tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post7700744954871356486..comments2024-03-29T00:51:16.923-04:00Comments on my juicy little universe: at the very topHeidi Mordhorsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-60874861420579103122015-08-01T09:17:19.519-04:002015-08-01T09:17:19.519-04:00How lovely, Heidi, to have something this concrete...How lovely, Heidi, to have something this concrete and stunning for your a-ha moment! Like Laura, I will have to ponder. I love many books but wonder if the character of Anne Shirley might have been a key source of inspiration for me, with all that redheaded stubborn pride!Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07754424789728293252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-23654728073992360522015-08-01T07:38:31.154-04:002015-08-01T07:38:31.154-04:00Love this passage about August. I was born in Aug...Love this passage about August. I was born in August, and I've never liked that fact. August oppresses me like no other month. I love the way she says it is curiously silent with blank white dawns and glaring noons...you can feel the heat of it.<br /><br />I discovered a love of reading with Judy Blume. My inrtoduction to the art was in my children's literature class in college. There I discovered Madeline L'Engle and Sharon Creech. My favorite to read aloud to students is Cynthia Rylant. Her book, The Islander, is a beautiful treasure of a book and is not often mentioned. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-32618410715601065652015-07-31T23:09:40.690-04:002015-07-31T23:09:40.690-04:00Tuck Everlasting is a wonder in that it can speak ...<i>Tuck Everlasting</i> is a wonder in that it can speak to a multitude of people of different ages. <i>The Search for Delicious</i> by Babbitt is good, too, and very discussable. Two books stand out for me, and they're also children's books: 1. <i>Star Mother's Youngest Child</i> by Louise Moeri. It's my all-time favorite book! 2. <i>The Fledgling</i> by Jane Langton. I haven't read it in a long time, so I wonder if it would have the same effect on me today, but, at the time it hit me like a ton of bricks.Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-77269828790698272222015-07-31T17:46:17.778-04:002015-07-31T17:46:17.778-04:00Oh, Heidi, I do love Babbit's Prologue also. I...Oh, Heidi, I do love Babbit's Prologue also. I didn't discover Tuck until I worked with a fourth grade teacher whose class read it every year. For me, Katherine Paterson's books were inspirational - Jacob Have I Loved, especially, and Madeleine L'Engle's books, too.<br /><br />Didn't you love settling down on a Greek island? Our traditional Greek motor-sailer brought us to islands in the Aegean and we loved our 4 day stay on Crete. Your poems will come! Thanks for bringing us back to the top of August!Joyce Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905709719444916488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-10585890430295515572015-07-31T12:51:48.077-04:002015-07-31T12:51:48.077-04:00It has been a favorite of mine for a long while, H...It has been a favorite of mine for a long while, Heidi, & I've had the pleasure of reading it with my students more than once. What they loved doing was choosing some of their favorite passages and then drawing what they thought she saw. This was one more than one chose every time. As a child I lived with grandparents who read a lot of older poems to me, but the best was reading the OZ books-still love them. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-78743692399561622272015-07-31T10:53:34.143-04:002015-07-31T10:53:34.143-04:00Oh my goodness. I have absolutely no idea. I don&#...Oh my goodness. I have absolutely no idea. I don't think there was a single piece of writing that hit me with that a-ha--and I didn't ever think of being a writer until I was in college. OK, I'm going to have to think about this. I know I had some little a-ha moments when I first started reading children's poetry as an adult writer--poetry by Barbara Juster Esbensen, Joyce Sidman, and Rebecca Kai Dotlich, in particular. But to pick one piece? Not even possible! Thanks for giving me something to think about, though!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-57555160800663920732015-07-31T06:24:30.627-04:002015-07-31T06:24:30.627-04:00As a child, Natalie Babbitt was one of my favorite...As a child, Natalie Babbitt was one of my favorite authors, and that was one of my favorite books. She is amazing. (Lightning that quivers all alone -- ah!) Thanks.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.com