Please type up the information from the folded white sheet regarding a children's book in the library as a New Post on your blog. Include a couple of images. Glue the half sheet in your journal to count as an entry.
Also, leave a comment on this post naming something interesting or cute or inspiring you took away or noticed during the librarians' talk about kids' books.
Also: Finish and turn in the Children's Lit Online Search packet from yesterday if you haven't already...
Be thinking about how these books might inspire a story of your own!
It was interesting to learn about the different types of awards. I had heard of them before, but I didn't really know exactly what they were for.
ReplyDeleteI liked the idea of animals going shopping, it was also very colorful, and added vivid scenes for children to look at
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting to learn more about the different types of children's books, as well as the awards, themes, and ideas that are derived from them. I also thought that the librarians' discussion on children's books provided me with more insight on this genre and how to execute writing one next week.
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ReplyDeleteIt was very interesting to learn about all the different rewards for kids books and how they can make an author a lot of money. Also I enjoyed hearing the parent perspective of kids books.
ReplyDeleteOn how many different types of kids books they were showing us.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was cute how children will read a story in different tones based on the characters' illustrated emotions, especially in the book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
ReplyDeleteIt was very cool to learn a little bit more about our librarians and also to learn about the different books I could have read in my childhood.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that a lot of people who wrote for kids also had very expansive imaginations and childish mindsets. They put themselves in the place of the kids in order to write an appealing book.
ReplyDeleteI though it was interesting how many components there are to writing a kids book, and how it helps kids learn things about the world.
ReplyDeleteI learned that your book can't be text heavy or kids will never want to seriously read it. I also saw a trend that the more popular books were always very colorful and had well drawn pictures.
ReplyDeleteSomething interesting I took away from the librarians' presentation was the fact that some books aren't necessarily loved by children (because of overly-complex stories or whatever) but nonetheless may win lots of awards for the illustrations alone.
ReplyDeleteI liked learning about the benefits of a good book for children, but also what usually clicks with children. It definitely gave me a few ideas, but I enjoyed learning more about children and their mindset.
ReplyDeleteIt still applies to older audiences. There are still things we can learn and take away from these books and that's truly magical. They're still so simple that they can speak to any audience and they're also very wholesome and kind.
ReplyDeleteHow many different types of children's books there are.
ReplyDeleteI thought that it was interesting to see what all of the different ideas you can use to keep kids interested in your book.
ReplyDeleteI liked learning that children can learn from the books they read and the fact that there's so many children books out in the world all over I thought that was interesting.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't there, so I am not really sure how to get points for this assignment.
ReplyDeleteI liked hearing the about the books from a parents perspective
ReplyDeleteI thought it was neat the way they added infliction to their voices to make the listener more interested in the story.
ReplyDeletei love going back on when i was a child. i loved to see what cool art styles they had.
ReplyDeleteI liked seeing a lot of the children's books they had to show. It helped me understand what kinds of different stories you could make.
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