worldbuilding is only for fantasy and sci-fi, but it’s important for all stories. Consider worldbuilding in these 3 stages of writing.
I love the story Memoirs of a Goldfish, and it is perfect for teaching story structure! It is so engaging, and has a clear problem and solution, along with really fun characters and a clear setting! In this craftivity, students draw the goldfish in his bowl in the beginning, happy and alone. Then, they show their understanding of story structure (and the story) by writing about it. There are 3 different options depending on your level: Beginning, Middle, End Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution Characters, Setting, Beginning, Middle, End, Theme You can decide what you want your students to complete! Finally, they draw the goldfish at the end, happy in his tank with all his new friends! These came out so cute, and my students had a great time making them! I hope yours do too :) Please email me with any questions or concerns at [email protected]. Follow me to be the first to know about new products, always offered at a discount! And finally, please follow me on instagram and pinterest at MissMiniMills for more classroom ideas!
Consider this list as my personal take on the canon of American children's picture book canon - a compilation of thirty books that are popularly regarded as important and influential in shaping American culture and identity. Keep in mind that these books are for the six and under crowd (kindergarden, preschool and those young at heart like me)
Over 200 discussion guides designed to introduce children to philosophy and ethics using picture books.
Here’s a preview of the artwork to be raffled off at the ABC Children’s Institute, including pieces from illustrators Ryan T. Higgins, LeUyen Pham, and Michael Slack.
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Over 200 discussion guides designed to introduce children to philosophy and ethics using picture books.
The textbooks children learn from in school reveal and shape national attitudes—and should provoke debate
Some of the best (Farsi) Iranian children's books from Iranian Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature and Tutti Book Publishers.
This Brief explores the potential effects of parent-child contact during incarceration on child and adult relationships, well-being, and parenting as well as corrections-related issues, such as institutional behavior and recidivism. It presents a literature review on what is currently known about parent-child contact during parental incarceration in…
Meditation for grief & loss can help you cope with the heartache and start feeling like yourself again, while also honoring your love & loss.
Helping the Weatherman. Written and illustrated by Gertrude Alice Kay. New York: P. F. Volland Co.,1920. The story is a fantasy about two little children who meet a magical weatherman. Kay...
There really is a book for everything, isn't there? Whether there should be a book for everything is another story entirely.
“Hatred,” says psychologist Robert Enright, “has a long shelf life. Once it enters into the human heart, it’s hard to get it out. It breeds destruction, discouragement, and hopelessness.” Enright hails from the University of Wisconsin, in the so-called “liberal enclave” of Madison, where ongoing demonstrations by members of public employee unions against the elected governor have put some vivid moments of hatred on view. … Continue Reading »
Just as the heroine in these stories, in real life Erin is a young girl who cannot walk, talk or use her hands. She has cerebral palsy. Within are subtle messages for her and many others* such as 'never give up', 'I am able just as I am', 'reading gives one so much' and 'accept me as me'... Clare Latham was asked by SpecialEffect founder Dr Mick Donegan if she could build a communication system with Erin, which she did together with her Mum and personal assistant. Erin's tenacity, ability and sense of fun then spurred Clare to write these stories from their shared experiences and, as it were, keep her going... * There are 17 million around the world living with cerebral palsy (US National Institute of Health)... SpecialEffect: The charity is dedicated to giving disabled people the technology to access video games and the internet, thus promoting fun and inclusion. Dr Donegan was awarded an MBE for his service to disability.
