tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372069014917343942024-03-22T03:22:53.085-04:00I.N.K.Interesting Non Fiction For KidsLinda Salzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-62252264875947694622014-06-27T06:00:00.000-04:002017-03-25T10:28:34.290-04:00Writing Inspiring Nonfiction for Kids and Common Core <div class="MsoNormal">
Two weeks ago when I read the latest article about the
Common Core in the <i>New York Times</i> titled <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/education/common-core-in-9-year-old-eyes.html" target="_blank">Common Core, in 9-Year-Old Eyes</a>, I
knew this would be the topic of my last post. Things have sure changed in the
last six years. When Linda Salzman first started this nonfiction blog and
invited nonfiction writers from all areas to write a monthly post, I was all
about speaking out about art and creativity books for kids. Now, the popular
nonfiction buzzwords are Common Core, STEM, digital publishing, marketing, and
graphic novels. These were main topics discussed at last weekend’s Second
Annual 21st Century Children's Nonfiction Conference --- as pointed out in this
<a href="http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/63056-second-annual-21st-century-children-s-nonfiction-conference-builds-momentum.html" target="_blank">Publisher’s Weekly article</a> about the conference.</div>
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In the aforementioned <i>New York Times</i> article, 9-year-old Chrispin Alcindor had been a star student but was struggling with math under the new Common Core teaching and was worrying about not passing to the next grade. I was drawn into his story by “his dream of becoming an engineer or an architect, to one day have a house with a pool and a laboratory where he would turn wild ideas about winged cars and jet packs into reality.” Chrispin’s excitement towards learning changed, as he grew frustrated by the new Common Core math. His enthusiasm was crushed. His dream of "walking across the stage at graduation in sunglasses and white sneakers, claiming his award and basking in the applause of the entire school" banished from his mind. <br />
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Trish Matthew, Chrispin’s teacher at Public School 397 in
Brooklyn, saw the frustration in her classroom. The article continued, “Many
struggled with basic math skills. Ms. Matthew, concerned about morale, called
each student to her desk at the beginning of the year. “Please don’t think you
are a failure,” she told them, one by one.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was so touched and moved by Ms. Matthew’s actions, which prompted writing this post and fueled my final comments. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Last week, Arne Duncan went on CBS This Morning to talk
about the Common Core. If you missed it, I’ll post it here.<br />
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And, if you're interested in reading a few pros and cons on the Common Core, check out the 505 comments on the <i>New York Times</i> article. Warning: it gets a little heated.<br />
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Recently, I've noticed while sitting down with editors to discuss new book
projects, the Common Core is often mentioned. They highlight new book projects that
have sold because they support the Common Core---fodder for reader discussions on why they thought the author wrote the book, compare and contrast aspects within the
story, etc.<br />
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As I set off to work on the next chapters in my writing
career, while the Common Core and their writing strategies will be in the back
of my mind, inspiring young readers will be my main focus. Inspiring them to
think. Inspiring them to achieve whatever they want to be. Inspiring them to be
creative. Inspiring them to <b>dream</b>.</div>
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I will be continuing my blog posts on my website: <a href="http://annamlewis.com/">AnnaMLewis</a><u>.</u> Please check there for my <a href="http://annamlewis.com/wp/templates/blog" target="_blank">next posts</a> and the
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Here’s to Interesting (and Inspiring) Nonfiction for Kids! <o:p></o:p></div>
Anna M. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915256522607241235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-9853725340061660832014-06-25T00:30:00.000-04:002014-06-25T00:30:01.486-04:00Till We Meet Again<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In April I reminisced about six + years of blogging with this wondrous group of authors. I've so appreciated the opportunity to come up with something every month at least vaguely related to
this quirky profession we’ve chosen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my last go-round, I’ve
decided give a glimpse of one writer's life day-to-day. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s not all creating deathless prose. So here</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s as much as I can remember of my to-do and have-done lists in the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Revise my next book</span></b>. It’s a middle grade group biography due out in
2016.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been working on this
book since 2009 and so last week I decided to google one of my subjects once
again. I found a 2011 book I hadn’t seen before, with a chapter on my subject.
I couldn’t find the book in the Los Angeles system, so I consulted
WorldCat:<span style="color: #0b5519;"> </span><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">The World’s Largest Library Catalog</span></a> and found that
six miles away, Mt. St. Mary’s College had an ebook copy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• So <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">up up up into the Santa Monica Mountains</span></b> I drove, to a beautiful
Spanish-style library. Well, I drove to the parking garage and then hiked up some
more steep hills to the library. I had the complete attention of three
librarians, it being summer break. They all worked to figure out how to
print a few pages from the e-book, but in the end, job done. This research
yielded details and quotes I hadn’t found elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Reviewing my original
research, I found a tidbit I’d not included in the manuscript.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My subject inspired a minor character
in an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">1828 adventure-romance novel.</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a lover of tidbits, I ordered an
interlibrary loan of the book on microfilm through my public library. This last
week I spent part of two afternoons skimming through this forgettable tale of a
beautiful and virtuous heroine whose romance with a worthy suitor is thwarted
by a dastardly villain. My ‘subject’ helped to save said heroine from said
villain, as well as perform some brave deeds in American Revolution. The hours spent
skimming added three sentences to my manuscript.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Chapter completed, I
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will meet this week and tell me how to make it better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• I’ll <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">critique their work</span></b> as well.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• I’m <b><span style="color: red;">meeting my editor at
ALA</span></b> in Las Vegas this weekend. She wants to read my revised chapters on the
plane flying west, so I emailed her
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Speaking of ALA, where
I’ll be signing at two booths on Saturday (see below,) I must remember to call
my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">trusty auto mechanic</span></b> (named
Toolsie!) to fix my failing a/c. Will need all I can get for the drive to LV.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Made arrangements to <b><span style="color: red;">meet
with Starwalk Kids Media</span></b> at ALA about signing up an out-of-print book for their e-book list.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Confirm ALA meeting for coffee with INK Author <b><span style="color: red;">Jan Greenberg</span>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• I’ve been a member of the
<a href="http://www.authorsguild.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;">Authors Guild</span></b></a><span style="color: #0b5519;"> </span>for decades. They offer so many
benefits to their members, one of which is a free legal critique of contracts.
I finally got around to integrating their suggested changes to my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">contract</span></b> for the above book and sending it
back to the publisher. The Authors Guild also hosts my website for pennies, but
perhaps their most important mission is their lobbying on our behalf to
Goliaths like Google and Amazon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Support yourself – and them – and join!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• I’ve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">nudged an editor</span></b> who has had a ms. of mine for months and promised to
give me an answer last week. Still waiting. I need to nudge a couple more
editors who are sitting on my middle grade novel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">•<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last month I reported on the excellent BIO conference
(Biographers International Organization) in Boston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There I met Dorothy Dahm, creator of <a href="http://kidsbiographer.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;">K</span></b><span style="color: red;"><b>ids Biographer's Blog</b></span></a><span style="color: #0b5519;">, </span>a
first-rate collection of reviews and interviews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She reviewed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mumbet’s
Declaration of Independence,</i> and asked for <b><span style="color: red;">an interview</span></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote that last week and it’s <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://kidsbiographer.com/2014/06/23/meet-the-biographer-gretchen-woelfle/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• I’m returning to <b><a href="http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2013/02/return-to-albion.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">London again</span></a></b> in the autumn for another three-month home exchange. I’ve got some fans in
Yorkshire, so I emailed four schools about return author visits. Have confirmation for two already.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• I wrote this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">INK
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">The World
Cup</span></b>: I’m trying to limit myself to one game a day, or two halfs of
different games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s hard though.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traveling to libraries, reading, marketing,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, to quote my favorite English major:
“Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>My ALA Signings: Saturday June 28 </i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>• 10-11am: Boyds Mills/Calkins Creek</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>• 2-3 pm: Lerner/Carolrhoda</i></span><br />
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Gretchen Woelflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350500006005970433noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-80758490386709158332014-06-20T06:00:00.000-04:002014-06-20T06:00:10.621-04:00INK STEM<div class="MsoNormal">
No, this is not some type of plant that produces ink. This is
the last of the INK Recommends lists, focused on STEM: Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math. Because we have previously compiled lists that focused on
math and science, I have tilted this list toward the technology and engineering
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This list is also a bit different from other STEM lists you
might find in two ways: While animals
show up on this list, they do not dominate it the way they do many science
lists (unless they have something to teach us about engineering). And while there are some hands-on activities found in some of these books,
many are what I would call storytelling STEM in the sense that they delve deeply
into a STEM topic by telling gripping stories of people who have done something
compelling in a STEM field. The books on
this list that don’t take this approach have found other clever ways to bring
science, technology, engineering and math to life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>The Boy Who Loved
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<i>A Black Hole is NOT a
Hole</i> by Carolyn DeCristofano<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Birds: Nature’s
Magnificent Flying Machines</i> by Caroline Arnold<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Earth-Friendly
Buildings, Bridges and More: The Eco-Journal of Corry</i> <i>Lapont</i> by Etta Kaner<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>How Do You Burp in
Space? And Other Tips Every Space Tourist Needs to Know</i> by Susan E. Goodman<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>The Mighty Mars
Rovers: The incredible adventures of Spirit and</i> Opportunity by Elizabeth
Rusch<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the</i>
Moon by Catherine Thimmesh<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Technology</i> by
Clive Gifford <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Try This!</i> by Karen Romano Young<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Wheels of Change: How
Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (with a few flat tires along the way</i>) by
Sue Macy<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>Young Adult STEM<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Almost Astronauts: 13
Women Who Dared to Dream</i> by Tanya Lee Stone<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Bomb: The Race to
Build – and Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon</i> by Steve Sheinkin<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>The Boy who Harnessed
the Wind</i> by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (also available in a young
readers edition)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>The Boy who Invented
TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth</i> by Kathleen Krull<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Junkyard Science</i> by Karen Romano Young<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>The Longitude Prize</i>
by Joan Dash<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Something out of
Nothing: Marie Curie and</i> <i>Radium</i>
by Carla Killough McClafferty<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Steve Jobs: The Man
who Thought Different</i> by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Karen-Blumenthal/e/B001ILM7A6/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Karen
Blumenthal</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>The New Way Things
Work</i> by David Macaulay and Neil Ardley<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i>Women of Steel and
Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers</i> by<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anna M. Lewis <o:p></o:p></div>
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Not enough STEM titles here for you? Check out Bank Street College
of Education’s STEM list at:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://bankstreet.edu/center-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/further-resources/stem-titles/">http://bankstreet.edu/center-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/further-resources/stem-titles/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Students K-12 put together by the National Science Teachers Association and the
Children’s Book Council:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/">http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Elizabeth Ruschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825584194379652883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-24510007049060161062014-06-19T05:00:00.000-04:002014-06-19T05:00:01.600-04:00The Writing Life <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]-->I came late to the family of I.N.K.
