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Kim Norman On Writing Picture Books

May 17th, 2009 · No Comments

  I did an interview with with author Kim Norman on my All About Children’s Books blog last week.   Some of what she said was instructive on writing PBs.   Author Kim Norman’s first picture book, JACK OF ALL TAILS, was released by Dutton, a Penguin imprint, in 2007. CROCODADDY, (Sterling, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble), [...]

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Tags: Author Interview · Rhyme · Rhythm

Setting the Mood with Words and Rhythm

May 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I can’t resist looking at another passage from Savvy. That book is full of gems: “WASH YOUR HAND, WILL JUNIOR,” I screamed again, raising my voice to be heard over the brawl and over the sound of breaking glass. As my brother’s pressure system grew, the window closest to Fish began to fracture, spreading splintering [...]

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Tags: Craft · Description · Rhythm · Technique

Alliteration ~ Lessons Learned From Savvy, by Ingrid Law

April 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments

When I read Savvy for the KidzBookBuzz Blog tour, I didn’t do what I usually do–write notes in the margins or put sticky notes in the good and bad places I’d want to remember to mention in my review. Why not? I quickly realized the effort would be fruitless. There were no bad places and [...]

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Tags: Rhythm