Blogger: Etta Wilson
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Being a kids book’ advocate, I don’t think you can start little ones too early in grasping new experience from a book. Well, maybe I draw the …
When Is a Book a Book?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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A recent quote in Newsweek from Anna Quindlen caught my eye: “Well, what is a book really? Is it its body or its soul?” I think that …
Seen Any Kids’ Books Lately?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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The title for this post has a broader meaning than at first may come to mind. As I read the summer movie listings, review publishers’ offerings of …
Friday Free-for-All: Language and Our Melting Pot
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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At a recent writers conference, I was surprised to see that two of popular tween author Nancy Rue’s books in the Lily Series are set outside the U.S.—one …
Words and Pictures–A Balancing Act
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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After writing about words for three days, I’ve realized that the hardest writing may be description–not dialogue–because description is more visual. It calls for painting pictures with words, …
What Did You Mean to Say?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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The subliminal thinking behind my posts about non-English words being more in use is the oil spill in the Gulf. On a personal level, the white sand …
Language Mashup
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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Nowhere is the mashup in our language more obvious than in computer land. Sitting right in front of my screen or laptop I can find a vast array of …
What Goes for English Nowadays?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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Going around town, I notice more and more businesses and ads use two languages–English and Spanish–to say the same thing. A nearby neighborhood grocery now has a …
Friday Free-for-All: How to Spot a Series
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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I’ve danced around this topic of series for the past few days from the age-level perspective, but there are certainly other things to think about regarding what …
“More, More, More,” Said the 10-year-old
Blogger: Etta Wilson
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Young readers’ enthusiasm still thrills me. From the time most of them first discover they can decipher those symbols on the page and glean meaning from them, …