bloggers, and the fatigue of posting hasn’t quite caught up to me yet. Even so
I’ve marveled at the creativity and fortitude of the old-timers. You’ve made it
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“No,” I tell them. “I’ve got
deadlines to meet. I don’t have time for writer’s block,” and I’m not just
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like because I spent the day working on a deadline. Now, with the windows open
and darkness newly upon us, I’m thinking about all the places where I’ve
created books. Tonight I write from my fourth office space, a second-floor chamber
with a wall of wooden window portals that became my creative home last year. It
and my life today are miles away from the country home where I started writing when
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I remember feeling slightly
superstitious when our family moved out of this home a dozen years ago. Would I
be able to write as well, or even ever again, away from the nature-inspired views of my original office? Maybe the two books I’d written
from that site would become my entire body of work. When Book Number Three took
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">forever </i>to take form at our new city
dwelling, all my anxieties seemed about to come to pass. And yet, after
settling in to that 2nd-floor tree house of an office, I managed to birth not
just a third book but five more.</div>
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Then came another move and another
office, this one located without countryside panoramas or a tree house perch. Yet
even from there, with my sons off in college and beyond, the books continued to
flow. Others have followed since from my latest roost. May it always be so. </div>
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Wherever I land next, I’ll maintain
a home on the Internet. These days you can find me post-I.N.K. through my
website, <a href="http://www.annbausum.com/">www.AnnBausum.com</a>, and at my
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnnBausum" target="_blank">Facebook author page</a>. Plus you can watch for my upcoming title about gay rights history and the
Stonewall riots of 1969, to be published next year by Viking. A 50th anniversary look at James
Meredith and the 1966 March Against Fear will follow from National Geographic.</div>
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For me. For other I.N.K.ers. For the rest of those folks who feel most at home
when they ignite paper or pixels with words.</div>
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Thanks Sue Macy, Marfé Ferguson
Delano, and Linda Salzman for encouraging me to join the I.N.K. family, and
thanks to everyone for creating such a valuable body of work. </div>
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May the words just flow and flow
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Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13584742921838897220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-19837925436277500532014-06-16T08:00:00.000-04:002014-06-16T08:00:08.498-04:00A New Constellation<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite George Washington's shivering Victory or Death brinksmanship in New Jersey at the beginning of the year, 1777 was wicked tough for the Americans' rebellion. Still, the gents at the embattled Continental Congress found time 237 years ago this week to take care of a particular bit of business. For one thing, they appointed <b><a href="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/traditions/html/jpjones.html">John Paul Jones</a></b> to captain the <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(1777)">USS <i>Ranger</i></a></b> and use her eighteen guns to hassle the hell out of England. For another, the Congressmen, in a stripey and stellar bit of acting 'as if ye had faith,' came up with happily worded resolution. On Saturday, June 14, they <i><b>"resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, that the union be thirteen stars, which in a blue field, representing a new constellation." </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bring this up for a couple of reasons, maybe more. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As they occur to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>(1.)</b> "A new constellation" is such a beautiful, artful phrase, written at such a God-almighty high stakes harrowing time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>(2.) </b> My post is due in the morning. What could I write about? As it has more than once, the calendar came in handy. At his writing, <b><a href="http://www.usflag.org/flag.day.html">Flag Day</a> </b>was yesterday. And </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nationalflagday.com/default.asp">Flag Day</a> </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was a bit of a big deal in our house because it was on another Saturday, June 14, 1947, that my folks met, on a blind date. (Got married two months later.) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And did you know that it was on June 16, 1858 that Abraham Lincoln gave his </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/house.htm">House Divided </a></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">speech? And the 17th will be another anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill and the 18th will mark ten years since my one novel got accepted? Or that next September will make 200 years since <b>Francis Scott Key </b>wrote the words to the</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><a href="http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-lyrics.aspx"> the Star-Spangled Banner?</a></i></b> Well, there you go. The calendar is absolutely stiff with junk worth remembering. A veritable parade full of floats, history-wise.] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And there's going to be a </span><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/flags-over-america-cheryl-harness/1118904963?ean=9780807524701" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">book </a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of mine [about the history of flags, as a matter of fact].</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3.)</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Do I write about what's really on my mind? Don't think you want to hear about the diet I need to be on or any of my get-rich-slow schemes, including my half-written murder mystery. You don't need to know my thoughts on Amazon's megalomaniacal practices [except, well, if you've got a local bookstore, by God support it!] This isn't the place to discuss the sickening, scary situations in Iraq and Syria or the toxic, constipated condition of the present-day Congress or our country's plague of guns, and most of its treasure going to the wealthy, who've managed - guess what - to hijack our secular/sacred, hard-won system of government. The Game of Thrones? (Thank God for artful escapism. Never followed the series until here lately when I've seen </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">almost</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> every available episode.) The I've been picture book I'm trying to design? Speaking of which, you knew, right? That <b><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmadison">James</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/dolley-introduction/">Dolley Madison</a></b> gave Wednesday evening "Drawing Rooms" at the White House? All sorts of people showed up -<b><a href="http://history1800s.about.com/od/americanoriginals/a/washington-irving-biography.htm"> Washington Irving, </a></b>for instance. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>(4.) </b>I could write about the end of this particular collective. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That would be timely. It was at the <a href="http://guides.library.ucmo.edu/clf">U. of Central MO's annual children's literature festival </a>where clever, stylish <b><a href="http://www.jangreenbergsandrajordan.com/pages/bios/greenberg.html">Jan Greenberg</a></b> asked if I'd be willing to contribute to a group blog. Bless her and I was so pleased. Had I not said yes, you all would have missed some this and that. But what would I have lost? These chances to really think about what my various subjects. To get to know some of my fellow writers a little better. To have a better sense of who all's out there: Readers and toilers in the messy gardens of teaching and learning to the constant geek chorus yammer beyond the garden walls, bless your sturdy hearts and minds. And so we bumble onward.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long live books. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long live the republic.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May our constellation shine as long as the stars. </span>Cheryl Harnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304712481691077891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-80344732908460308382014-06-13T00:15:00.000-04:002014-06-13T00:15:00.104-04:00Fearless Women<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I am not a fearless woman.
I’m actually quite timid. I like order and predictability and rules. When I was
a magazine editor, I started each editing task by making sure the fonts and
margins and other formatting issues were right. Only then could I tackle the
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this lately because in the author bio of my most recent book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Roller-Derby-Rivals-Sue-Macy/dp/0823429237/ref=la_B001HP57C8_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402610023&sr=1-7">Roller Derby Rivals</a></i>, my editor at
Holiday House wrote, “Sue Macy loves to write about sports and fearless women.”
And it’s true. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bylines-Photobiography-Nellie-Bly-Photobiographies/dp/1426305133/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402609981&sr=8-1&keywords=Bylines">Nellie Bly</a> got herself committed to an insane asylum so she
could write an expose. Cyclist Dora Rinehart rode more than 17,000 miles in 1896
through the muddy, rocky, mountain roads around Denver. Midge “Toughie” Brasuhn
(right) regularly careened around Roller Derby rinks with no concern about injuries—and ended up with eight broken noses during her career. To me, these
accomplishments are alternately inspiring and terrifying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As someone who was trained
as a journalist, I find it perfectly acceptable observing and writing about
fearless women while remaining out of the fray myself. I am moved by women who
have the drive and determination to overcome society’s taboos or their own
fears in order to follow their dreams. I’ve listened to scores
of women who played in the <a href="http://www.aagpbl.org/">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a> talk
about their motivation, and the common thread among all of them is the passion
they had for the game. Over and over again, they’ve said, “They were paying me,
but I would have played for free.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When people are really
passionate about what they’re doing, they grab my attention. At the start of my
research on Roller Derby history, I went to a contemporary bout between the <a href="http://gardenstaterollergirls.com/index.php/home">Garden State Rollergirls</a> and a visiting team from Maryland. I barely knew the rules of
the game at that point. What’s more, the announcer was muffled by an inadequate
sound system and the action was so fast and furious that it was hard to follow.
