Hi there. I'd like you to do a guided search to see what's out there in the world of children's literature. I've put in links to the web addresses listed on the worksheet here on this post for you to make your search easier. A couple of the sites are interactive and have sound, video and other activities, and you're welcome to scroll around on those in addition to just answering the questions.
1. First stop: Cyberbee
2. Next stop: Pigeon Presents
5. Top 10 of 2013 by Breezy Mama
6. Top 35 "Classic" Children's Books @ Real Simple
7. Current Trends in Children's Lit article
8. No link for this one--look for a review of your own favorite
10. Leave a comment on this post about one of your favorite books when you were a kid. Include:
- a brief summary of the story
- why you liked it/what it meant to you
Add another few sentences to your comment to answer either one of these:
- who/what/where/etc. you might want to write a kids' book about OR
- why you think it would be fun (or difficult) to write a kids' book
Turn in your completed Children's Lit Online Search packet to the basket on Mrs. Fraser's desk for points today. If you're not able to finish the comment on this post about your favorite book during class , please find some time to do it on your own.
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My favorite children's book growing up was "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein. Every night, I would have to read a few poems to my parents before bed. The strange illustrations were my favorite part. His writing helped me learn how to read, something that has become my biggest pastime. If I were to write a children's book, I would love to do the illustrations to go with it.
ReplyDeleteA brief summary of my favorite childhood books would be dinosaurs before dark Jack and his younger sister Annie stumbled upon a tree house filled with lots of books. I liked reading these books because they had a wild imagination and it just reminds me of how I use to have one and pretend I was going places. I think it would be fun to write a children's book because that's something I've never done before and it would be cool to write something for younger children just to see them smiling or laughing at the book you wrote.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite children's books growing up was "The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. This story is a spin off of the classic Three Little Pigs plot but this time from the perspective of the wolf. He claims to have just wanted a cup of sugar for his poor old grandma's birthday cake as he tells the story from jail. I've always liked the way the author changed the perspective since you've always seen the wolf as a bad guy until then. I also think that writing a children's book would be difficult since you have to keep your audience in mind and keep darker topics out of it.
ReplyDeleteOne of the children's stories that I still remember is one called "Llama Llama Red Pyjama" about a young llama who is needing to be tucked into bed by his mother, but she goes off downstairs with the promise to return in a second. As time goes on, the younger red pyjama llama starts to worry, and worry, and worry, until he is near hysterics and is crying out. His mother comes upstairs and comforts her child and calms him down.
ReplyDeleteI just liked the art style and the simplicity of it all, and the message of patience and the motherly bond between child and mother.
I think it would be relatively easy to come up with a simple story that conveys a meaningful message for a children's book, but to have it actually mean something and go deeper than the original story with the characters and illustrations is another more difficult level.
I don't remember the name of my favorite children's book, but it was about this fox who got this pig into his house and the pig is using the fox to pamper him and making the fox think it is getting him ready to eat by feeding him, bathing him, and massaging him. It was a silly book I liked it. Other than that my childhood was not really full of much children's stuff. I don't know if I will be able to write an actual appropriate children's book and be pleased with it. I might just have to make it imply bad things I like to write about without actually saying it. So the kids can't follow it and the parents go, "what the?"
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite books from when I was younger is "The Monster at the End of This Book". The story centers around Grover, from Sesame Street, who spends the entire book pleading to the reader to not turn the page because there's a scary monster at the end. Grover tries many ways to keep the reader from turning the page, such as building a brick wall. Eventually, Grover discovers that the monster at the end of the book is none other than, well, Grover himself. I really liked this story because it was interactive with the reader, and it was funny. For some reason, I think that it's harder to write a childrens' book; I just have a really hard time coming up with ideas. In seventh grade, I had to write a childrens' book for school, so I already know a bit what it's like. It seems as if funny animals are all the rage and that that might be the way to go.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite children's book was Guess how much I love you the books tells you about a rabbit and his mom and he tells his mom this is how much I love you. I liked it because when I was little my mom used to read it to me and it is special to me because she would tell me that she loved me very much every time she would read the book. I wouldn't want to write a children's book because I think it would be kind of hard to think of things that all kids would like.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite books as a kid was A Bad Case of Stripes. In the story, the main character likes lima beans, but everyone else doesn't, so she gets sick. I liked it because I liked the illustrations. I think it would be difficult to write a children's book because although children's stories may be simplistic, it takes a certain type of finesse to write a simple story that is also engaging and interesting. I am uncreative and bad at thinking of ideas, so writing a children's story would be difficult for me personally.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite books from my childhood is "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." The book is about a caterpillar that experiences changes while going through the life cycle of becoming a butterfly. I enjoyed reading this book because of its animate illustrations and how the story depicted a sense of lightheartedness and humor on each page. I also liked how the book had an educational aspect to it in that it taught the days of the week and the life cycle in a less serious, kid-friendly way. Although writing a children's book seems entertaining, it would require me to use every ounce of my creativity to create a unique story that's unheard of. Most children's books tend to be clichéd in that they follow a similar plot, setting, list of characters, theme, etc. Therefore, it can be difficult to come up with an original idea for a children's story unless the idea is carefully thought out.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book growing up was an adorable book called Hug by Jez Alborough. This book follows a baby monkey trying to find his mom, crying out, "hug". I have very early memories of my mom reading this book to me and is a kept treasure in my household.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about doing my kids book about an otter who is a bright shade of purple, and isn't liked by the other otters. If not that, a similar story from the perspective of a boy who feels isolated.
