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My new book, This Child Every Child grew out of hundreds of school visits I made after the publication of If The World Were A Village and If America Were A Village. Students frequently asked me about the other children in the world — what did they have for breakfast, what were their schools and lives like.
Then I read the U.N. “Convention on the Rights of the Child”, and it was so beautiful, and so right, and so clear, that I asked the director of Child Protection at the U.N. if I could use it as the backbone for a children’s picture book, and she said “oh yes, we’d be delighted to have somebody do that”.
The book uses a number of the articles from the convention as a structure for looking at — and comparing — the lives of children around the world, everything from games and school and family life to work, including children who are forced to work.
I think it’s important for children to understand the amazing disparity between children around the world — the fortunate ones and those who are not so fortunate. Yes, the material is difficult, and I encourage parents and teachers to read the book WITH their children, and even to skip pages that they feel their children are not yet ready for. Only one or two pages have really difficult content — especially “Children and War” — but with students up to Grade 3 or 4, I do think it is a good idea to read the book together, not simply to say “here’s a good book”. Reading it together also leads to a good conversation about “what can we do to help children like those in the book”.
The context is really critical. I think some teachers might use it as a first step in a Service Learning program — “let’s think about WHY we need to be of service to others in our community”; some teachers might use it as part of a global geography curriculum — “where do these children come from, what’s it like there, what languages do they speak there, what’s the weather like”, and so on, are just a few of the many questions that might be asked. The last 2-page spread in the book is an essay I wrote concerning how to talk with children about these difficult topics, and what children and adults can do to help. I encourage teachers and parents to read this first.
Guest Post by David J. Smith
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With a wide ranges of titles for our bookshelf this week, picks include ones to read at home with your children as well as great resources for teachers as well. Enjoy!
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What better day than Read Across America Day than to share some current cool picks for the Baby kid Bookshelf! Happy Birthday Dr. Seus. Our top pick this month, Cinnamon Baby by Nicola Winstanley (Author) and Janice Nadeau (Illustrator).
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I am always asked how I could possibly have written 300 books (or 200 or 100 or even 50, back in the day.) My answer has not wavered in all these years.
First and foremost, I love to write. It doesn’t matter to me if the writing I am engaged with is a poem or a novel or something in-between. The word engagement here has two meanings for me. There’s the meaning that goes along with love and marriage of course, but also the meaning that deals with total face-to-face involvement with a project. I don’t dog-paddle. I throw myself in the deep end of the pool.
Second, I love to learn new things, and writing/researching for a book allows me to do all that and call it work. But it’s play, really. So if I am writing a novel like THE DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC, I am immersed in the history of the Holocaust. When I write a picture book
like my 300th book–ELSIE’S BIRD that starts in Boston a century ago and ends up in Nebraska where a girl and her grieving widowed father go to homestead–I get to read books and magazine articles about both Boston at that time and the movement West. And when I write my HOW DO DINOSAURS. . .books, well, I remember how it was when my children–a girl and two boys–were that age and balking at night time, or being picky eaters, or refusing to clean their rooms and all the rest. Third, I get paid to do what I love and I hear from children and adults about how my books have moved them, or made them laugh, or changed their lives. How could I NOT love what I do for the first to the 300th time!
So you will be hearing more and more and more from me over the coming years. I already have at least 30 more books in the works, and yes–I am always writing more.
Jane Yolen, janeyolen.com
Editor’s Note: My personal Jane Yolen favorites include Lost Boy, the story of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie, as well as a quote from her website for writers: “Most woman writers do not have the luxury of a wife. We muddle through our chores and our writing, doing a balancing act that would put the Flying Wallendas to shame.” Substitute “blogger,” and it’s my new mantra.
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For someone who had no Xbox, video games, computer, cell phone, or even a TV, young Jimmy Hendrix kept himself very busy! The everyday noises of a Seattle neighborhood called out to a boy already fascinated by sound and color, inspiring him to use a beat-up ukulele—with only one string—to mimic the melodies of falling raindrops and rushing water. Filled with bold and colorful images (drawn, painted, collaged, carved and silkscreened onto plywood by Coretta Scott King award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe), JIMI: Sounds Like A Rainbow is the story of the legendary musician at the beginning of his journey, when an old five-dollar acoustic guitar becomes the key to a world of endless imagination and creativity. With the gift—from his father—of a new electric guitar, Jimmy shows young readers how the power of persistence and hard work, focused on a dream, can make for success. An afterword explains more about the adult Jimi’s career and unique accomplishments, while a Note by author Gary Golio (a therapist who specializes in teen addiction) speaks to the dangers of drug use and provides resources for parents or caregivers. Sure to surprise those who think they know the real Jimi Hendrix.
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If you’re household is in a Tangle frenzy like ours, here’s a find from Reader’s Digest your princess (or prince) will love. The Disney Tangled Rapunzel Adventure Storybook with Music Player from Reader’s Digest includes a removable music box which plays 19 songs. You can take it from the tower on the go or snap it back into place while reading from the book. We just saw Tangled, likely not for the last time, this past weekend. The story is adorable with a lovable heroine, Rapunzel, a kind of kooky but fun loving young lady who, as we all know, is locked in a tower until a turn of events have her venturing out into the real world.
Another Reader’s Digest book, Disney•Pixar Toy Story 3 Record-a-Book, makes the absolute perfect gift for Toy Story lovers on your shopping list. A parent, grandparent or loved one can read along and record the story in their own voice. Kids can play the story back and hear their favorite voices as they follow along. Similarly,Princess Dreams Record-a-Book features Cinderella, Princess and the Frog (Tiana!) and Beauty and the Beast stories that you can record and give to the princess in your family. Personally I didn’t realize Reader’s Digest published children’s books, but I found Reader’s Digest Trade Publishing and am amazed at all of the cool titles they published for kids. Books never go out of style…some are for learning to read, others for enjoyment and to infuse excitement about reading in children, and these are fun books that do just that.
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