But one woman stood out. She was a New Jersey skater, covered with tattoos on just
about every visible patch of skin, and she was magnificent. She wove in and out
of the opposing skaters, lapping the field and then passing her opponents to
score points. Her Derby name was <a href="http://www.gardenstaterollergirls.com/vonfury.html">Jenna Von Fury</a> and her skill convinced me that
Roller Derby was indeed a sport worth writing about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Late last year, the computer
search engine Bing produced an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyB7bzYRoqY">awesome TV commercial</a> highlighting some of the
female heroes of 2013. To the tune of Sara Bareilles’s song, “Brave,” Bing
celebrated several fearless girls and women, among them the young Pakistani activist
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai">Malala Yousafzai</a>; marathon swimmer <a href="http://www.diananyad.com/">Diana Nyad</a>; and Edie Windsor, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">who brought the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Windsor">Supreme Court case</a> that that struck
down a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act. It was an impressive example of
the never-ending parade of fearless women whose achievements have made an
impact on the world, and a virtual shopping list of topics for a writer seeking
to be inspired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So as I finish my final post
for I.N.K., I promise to continue producing books about women who made their
mark as they challenged the status quo. I'll also occasionally blog on my Web site, suemacy.com. Check it out when you get the chance. Or follow me on Twitter @suemacy1. And thanks for reading.</span></div>
Sue Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07379460369285488372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-1918126339123146122014-06-10T03:30:00.000-04:002014-06-10T03:30:03.053-04:00Old Friends<strong> On May 10, 2014, Larry McMurtry wrote a bittersweet but not sentimental New York Times, Sunday Review article about a visit he made to New York City back in 1965. He had traveled from Houston to buy books for a bookstore he worked at and visited many of the famous bookstores that then existed, but, sadly, now don't. It was fun to remember some of those overstuffed bookstores, books piled on books, signs pointing to narrow dark stairways to the basement where thousands of additional books waited to be visited. But I smiled at the black and white photograph that took up most of the page on the print version of the paper I was reading.</strong><br />
<strong> It was a beautiful photo of Scribners Bookstore from 1984 that was taken from across the street, the sidewalk bustling with people, the streets busy with cars. It made me recall the very first time I saw Scribners.</strong><br />
<strong> It was back in 1959 or 1960 when I was around thirteen. My friends and I gathered at around 7 AM one day to talk over what we would do that day. Baseball over in the Meadowlands? Penny poker on Philip's porch? Then one kid (I think it was Bobby who was quiet with a wild streak) suggested we take the train to New York City. So we did.</strong><br />
<strong> No one asked their parents for permission (it really was a different time) and we all had enough money (according to Bobby) to get to the City, take the subway uptown, then wander around before heading home.</strong><br />
<strong> I don't recall all of the travel details. We caught the train, got onto a subway, maybe two, and ended up somewhere between 120th and 130th Street on the West Side. All fifteen of us. Yes, we traveled in a pack, a bit noisy and goofy. No one, not even Bobby, really knew where we were. But we were on an adventure, so location wasn't a priority.</strong><br />
<strong> Someone, probably Bobby, suggested that we find 5th Avenue and stroll downtown. We asked some kind folks for directions and eventually found it. First, were the people who crowded the sidewalk -- all colors, all sorts of fashions, some very exotic hairstyles. I noticed after a few blocks that people would see our group and move to get out of our way. Fifteen annoyingly active boys can take up a lot of space. And some people looked nervous. This made me chuckle. Here's what an intimidating bunch we were. At one point a very elegant woman was coming toward us wearing a long, mink coat. One kid at the front of our group pointed at her, jumped up into another kid's arms (I'm not kidding) and said, "Eeek, a bear!" The woman was nice enough to laugh, while the rest of us apologized with "Don't mind him. He's a jerk" or "He hit his head last week and hasn't been the same since."</strong><br />
<strong> Next came the smells, of food (delicious and changing from block to block. Though we didn't stop to eat since we hand limited resources and were saving our dimes for a big, salted pretzal) and the less savory odor of the streets. </strong><br />
<strong> Down we came, past giant churches, apartment buildings with doormen who we said hello to one after another, Central Park, St. Patrick's Cathedral (where a wedding was going on) and stores of all kinds. The highlight for some of my friends was going round and round in the revolving door of a department store. But for me it was Scribners.</strong><br />
<strong> The moment I saw it, took in the beautiful pillors, the intricate grillwork, the neatly displayed books lined up like soldiers, the golden glow coming from the other side of the giant windows, I wanted to stop and visit. No such luck.</strong><br />
<strong> The rest of the guys were marching on and I didn't have a clue on how to get home. I started to follow, stopped to look back, and saw something I remember to this day very clearly. An elderly man in an impeccable seersucker suit was leaning over studying the books in the window. Behind his back he held a spiffy straw hat with the fingers of both hands. Norman Rockwell could not have painted anything so enchanting. Yes, I said enchanting. I was just beginning to love reading at this time and I was amazed at how carefully that man was looking at the books and how refined he seemed. I wanted to know what he saw in them and only later realized the only way I'd find out was by reading them.</strong><br />
<strong> On we went, buying our pretzals and catching a bus back to dear old Kearny. We were back by around 6 PM and as far as I know none of our parents ever found out about our day's journey. But my Mom knew something had happened that day that was unusual. I told her that I'd seen this book in a bookstorre window and wondered if she could get it for me. She looked at me, said "a bookstore?" and I said yes. You see, there were no bookstores in Kearny. The nearest ones were in Newark. But since getting me to read was a mission of hers, she didn't question me at all. And I still have my illustrated copy of The Old Man and The Sea she managed to get me the following week. And the price is old-time and somehow comforting: $5.00. And I can still she that elderly gentleman leaning in to study the illustration on the cover. </strong> <br />
<strong> </strong>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12724255232058112413noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-13719976181447366802014-06-09T05:00:00.000-04:002014-06-09T06:39:12.653-04:00Girl Geek Chic: --Let's Change What's Cool<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Last month on <a href="http://www.astroleague.org/files/astroday/ADFactSheet2014Final.pdf" target="_blank">National Astronomy Day</a></span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">, I was at the <a href="http://www.clayobservatory.org/" target="_blank">Clay Center Observatory</a> signing copies of <i>How Do You Burp in
Space? And Other Tips Every Space Tourist Needs to Know</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After inscribing a copy for a young boy, I
looked up at his older sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">“Do you want to go to space, too?” I asked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">“I did once,” she said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">“What happened?” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">She gave me a small
smile, a Mona Lisa smile—that is, if Mona L. were a just-budding adolescent proud
of her newly acquired sense of condescension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">“Oh…other things took
over,” she said in a tone that implied I couldn’t possibly know what she meant.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh…but I do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having been there
and done that, I was actually thinking about something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do these other things that "take over" really
have to edge out wanting to go into space or a daily check on favorite animal
cams?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this really an either/or situation? Do the hormones make us want to pack away those <i>childish things</i>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, despite so many
strides, do we still think there’s only one type of girl that does those
hormones justice? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">This last
question still on my mind, I later googled “nerds becoming popular” and immediately
clicked on the images page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already
knew that Sheldon’s chic and Zuckerberg’s billions have brought those three
words in close company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I wanted to know was how many pictures of girls I would see sprinkled in
among the guys wearing pocket protectors and suspenders. </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolsX0rQ2iRgoo8Zo2JEwoHchkcc0FJfYfGZIV3ASwx-xLBIjIpeRUUICGuEKGcRjbEn6hcN8h4LXY4EEf4aBZeoWbixyNSYdjS23DgJ6EVDo0Mnlz8l0Giap1NPYnPdXC-nPejnZ8L_QC/s1600/pretty-nerd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolsX0rQ2iRgoo8Zo2JEwoHchkcc0FJfYfGZIV3ASwx-xLBIjIpeRUUICGuEKGcRjbEn6hcN8h4LXY4EEf4aBZeoWbixyNSYdjS23DgJ6EVDo0Mnlz8l0Giap1NPYnPdXC-nPejnZ8L_QC/s1600/pretty-nerd.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Discounting “popular” girls torturing geeks, here’s the first “nerd girl” picture I came
upon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was hopeful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> What a fool I was. Once I clicked through to its home site, h</span>ere are the words I found:</span> <span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Who would have thought
that being a nerd would be cool? Well the time has finally come. There is
nothing more fashionable that an over-sized pair of geeky glasses. PS-When I saved the picture to my computer to easily transfer to this post, I noticed it was labeled, "pretty nerd." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Little Mona Lisa Girl
at the Clay Center, the deck has been stacked against you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come on, STEM books, cool geek girl role
models, Neil Degrasse Tyson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help girls
aspire to go to space and wear cool nail polish in orbit, if that’s what they
want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help everybody feel as if science
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<i>Burp in Space</i>, but never asked her if she felt she had to choose between lipstick
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have been primed to say something to this young girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if she couldn’t hear me now, perhaps it
would plant a seed. I know lots
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recommended booklist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time it focuses
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</span>Thank you, I.N.K. Thanks to all of our readers. It’s been a pleasure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Dorothy Hinshaw Patent: </span><span style="color: red;"><b>The </b><b>2014 Edward O. Wilson
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ALA Notable Children’s Book</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ALA Conference, Las Vegas, NV: signing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Write on, Mercy! The Secret Life of Mercy