My favorite book when I was a kid was a book about all the different types of vehicles used at a construction site. I forget the name of it, but it had massive pictures and had really fun descriptions about them.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book was this book about corduroy bear. He would get lost in the mall light at night and explore. I don't remember why I liked it so much, but I did. I think it'll be fun to write because you can create a story out of such simplistic things, and nothing really has to make too much sense.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite kid´s book had to be The Giving Tree, it was a wonderful story about a boy and a tree, and their undying friendship. The boy visits the tree in different times in his life, each time he asked the tree for something and the tree provided. The tree was always there for the boy no matter what age he was. This was a touching story to me and it still touches me today.
ReplyDeleteI think I have the creativity to write a Children´s book but I am used to writing more mature content.
One of my favorite books growing up was "a bear called Paddington". I do believe it will be hard to create a children's book
ReplyDeleteMy favorite story was "Where the Sidewalk Ends" I loved how I would always read the poems and laugh about them, which never really happens when I read poems.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little, I liked reading ¨Three little pigs¨ I enjoyed reading it because it was a classic, and my mom always read me that one. Its about three little pigs who build houses that get blown over by the wolf.
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ReplyDeletethe book I thoroughly enjoyed as a kid was "A Bad Case of the Stripes". This book is about a girl trying to fit in with these girls at her school by pretending to not like lima beans, but bad things begin to happen to her as she stops being herself. Once she stops pretending, she is okay again. I liked this book because it helped me learn to just be true to myself and don't lose who I am for anyone else.
I think it will be a lot of fun to write this! Losing the mature part of my mind in order to cater to kids' imagination will be great!
As a kid, I loved Charlotte's Web. This book is about the friendship of a pig and a spider throughout the book. I loved this book because it showed that even though they were so different they could still be friends. I think it will be a fun experience to write a children's book, but it will also be very difficult making sure I use language and words that I would understand if I was in 2nd grade.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite books as a kid was probably The Magic Tree house books. It's about these kids who have a tree house in their backyard and that tree house is magical. It can take them to any time period, but I don't think they were able to control when they traveled to. The story usually had some sort of lesson for them to learn by the end of the book. I think it could be difficult to write a children's book because you would have to be sure to make it interesting enough to keep their attention but also have some sort of purpose to it reading the book so the parents want their kids to read it.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite books growing up as a kid was The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. My parents would always read it to me before bed. Then whenever I got older I could read it myself but still needed my parents help. I liked the pictures in the book and also how it was not that hard of a book to read
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite childhood books was a book named Runaway Pumpkin. It was about a small rhyming halloween story about a huge pumpkin in a small town at the top of a hill. Some kids try to get the pumpkin to Granny's house (down the hill) but it gets away from them and ends up causing a lot of chaos. Overall, it was a very fun book to read and was given to me by a elementary school teacher when I was young.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favored childhood books was "don't let the pigeon drive the bus". i remember when i was a kid I didn't like to read. i was more of a person who liked pictures but this book was both. it helped me like reading. sort of.
ReplyDeleteMakayla Maxheimer: My favorite childhood books were books about animals. It really could be any type of book-- I have stacks and stacks of books that talk in length about a variety of organisms, from fish to insects to reptiles. All of them were, and still are, invigorating because I love learning about all of the cool creatures that exist in the world. They're all so amazing in their own ways, and I've always had an affinity towards things that were strange and unusual. I still love animals to this day and when I feel bad I will many times look through these books to have a nice pick me up and a reminder that we are not alone in this world.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite childhood book are about bugs or other critters. Animals have always been an interest of mine, I would look through national geography kids magazines, taking in the appearance of each animal that was on the page.
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