Talk about a beloved children’s story! This one’s a classic…
When a well-loved book wears out at the library, providing it still enjoys frequent circulation, it gets reordered—and for a time it enjoys “New Book” status. I frequent the “New Books” shelf in the children’s section looking for fresh yummy books to recommend to you. […]
Here’s an author who takes the reality of animal magic and weaves it into unforgettable tales.
I admire the stories of award-winning outdoor adventure author Gary Paulsen. He’s a highly honored writer of contemporary literature for young readers—and always a go-to author when looking for titles to get boys to enjoy reading.
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Today’s book recommendation, The Cat Who Came In Off the Roof is a translated classic. Here’s a snippet from the About the Author blurb:
Annie M. G. Schmidt, (1911-1995) was regarded as the Queen of Dutch Children’s Literature and her books have been an essential part of every Dutch childhood for the last […]
Today’s book recommendation uses intense emotion masterfully to gain and keep a reader’s attention. I’ve been bringing you books illustrating different ways authors manage this feat over the space of an entire story—of course the best writers do it in many ways at once.
“Emotional stakes” is a term used often in the acting world; […]
I’ve been sharing ways authors effectively create suspense—ways to keep you turning the pages of their stories. Today I bring you creepy and scary.
I’m usually not at all a fan of scary stories. I mean it. I refuse to watch scary movies, not just near bedtime, but anytime. My imagination takes scary images and […]
I love books that provide me a window into another world. Maybe you read The Lightning Queen, by Laura Resau after I recommended it recently—it brought Rom and Mixtec Indian cultures vividly to life.
Today’s book recommendation: Dolls of Hope, by Shirley Parenteau, is another such window into another world. It’s […]
I have an awesome read for you!
One thing I can say without doubt: writing, then reading other people’s writing, leads one to REALLY appreciate good writing. Whether one can take the excellence one sees and apply it to one’s own writing, is another question!
I’m late to the party on this book—this series, I […]
Today I bring you My Diary from the Edge of the World, by Jodi Lynn Anderson. It’s a story about trying to protect those you love at all costs. It’s a perilous journey mapping where love can take you, for better and for worse, when faced with the threat of loss.
Here’s the summary:
Here’s yet another way authors can grab and hold a reader’s attention throughout a book: passion and peril. By “passion,” in this case I mean gripping excitement and intensity. Peril, of course, is the intense danger just about to happen that keeps you from turning out the light while reading at bedtime!
Today’s book recommendation […]
Fanciful and Fantastic!
Coming February 26, 2016
Yet another set of descriptors for ways authors engage and hold readers’ attention: fanciful and fantastic.
I’d like to think those words can be applied to my books, at least now and again. You will likely find the Joy Jumbles in Becoming Piper […]
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