Otis Warren</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>at Boyds Mills
booth, 11-12; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence </i></b>at Lerner booth, 2-3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As a charter contributor to this blog, I’m really going to
miss it. I have gained so much from this
participation, including the discovery of my “inner blogger” which lives on
with my contributions to the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vicki-cobb/">Huffington
Post</a>. I hope you will follow me,
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Mostly, I’m grateful for the wonderful community this blog
has created. It has expanded my horizons—I
have read books by everyone who blogs, and more. What an amazing group of writers!<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, this is NOT the end of <a href="http://www.inkthinktank.com/">iNK Think Tank</a>, which is gaining a head
of steam. Last week, <a href="http://www.inkrethink.blogspot.com/2014/05/our-new-ink-endeavor.html">Dorothy</a>
talked about our new endeavor <a href="http://www.nonfictionminute.com/">The
Nonfiction Minute</a> It is a legacy of
this blog. What are its chances—this new
communal brainchild—of making its way in this world successfully?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I decided to find out by sending out an email announcement
to the iNK mailing list—people who are interested enough in children’s
nonfiction to have registered in the iNK database of our books in print. I wrote a personal email (we know that people
are more likely to open an email with a name on it) rather than a press release
or corporate announcement. I quoted Alex Siy’s concept for it and gave them the
link to the seven Nonfiction Minutes we have published as a sample of what will
come in the fall. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Within seconds I had a letter of congratulations from Nick
Glass, president and founder of <a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/home/">TeachingBooks.net</a>. Then I started checking the stats page for
the NM website. I watched with amazement as the graph spiked. I ran a report on the mailing. The average mass mailing has an open rate of
8%--This one is 11.89% with a 53% click-through to the site. As of early this week there was a total of
more than 1300 page-views. Since the number of
page-views exceeds the number of clicks from the mailing list, I conclude that people are sending the link around. In addition, our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nonfictionminute">Nonfiction Minute Facebook
Page</a> is open for comments and I received a lot of personal emails:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I really enjoyed these Nonfiction Minutes. I could
definitely use them in my classroom. I teach second grade and my district
will not invest in a reading series. This has it's good and bad points as
you can imagine. It is tough to write lesson plans when there are no
materials. Some supervisors want text in the kids hands which can be
tricky without many books, especially nonfiction.”</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Wow is all I can say. I loved the stories and I know my
struggling readers will too. I used to do ‘The Reading Minute’ and it took time to find the articles or write
my own, but these are done for me. These will be great for writing constructive
responses on theme as well.”</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">“These sound bites are delightful.</span><span style="color: #38761d;">
They add information and satisfying detail to topics that should be of interest
to all.</span><span style="color: #38761d;">
I will recommend them in the upcoming presentation I will be giving at the Ohio
Association of Gifted Children (OAGC) this fall, and to my elementary school
teachers in my school district.”</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">“This is spectacular!! I love it! I just wrote a short piece about
Stubby, the dog. Funny coincidence.Your work never ceases to amaze me.”</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I love this! I am a special
education middle school teacher and can't wait for this to come out in Sept!
The kids can read and hear and then see a picture to help them remember it. I
would make up one or two test questions that would be on our standardized
tests for each one.”</span></blockquote>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Love, love, love the nonfiction
minute. Great choices and thank you for the audible for each as well
which permits all learners equal access. My students adore learning facts as
relayed to them by talented storytellers.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">
I am now thinking differently about each potato chip I eat.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Thanks for being inspired and then actually executing your great idea. I
will share with my librarians and they will pass it on.”</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Nonfiction Minute is a blog for kids about the various aspects
of the world the fuel our passions as authors.
It is our opportunity to </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">show</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (not “tell”) the world why we win
awards. It will lead to interest in us
as brands—people who write about the real world through the filter of
individual minds rather than adhering to the text-flattening guidelines for
textbook writers. Feel free to spread
the word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">This mailing was a tiny test of the marketing waters. The idea is
to do a soft launch—build a buzz before we go live in September. In August we have a marketing plan to reach
13 million teachers. I’m fastening my seat belt. Stay tuned.......This is only a "see you again, soon!"</span>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214356318088069618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-38151019725669486992014-06-03T00:00:00.000-04:002014-06-04T00:02:17.360-04:00GOING AWAY PRESENT<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>T</b></span></span><b style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">hanks
for tuning in all this time. As part of my 70<sup>th</sup> and final post for I.N.K.,
I thought you might like to visit a few great folks who made a bow on these
pages at one time or another. And as an extra
added bonus, a wondrous going away gift awaits you at the bottom of the
page. It should take you straight to the
most high-tech source of nonfiction on Planet Earth, and I promise you'll
like it. So let’s begin with……</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before he was saved by a bald 10 or
12 year old Indian girl named Pocahontas, Captain John Smith had already won a
Turkish fortress by stuffing a bunch of explosives into metal pots and catapulting
them into the Turks’ camp while they slept. He was also great at making
fireworks, but that </span><span style="font-size: small;">didn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> keep him from being captured and enslaved by Turks or
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #660000;">The journey by land wasn't much better:<i> “Hail exceeded anything I ever saw, being as large as pigeon eggs. There may be fun in camping, but we haven’t discovered any.” </i>Elisha Douglass Perkins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During the
Lewis and Clark Expedition, Meriwether Lewis wrote that: "the musquetoes continue to infest us
in such manner that we can scarcely exist; for my own part I am confined to my
bier at least 3/4ths of my time. my dog even howls with the torture and we
frequently get them in our thr[o]ats as we breath."</span></div>
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a couple of fashion statements showing how the Chinook Indians flattened their
infants' heads so much that they measured only 2 inches from front to back and
were even thinner at the top. (Head flattening didn't lower the babies' IQ’s
one bit....but don't try this at home.) Their moms wanted to look good too. They
made their legs fashionably fat by tying cords so tightly around their ankles
that the circulation was cut off and their legs swelled right up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">When the American Revolution was heating up, Patrick Henry famously said:<br /><i>“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!—I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”</i><br /><br />Whereupon Samuel Johnson, the greatest English writer of his day, made this response:</span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #660000;">How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty from the drivers of Negroes?”</span></i></div>
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secretly hired a Scottish scandal monger named James Callender to write
scurrilous tales about John Adams, so Callender obligingly called Adams a
repulsive, hideous, mentally deranged hermaphrodite who wanted to crown himself
king. (Later Callender got so mad at Jefferson that he printed the story
of Jefferson’s affair with his slave, Sally Hemings.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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showing a bunch of fourth graders some fun ways to do interviews and write the stories
they uncovered.<b> </b>The big idea was
to tell how their own families came to America, whether they got here last
Wednesday or 300 years ago.<b> </b>All of their stories were wonderful, but
here are some excerpts from two funny ones: </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“During the first year of medical school, my mom had to dissect a human
body. It was a smelly task and after
they were done for the day, they would be smelly too. Something that she thought was pretty funny
was the comments that people would say and the funny faces they would make when
they would smell the anatomy students.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #660000;">“dad was such a dare devil that he
went car surfing with his friends. His friend tried to throw him off!, but my
dad was good at staying on. He only fell
off a couple of times! ...my dad thinks cliff jumping is the most fun stunt
because he loves the rush of falling through the air!” (the author
included lots more stunts his dad’s mom didn’t know about plus a photo of
Christopher Reeve as Superman.)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a good time. I liked your book. Thank you for comeing. I was not here that day I whish I was.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">We really like reading your books they are geater then all
of the books I’ve readed Because it is
most funny. But it is not geater then pokemon but I still like it</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ting I liked best about your
books are the pictures. I was wondering
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about a little girl that was an orfin. I
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blog together, and to all the rest of our amazing authors and readers as well. I've enjoyed meeting you enormously. And now, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhcPX1wVp38"><b><span style="color: #990000;">HERE'S YOUR PRESENT</span></b></a> (just skip the ad). </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhcPX1wVp38">www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhcPX1wVp38</a>www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhcPX1wVp38</div>
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Rosalyn Schanzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11605814379256096903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-33575185816995440722014-05-29T01:00:00.000-04:002014-05-29T01:00:00.024-04:00Our new iNK endeavorAs most visitors to this blog know, we are "closing shop" at the end of this school year. I've enjoyed being part of this wonderful endeavor, sharing my thoughts and ideas and reading those of my colleagues over the years. And I'm very glad that while this is the end of the iNK blog, we will continue to share our passion for nonfiction with others through our new blog, the Nonfiction Minute (<a href="http://www.nonfictionminute.com/">www.nonfictionminute.com</a>). Here we will share interesting tidbits of knowledge that are no longer than 400 words, a perfect length to generate interest in a subject readers may not have known about before. We've also set up a Facebook page (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/nonfictionminute">www.facebook.com/nonfictionminute</a>) so people can share their comments and ideas about the blog posts. For now, we have a few samples posted on the blog, but when school starts up again in the fall, we plan to post a new "Minute" every school day. We hope you will check out our samples and join us in the fall.Dorothy Patenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897049725319745306noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-54329245108497393062014-05-28T00:30:00.000-04:002014-05-28T00:30:00.916-04:00A Vernal Interlude Eastward<div class="MsoNormal">
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In May, when most of the trees in Central Park and Brooklyn’s Prospect
Park shimmer in palest green and the rest of them bloom white, pink, and
magenta, there’s not a nicer place to be. And so I was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">Barely a hint of green on the trees in the Berkshires where
Alix Delinois, illustrator of </span><a href="https://www.lernerbooks.com/Search/Pages/results.aspx?k=yqzpdka" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence</b>,</span></a><span style="text-align: center;"> joined me at </span><a href="http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/berkshires/ashley-house.html" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Ashley House</a><span style="text-align: center;"> in Sheffield, Massachusetts. As Alix and I talked
about our book in the kitchen where the enslaved Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman
tended the fire and cooked the meals, a brisk wind blew through the room. Mumbet herself coming to call?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">[Note to authors: when presenting and selling books to adults, try announcing "If you don't have school-age children or grandchildren, consider buying a book to donate to a local school or library."]</span></span><br />
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conference of the <a href="http://biographersinternational.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Biographers International Organization</span></a> (BIO.)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I first learned
of this group several years ago when Marfé Delano Ferguson blogged about it
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guided tours of the area’s many libraries and archives. I chose the Schlesinger
Library at Harvard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several years
ago they sent reels of microfilm across the country to me, relating to Jeannette
Rankin, and finally I got to see a smidgeon of their vast repository of
American women’s history, and hear about new technology that makes research easier.</span></div>
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publishing to marketing. Again the biggest problem was choosing among so many delectable
delights. Talks on writing a group biography; finding the balance of a
subject’s life, context, and work; and writing about place gave me some new
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scholars, but all were as friendly as children’s authors. I made
some good connections for my current research and contacts for possible author
visits. It’s so easy to break the ice with a biographer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All you need ask is “Who are you
working on?” and you’re launched into an animated conversation with a new
friend. In fact, it's often hard to get a word in to brag about <i>your</i> "baby."</span></div>
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By the end of the day, the fire service reported they were able to
save 90% of the building and about 70% of it’s contents. Just thinking about
the possible loss turned my stomach. Started in 1897, the Mackintosh
Building was designed by Scotland's most influential architect and designer, Charles
Rennie Mackintosh. Opened in 1909, the art nouveau building signaled the birth
of a new style in 20th Century European architecture. A 2009 poll by the Royal
Institute of British Architects voted it the best British building of the last
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Evidentially, someone noticed all the blogging I’d been writing promoting of
art books for kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, in preparing to write
this second-to-last post, I reread all my pieces and perused the books I’ve
promoted. I was curious if there has been any change in the educational world in
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50% nonfiction and 50% fiction classroom reading text; previously the classroom
reading text was around 80% fiction.</li>
<li>In 2009, President Obama started White House Science Fairs
as part of his Educate to Innovate campaign to inspire more girls and boys to
excel in STEM subjects. Next week, on May 27, the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/05/19/announcing-white-house-science-fair-and-celebrating-girls-excelling-stem" target="_blank">2014 White House Science Fair</a>
begins. This year’s fair will include a specific focus on girls and women who
are excelling in STEM. The Administration’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top
competition grants states competitive preference if they demonstrated efforts
to close the STEM gap for girls and other groups that are underrepresented.</li>
<li>In February 2013, the bipartisan Congressional STEAM Caucus
was created, co-chaired by Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and
Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL). “We frequently discuss the importance of STEM
education, but we can’t ignore the importance of engaging and educating both
halves of the brain,” Bonamici maintains. “Creative, critical thinking leads to
innovation. The integration of the arts into STEM curriculum will excite
creativity in the minds of our future leaders.”</li>
<li>Stanford University began requiring all undergraduates to
take two units of "Creative Expression" classes, including design,
dance, music, fine arts, drama or creative writing.</li>
<li>Sesame Street officially expanded its STEM-themed programming
to include arts.</li>
<li>Last week, Actress Kerry Washington wrote an impassioned
plea for arts in the schools in a Huffington Post blog column titled <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kerry-washington/how-to-save-our-schools-t_b_5354342.html" target="_blank">How to
Save Our Schools: The Arts and Music are No Fairytale.</a></li>
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Art-themed nonfiction books introduce young people to the
passion and inspiration of artists and creators. Years ago, reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Frida-English-Language-Jonah-Winter/dp/0590203207/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400940055&sr=1-2&keywords=FRIDA" target="_blank">Frida by Jonah Winter</a> to an elementary class was an eye opener for me. The text and
illustrations presented the art of Frida Kahlo flawlessly, complimenting my
presentation. And, the book even caught everyone's attention in a room full of kindergarteners
and a class of fifth graders – no small feat. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As the support for arts in the schools continues to grow, I’ll continue to spread the word about nonfiction art books, including STEM/STEAM, activity and creativity books. Tragically, we
could physically lose our treasures, but the passion and creative inspiration is what
stays in our hearts. That is what art books set out to accomplish.</div>
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Anna M. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915256522607241235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-19981493846776006522014-05-21T05:00:00.000-04:002014-05-21T05:00:07.622-04:00Stretching, Soaring and Singing, by Marfé Ferguson Delano In this, my last blog for I.N.K., I'm happy to announce a first, a couple of firsts, actually. They're my first picture books for the 3- to 6-year-old set, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Explore-World-Butterflies-Ferguson-Delano/dp/1426316992/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400617662&sr=8-1&keywords=delano+butterflies" target="_blank">Butterflies</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Explore-World-Frogs-Ferguson-Delano/dp/1426316976/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400617755&sr=8-1&keywords=delano+frogs" target="_blank">Frogs</a>. Never before have I written for such a young audience. It was so much more satisfying than I expected it to be! It was also much, much harder than I thought it would be. But hard in a good way, in a stretch-your-wings way, in a let-your-heart soar way, in a let-your-words sing way. All while sticking to the facts.<br />
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Of course, writing these books wasn't all stretching and soaring and singing. There was a lot of sighing and groaning and wheel-spinning, a lot of self-doubt and frustration. There were lots of half starts and restarts and false starts. There was a lot of popcorn and chocolate. Not that there's anything wrong with that.<br />
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But back to the soaring and singing. I got back to nature and paid attention to it. I visited butterfly gardens and spent hours in my own back yard, watching swallowtails and monarchs and fritillaries flutter and feed on Joe Pye weed, which is rightly called a butterfly magnet. I listened to spring peepers chirp peep-peep-peep and bullfrogs bellow jug-o-rum. I kept my eyes peeled for frogs snuggling into squishy, squelchy mud by streams or ponds. I looked and I listened. And I marveled. <br />
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Linda Salzman, thank you for creating this marvelous I.N.K. blog and for inviting me to be a part of it. I have learned so much from this experience and all the I.N.K. contributors. It's been great. Bye, y'all.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So, kindly allow me to point out that it was on this day in 1536 that 35-year-old <b><a href="http://tudorhistory.org/boleyn/">Anne Boleyn</a></b>, met her<b><a href="http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/19th-may-1536-i-have-a-little-neck-the-execution-of-anne-boleyn/5379/"> end.</a></b> Her daughter <b><a href="http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/">Elizabeth </a></b>was not quite three years old when <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/henry_viii">Henry's </a>2nd wife exited the world's stage through the door marked May 19. Of course, several </span><span style="font-size: small;">notable spring babies entered by way of the same passage.</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMi16nYUFq0" style="font-size: medium;"> <b>Nellie Melba</b></a><span style="font-size: small;">, in 1861, of the battleship-bosom and silvery soprano pipes. </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ho_chi_minh.shtml" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">Ho Chi Minh </a><span style="font-size: small;">(1890),</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Vietnamese nationalist, just 29 when he showed up in a rented suit at the post-WWI <a href="http://www.historynet.com/ho-chi-minh-north-vietnam-leader.htm">Peace Conference at Versailles, </a>to plead for his countrymen's fair treatment by their French overlords. [Good luck on that.] </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Witty </span><b style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/od/morepoliticalfigures/p/nancy_astor.htm">Nancy Astor</a> </b><span style="font-size: small;">(1879), that American-born Parliamentarian, who famously declared to </span><b style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/biography">Winston Churchill</a>, </b><span style="font-size: small;">her political adversary, that </span><span style="font-size: small;">if he were her husband, she'd poison his coffee. "Madam," he replied, "if I were your husband, I'd drink it." Isn't history adorable? That is, when it doesn't make you sick and want to fill your pockets with rocks and head for the nearest river? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you're reading this, you may well be thinking that when I sat down here at the keyboard, I hadn't actually settled upon a topic and of course you would be correct. Certainly all manner of memories and topics are fluttering about in my </span><span style="font-size: small;">belfry. Driving about Hannibal, MO a few days ago, climbing the 274 steps up to the "Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse. </span><br />
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It stands atop Cardiff Hill, where red-headed Sammy Clemens used to play with his buddies. Finding my way through the raucous traffic in St. Louis on Saturday, to get to the fancy meeting of the <a href="http://www.mohumanities.org/">MO Humanities Council. </a>Manuscripts I've been trying to conjure into existence - these are what most occupy my mind these days, but what good do these batty notions do you, Dear Reader, in their half-baked condition? What would you like and/or need to know that I could tell you, that you don't know already? That, story-wise, history is full of buried treasures, remarkable people, rollicking, ill-conceived, harrowing, bloody adventures, and one damned thing after another? That when it comes to historical knowledge and awareness – without which we humans are a bunch of heedless, uninformed dopes, careening for the brink – <i>story</i> is the sugar that helps the medicine go down? That when it comes to historical awareness, most people in this here vale of tears are too witless to know its worth. Shoot, if you're reading this, you know that. So I'll close as ol' </span><span style="font-size: small;">Winston Churchill did more than once: "We bumble onward."</span></div>
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One of the best parts about researching a book is that I
don’t know what I’m going to find. Each project is like a mystery, and I have
the fun of solving it. Researching my new twin titles about a World War I service dog named Stubby proved especially challenging because so much of his historical trail had gone cold. </div>
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This stray dog turned soldier had gone from being one of the most celebrated participants in World War I to being forgotten by almost everyone. A few loyal fans have kept his story alive on the Internet--alive and evolving, I should add, which created one more layer of mystery--but most people who happen across Stubby's remains, which are mounted and on display at the Smithsonian, have no idea of his exploits. It became my job to sort fact from legend as I worked to revive the war hero's story.</div>
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My favorite surprise by far during my journey as history sleuth was the discovery that Stubby's best human friend, a fellow soldier named J. Robert
Conroy, had descendants. When I began my research, I asked Smithsonian curators what they could tell me
about Conroy. The answer, basically, was nothing. The museum had lost track of
him after he’d donated Stubby and his belongings to the museum in 1956, and
they’d barely learned anything about him even then. Other people had tried to
trace him, I was told, but with no luck.</div>
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Research is not a particularly linear process. True, I may
read a reference book from front to back, but the research threads I pick up in
one source tend to fan out like rays to countless others. By the time I’m done,
I haven’t so much connected the dots; I’ve more nearly created a web of facts.
The stronger that web—the more connections and overlap that I uncover—the
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Those web-like rays inevitably lead me to unexpected places.
One day a package of clippings arrived in my mailbox, as promised, from a
librarian in New Britain, Connecticut. I’d tracked down the librarian by
contacting the New Britain Public Library, and I’d contacted the library
because New Britain was the city where J. Robert Conroy had grown up. I wasn’t
the first person to inquire at the library about Stubby, and Patricia Watson
kindly sent me her usual packet of clippings. One of those articles had been
published in the 1990s and featured a quote from a man named Curtis Deane, who
was cited as being the grandson of J. Robert Conroy.</div>
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This was news. Up until that time, I’d found no references
whatsoever to Conroy having any descendants. Now I’d found one, or at least
found out about one. Fortunately, Curtis Deane hadn’t moved since he’d been
quoted in that story almost two decades ago (a minor miracle, really, given how
mobile people are these days). Before too long, I had been able to track him down by phone. “Can I call you back?” he asked,
after confirming that, yes, he really was the grandson of J. Robert Conroy. He
was digging out from three feet of snow, he explained, and he had been without
power until that hour. “Sure,” I said, having learned that patience is an
important part of the research and writing process.</div>
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True to his word, Curt Deane called me back the next day. We
talked for 45 minutes and agreed to speak again soon. A number of conversations
followed, and before long we’d made plans to meet in person. Other meetings followed as one thing led to
another. The threads for that web stretched farther and grew thicker.
Eventually Curt Deane introduced me to other family members, and I met more
descendants of the soldier whose history I had set out to find. As we became
better acquainted and I heard stories about the man these people had known as
Grandfather Bob, Stubby’s best friend became as real to me as the dog that he
had helped make famous. Their story became richer, and so did my ability to
share it with readers. Best of all, I had made new friends—one more surprise,
one more bonus, during the adventure of researching my books.</div>
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Posted by Ann Bausum during the release week for Stubby's new books. Follow his return to the limelight on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnnBausum" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>. </div>
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Here are two additional books, two great favorites of mine, that somehow feel off my post.<br />
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Ballerina<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Marilyn Nelson and photographed by our own Susan Kuklin<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A talented team of children's book
creators craft a beautiful, stirring tribute to the grace and power of prima
ballerinas everywhere.<br />
Every little girl has the dream to become a prima ballerina! On today's
ever-changing cultural stage, ballerinas come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and
abilities. To celebrate the beauty of black ballerinas, here is a lush
photographic picture book with a brilliant poetic narrative, brought to young
readers by two amazing talents. The minimal text balances the harmony of the
photos and demonstrates the joy of movement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The photographs in this
award-winning book took my breath away. I hear a wonderful presentation Susan did at an award panel several years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reaching for Dreams: A Ballet
from First Rehearsal to Opening Night with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Go backstage with dancers from the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater as they learn and perform a new ballet. Drawing on hours of
conversation and observation, Susan Kuklin gives a private look at the dancers
goals, disappointments, and triumphs; the endless hard work; and the tension
and magic of opening night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have a special feeling for this book as my grandson Benjamin Avram at
age ten <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>went to the Alvin Ailey School
to do African Dancing and ended up taking dance classes in ballet, tap and
modern through his senior year in highschool.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jan Greenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465907336433326017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-74634915393468736212014-05-15T05:30:00.000-04:002014-05-15T05:30:01.166-04:00A Celebration of the Arts<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As I
look back over the last five years of posts by I.N.K. bloggers, I’ve discovered
what I suspected all along, which is that this group has covered in our books
for young readers an astonishing variety of non-fiction subjects, ranging from
biographies of the famous to the obscure to great and small moments in history,
from science and math, to inventions, food, and the environment to the wild and
wacky. The list is endless. Along with these books we’ve shared our back
stories, challenges, classroom activities, some pet peeves and we’ve
recommended lists of excellent non-fiction books by other authors. Today, in celebration
of us, since the work I do concentrates on the arts, I’d like to offer an
I.N.K. blogger feast of books that do the same in dance, music, and visual arts.
Since I haven’t read all of them, I’ve <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>researched
reviews and descriptions on Amazon.com and will include some excerpts here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Young Musician’s
Survival Guide: Tips from Teens and Pros<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Learning to play an instrument can be fun and, at times,
frustrating. This lively, accessible book helps young people cope with the
difficulties involved in learning a new instrument and remaining dedicated to
playing and practicing. In this revised and expanded edition, Amy Nathan has
updated the book to address today's more technologically-minded young musician.
Expanded sections cover the various ways students can use technology to assist
in mastering an instrument and in making practice time more productive, from
using the Internet to download pieces to be learned and playing along with
downloaded tunes to practicing with computer-based practice programs, CDs, and
videos/DVDs of musical performances. The book's updated Resource Guide suggests
where to get additional help, both online and off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lots of kids enjoy dancing, but what motivates
them to push past the sore muscles, early-morning technique classes, and crazy
schedule required to become a professional dancer? In this book, dancers from
many backgrounds talk about their different paths to success in ballet, modern,
jazz, Broadway, and hiphop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> practice interpreting the music and the mood
of a movement, even when you’re doing a standard warm-up exercise <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• try to be in the front row at auditions so you
can see what’s going on and so the judges know you’re eager to be seen<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Clara Schumann Piano
Virtuoso<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A piano prodigy, Clara Schumann made her professional debut
at the age of nine and had embarked on her first European concert tour by the
time she was twelve. Clara charmed audiences with her soulful playing
throughout her life. Music was a constant source of inspiration and support for
this strong and resilient woman. After the death of her husband, Robert
Schumann, Clara continued her brilliant career and supported their eight
children. Clara Schumann's extraordinary story is supplemented with her letters
and diary entries, some of which have never before been published in English.
Gorgeous portraits and photographs show the members of Clara's famous musical
community and Clara herself from age eight to seventy-six. Index, chronology.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">George
Catlin is one of America’s best-known painters, famous for his iconic portraits
of Native Americans. He spent much of his life in the wilderness, sketching and
painting as he traveled. A solo trek across 500 miles of uncharted prairie, an
expedition to the Andes, harrowing encounters with grizzly bears and panthers,
and tours of the royal palaces of Europe were among his many adventures. In an
era when territorial expansion resulted in the near annihilation of many
indigenous cultures, George Catlin dedicated himself to meeting and writing
about the native peoples of the western hemisphere. With his “Indian Gallery”
of paintings and artifacts, he toured the United States and Europe, stirring up
controversy and creating a sensation.<br />
Award-winning author Susanna Reich combines excerpts from Catlin’s letters and
notes with vivid depictions of his far-flung travels. Generously illustrated
with archival prints and photos and Catlin’s own magnificent paintings, here is
a rollicking, accessible biography that weaves meticulously researched history
into a fascinating frontier and jungle adventure story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">José was
a boy with a song in his heart and a dance in his step. Born in Mexico in 1908,
he came into the world kicking like a steer, and grew up to love to draw, play
the piano, and dream. José's dreaming took him to faraway places. He dreamed of
bullfighters and the sounds of the cancan dancers that he saw with his father.
Dance lit a fire in José's soul. <br />
With his heart to guide him, José left his family and went to New York to
dance. He learned to flow and float and fly through space with steps like a
Mexican breeze. When José danced, his spirit soared. From New York to lands
afar, José Limón became known as the man who gave the world his own kind of
dance. <br />
¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ! ¡OLÉ! <br />
Susanna Reich's lyrical text and Raúl Colón's shimmering artwork tell the story
of a boy who was determined to make a difference in the world, and did. José!
Born to Dance will inspire picture book readers to follow their hearts and live
their dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a boy, Alexander (Sandy) Calder
was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got
older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One
day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an
entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a
brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences. This is the story of Sandy’s
Circus, as told by Tanya Lee Stone with Boris Kulikov’s spectacular and innovative
illustrations. Calder’s original circus is on permanent display at the Whitney
Museum in New York City.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cubism was one of the most influential visual art styles of
the early twentieth century. The Cubist painters rejected the inherited concept
that art should copy nature, or that they should adopt the traditional
techniques of perspective. Picasso and Braque, the pioneers of Cubist painting
are highlighted in this title, as well as the evolution of the Cubist art form.
This title will allow students to distinguish their own point of view from that
of the author of a text.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Patriotic music helps us feel pride for our country. The
songs bring a unity and sense of togetherness to the people who live there.
Written for many different reasons, and sung everywhere from baseball games to
presidential elections, this title lists examples of some of our country's most
cherished patriotic songs and information on the people and events that
inspired them. This title will allow students to explain events, procedures,
ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including
what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George E. Ohr Eccentric Genius</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When George Ohr's trove of pottery was discovered in 1967, years
after his death, his true genius was discovered with it. The world could
finally see how unique this artist really was! Born in 1856 in Biloxi,
Mississippi, George grew up to the sounds of the civil war and political
unrest. When he was 22, his boyhood friend introduced him to the pottery wheel.
The lost young man suddenly found his calling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"When I found the potter's wheel I felt it all
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He started creating strangely crafted pots and vases,
expressing his creativity and personality through the ceramic sculptures.
Eventually he had thousands at his fingertips. He took them to fairs and art
shows, but nobody was buying these odd figures from this bizarre man.
Eventually he retired, but not without hiding hundreds of his ceramics. Jan
Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, authors of the award winning <i>Ballet for Martha</i>,
approach this colorful biography with a gentle and curious hand.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Martha Graham : trailblazing
choreographer, Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer, and Isamu
Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Award-winning
authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of the
collaboration that created APPALACHIAN SPRING, from its inception through the
score’s composition to Martha’s intense rehearsal process. The authors’
collaborator is two-time Sibert Honor winner Brian Floca, whose vivid
watercolors bring both the process and the performance to life.</span></div>
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two artists -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude -- proposed an installation in New
York’s Central Park that would span twenty-three miles. They received a
185-page response from the Parks Department that could have been summed up in
one single word: “no.” But they persisted. This biography of contemporary
artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude is a story of the power of collaboration, and
vision, and of the creation of the spectacular Gates and other renowned
artworks.<i>Christo and Jeanne-Claude</i> is a 2003 Bank Street - Best
Children's Book of the Year.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Action Jackson
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock
began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1,
1950 (<i>Lavender Mist</i>).<br />
Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan use this moment as the
departure point for a unique picture book about a great painter and the way in
which he worked. Their lyrical text, drawn from Pollock's own comments and
those made by members of his immediate circle, is perfectly complemented by
vibrant watercolors by Robert Andrew Parker that honor his spirit of the artist
without imitating his paintings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sibert Honor book by the ALA. This is the enthralling biography of the
nineteenth-century Dutch painter known for pioneering new techniques and styles
in masterpieces such as <i>Starry Night</i> and <i>Vase with</i> <i>Sunflowers</i>.
The book cites detailed primary sources and includes a glossary of artists and
terms, a biographical time line, notes, a bibliography, and locations of
museums that display Van Gogh’s work. It also features a sixteen-page insert
with family photographs and full-color reproductions of many of Van Gogh’s
paintings. <i>Vincent Van Gogh </i>was named an ALA Notable Book and an ALA
Best Book for Young Adults and has been selected as a Common Core State
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Flowers. The work created by Andy Warhol elevated everyday images to art,
ensuring Warhol a fame that has far outlasted the 15 minutes he predicted for
everyone else. His very name is synonymous with the 1960s American art movement
known as Pop.<br />
But Warhol’s oeuvre was the sum of many parts. He not only produced iconic art
that blended high and popular culture; he also made controversial films,
starring his entourage of the beautiful and outrageous; he launched <i>Interview</i>,
a slick magazine that continues to sell today; and he reveled in leading the
vanguard of New York’s hipster lifestyle. The Factory, Warhol’s studio and den
of social happenings, was the place to be. <br />
Who would have predicted that this eccentric boy, the Pittsburgh-bred son of
Eastern European immigrants, would catapult himself into media superstardom?
Warhol’s rise, from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to status as a Pop icon,
is an absorbing tale—one in which the American dream of fame and fortune is
played out in all of its success and its excess. No artist of the late 20th
century took the pulse of his time—and ours—better than Andy Warhol.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I started writing for I.N.K. in March 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With nostalgia and curiosity, I went back to
look at some of my initial posts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kept
on reading and realized that I was also looking at a history of what has happened
in the field of kids’ nonfiction from then to now. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least, some of its zeitgeist, its ups and
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By 2008 we nonfiction writers had had time to road-test our liberation
from straitjacket association with encyclopedic information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had seen or written books such as <i>Dance</i>,
<i>Actual Size</i>, and <i>Action Jackson</i>, celebrating the changes that came with cheaper
color printing and more experimental styles and formats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was no wonder my second post for I.N.K., <a href="http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2008/04/rose-by-any-other-name.html" target="_blank">A Rose by any Other Name?</a> bridled against the confines of the word used to describe our field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote: </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we all know, words matter. So what about the one that describes
our genre of writing: nonfiction. I used to feel just fine about it, but now I
have a slight twinge. After all, it does have a negative point of reference.
The “I’m not fiction” instead of the “I am something” kind of writing…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you link to the post you can see a discussion of the issue
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Artistically booming , we were about to take a fall. In June
2008, however, most of us didn’t know that. I’m a
glass-half-full-AND-half-empty type, perhaps I had a premonition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <a href="http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2008/06/lucky-thing-about-friday-13th.html" target="_blank">The Lucky Thing about Friday the 13th</a>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>(prompted by my assigned post date) I
amused myself with cheerful grumbling about the luck factor (or lack thereof)
in writing nonfiction for kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is
part of it:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The lucky thing is that schools and libraries can always use
a well-written book to update their collection on a particular subject.<br />
The unlucky thing is that they can’t afford to buy them.<br />
The lucky thing is that you can create books on subjects kids will love.<br />
The unlucky thing is that many publishers can’t imagine marketing nonfiction to
the trade market, so the kids don’t find them. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you click on rest of the post, please note I do end with
the lucky side; I love what I do and have, luckily, managed to make a living at
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nevertheless a few months later, the fan was hit plunging us
into the biggest fiscal crisis since the Great Depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It hit the book industry the same way it
affected the nation at large.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know
many people whose completed, even paid-for manuscripts were dropped by
publishers looking at a shriveling market with no immediate change in
sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my own was pushed to a pub
date over a year in the future so it could be “supported more successfully.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happily unagented for most of my career, I began to think
about the comfort of having an ally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
started a search for an agent and was shocked by what I found on their web
sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another post, <a href="http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2011/04/agents-agents-of-change.html" target="_blank">Agents-Agents of Change</a> was born. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A personal nadir perhaps, but hope springs and swings
eternal along with changing fortunes for people and professions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, if you stick around long
enough, the pendulum swings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a
personal level, I had three books come out in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More globally, picture books, declared a dying
form<i></i>, managed a “rebirth.” YA nonfiction is growing. Nonfiction
books are more frequent winners and honor winners of the Newbery, Printz and
Caldecott. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I’m not exactly sure when the phrase Common Core first
appeared in I.N.K. posts, but it increased exponentially in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My book <i>Skyscraper</i> was included in <i>Math
Reads</i>, Marilyn Burn’s series using actual books to teach math; and I <a href="http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2013/02/common-ground-common-core.html" target="_blank">posted</a> about
future models of using our books in the classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Penguin combined <i>The Truth About Poop</i> and <i>Gee Whiz </i>in a new edition, I
<a href="http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2014/03/picture-books-and-middle-grade-readers.html" target="_blank">wrote</a> about what was lost and gained by very intelligently reissuing these
books in black-and-white digest form for the burgeoning middle grade market. <a href="http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2014/03/picture-books-and-middle-grade-readers.html"></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wasn’t the only one commenting on the Brave New World of
nonfiction’s role in education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I.N.K.
devoted the whole month of October 2013 to Common Core and nonfiction in the
classroom with a spirited discussion about the author’s role in the process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Is Common Core going to change the role and status of
nonfiction in our culture?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who
knows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know more imprints are opening
their lists to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I wish we’d have
more time and posts to report on what happens as a result.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s been great to have an opportunity to
think and write about all things nonfiction until now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you, I.N.K. </span></div>
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Linda Salzman, without whom…</span></div>
Susan E. Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08439239997410273932noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-91054895861920609732014-05-07T00:30:00.000-04:002014-05-07T00:30:00.681-04:00Starting a Movement<div class="MsoNormal">
In late 2007, I received an email from Linda Salzman asking
if I would contribute to an idea she had.
She wanted to start a group blog of nonfiction authors to talk about our
work, our process, or anything else that was on our minds. Why was she asking me? She said she was approaching
the nonfiction authors she admired most. Hmmm....flattery certainly creates openings. I was definitely interested. Naturally, my first question was, “Is there
any money in this?” When she said, “No,”
I said, without hesitation, “OK, I’m in.” You see, I thought she had
a really good idea and my mantra for my life, whenever an opportunity arises, is:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>I might learn something.</li>
<li>It might lead someplace.</li>
<li>It pays well.</li>
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If the opportunity met two out of the three criteria, I did
it. My first post “<a href="http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/2008/01/information-is-least-of-it.html">Information
Is the Least of It</a>” was published on the third day of this blog. In many respects it is shameless
self-promotion, but hey, I assumed that it was allowed, part of the deal. <br />
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In hindsight, I see that I was a first follower of Linda. But, in July of 2009, I became the shirtless
dancing guy when I woke up one morning with the idea of organizing the
community of authors who contributed to the I.N.K. blog into a company called <a href="http://www.inkthinktank.com/">iNK Think Tank</a>. The mission of iNK Think Tank is to get
nonfiction literature into classrooms; to educate the world about our
genre. To this end we provide a free
database, which helps teachers and others find books on subjects that can fit into
curricula. Last month, without
promotion, we had 500 new registrants for the database and the site is averaging about 5,000
visitors a month with a high of 8,000 last November.. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But our books are still excluded from most classroom work. There
are all kinds of reasons for this. Some
of them include the fact that there is the hegemony of textbooks as the source
of content, the notion that the quality of writing doesn't matter as long as
the subject is “covered,” and that efficiency in education means that everyone
is literally on the same page often at the same time. (A text book is not the Bible!) Teachers
do not know our work by our name and it would help if we defined ourselves by brand.. In
fiction, the author’s name becomes the “brand” because the name is used to
catalogue and shelve the books. In
nonfiction, we are cataloged and shelved by subject matter. At a time when the CCSS require that 50% if all reading in elementary school and 75% in high school be nonfiction, teachers still don't know about our books. And, according to <a href="http://www.hbook.com/2014/04/blogs/read-roger/core-values/">Roger Sutton</a>, this demand for nonfiction reading is not translating into more nonfiction publishing. iNK is not going
to take this situation lying down.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alexandra Siy gave us an idea on how to get our literary
foot in the classroom door. Again, I’m in the familiar role of first follower taking Alex's lead. This summer iNK is launching a program for students,
called the Nonfiction Minute, of very short (400 words max), stand-alone entries, which teachers
will be able to use in their classrooms to introduce students to top nonfiction authors. The
writing will showcase the many voices and topics that
fuel our passions. For the moment, we
will offer the Nonfiction Minute free. I have every
confidence that we’ll learn a lot and it will lead someplace.<br />
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I'm still walking the path Linda Salzman started me on so many years ago. As this I.N.K. blog becomes an archive, I can only say a heartfelt thank you to Linda. iNK Think Tank would not exist if not for you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Ann Bausum, </span><i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog </span></i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">(National Geographic for Kids)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation </i>(National Geographic, YA)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Steve Jenkins, <i>Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World </i>(Houghton
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Cheryl Harness,
2014 Missouri Humanities Award: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;">Distinguished Literary Achievement</span> </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">for writing and illustrating historical non-fiction books
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Elizabeth
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science of saving lives </i>(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction nominee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Orbis Pictus recommended<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pennsylvania Readers Choice Award nominee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tesla Lit Up the World </i>(Candlewick)</span><br />
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CBC/Bank Street College Best Book 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Deborah Heiligman, <i>The Boy Who Loved Math </i><span style="font-size: small;">(Roaring Brook)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> • Winner, 2014 Cook Prize for best STEM picture book, Bank Street College</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Melissa Stewart, <i>No Monkeys, No Chocolate </i>(Charlesbridge)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> • Honor book, 2014 </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cook Prize for best STEM picture book, Bank Street College</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">May 4 –
Susan Kuklin: </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Cooper Union, New York,
NY,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PEN/World Voices Literary
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Woelfle: Ashley House, Sheffield, MA, with illustrator Alix Delinois, presenting <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mumbet’s Declaration of
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</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Simmons College, Boston, MA, CBC/CBB
Diversity Committee Children’s Book Week<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cobb: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">White Plains, NY,
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">PACE University School of Education
Conference: Rethinking STEM-D Education: Innovative Practices from the Field; Videoconferencing
with Alexandra Siy, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and Carla Killough McCafferty, in a
panel discussion: Science That's Fun to Read and Teach</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">May 17 – Ann Bausum, author program
and family event "Stubby the War Dog and his Favorite Doughboy," Westport
Public Library, Westport CT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">May 17 – Cheryl Harness<span style="color: #1a1a1a;">: </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Missouri Humanities Council, St. Louis, MO., presentation of </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">2014 Humanities Award: Distinguished Literary Achievement</span><br />
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This week, I went back to high school. I was part of a STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math) panel for career day. The other two members
on the panel were nuclear engineers, having just graduated from college last
year. We had seven sessions, so I listened to their presentation seven times.
And, I still couldn’t tell you what a nuclear engineer does. At the very least,
there is no way that I could explain it to a group of teenagers. My left brain
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My author presentation audience is usually elementary and
middle school students, and 40-45 minutes long with about a 15-minute question
period. For this high school crowd, I had to shorten it to less than 10 minutes
and tailor it more towards STEM. And, present 7 times, once every half
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The high school students seemed very interested in
engineering fields --- even asking very complicated questions about nuclear engineering,
which showed me that they understood the material presented to them. If these
are the hands and minds that will create the future, then it looks like we are
in great shape. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>“If we’re going to out-innovate and out-educate the rest of
the world, we’ve got to open doors for everyone. We need all hands on deck, and
that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in
science, technology, engineering, and math.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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With all the media attention that has been given to
engineering, I thought I’d share a part of my introduction to the Engineering
chapter from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Women-Steel-Stone-Inspirational-Architects/dp/1613745087/" target="_blank">Women of Steel and Stone</a> here to explain the engineering field and
the current statistics, and also mention the different areas. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon, I will have PDF handouts of the introductory chapter
on <a href="http://www.annamlewis.com/" target="_blank">my website</a> for teachers, librarians, and students. The handout will explain
all 12 of the engineering categories and the disciplines, and the top
engineering schools at the moment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Women in Engineering</span></b></u><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Women-Steel-Stone-Inspirational-Architects/dp/1613745087/" target="_blank">Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Engineers</a>, Chicago Review Press, Jan 2014</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in;">Today, engineers apply
scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge to design
and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials, and processes.
There are 25 different engineering and engineering technology majors offered in
A</span><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in;">merican universities. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in;">Engineering used to be dominated by men, and though the
statistics are getting better, there is still a long way to go. The National
Science Foundation’s </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in
Science and Engineering</i><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in;"> report reveals that in 2008, 41 percent of male
incoming college students planned to major in science and engineering, compared
to 30 percent of incoming female students. In 2010, the numbers remained
similar: 44 percent of men and 33 percent of women planned to major in the sciences.
In biology and social and behavioral sciences, there are more women enrolled
than men; whereas in engineering, physics, and computer science, men greatly
outnumber the women. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in;">In addition, the Congressional Commission on the
Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science Engineering and Technology
Development reported in September 2000 that women are about twice as likely as
their male colleagues to leave the engineering workforce after a few years (25
percent compared with 12 percent). Of the 60 to 80 students who take professor </span><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in;">Angela Bielefeldt’s</span><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 0.5in;"> civil engineering
class at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she says, only 10 to 12 are
generally women.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0.5in;">While master’s degrees in engineering awarded to
women hovered at 22.6 percent in 2010, a slight dip from 2008 and 2009 levels,
bachelor’s degrees in the engineering field among women climbed to 18.1
percent, and more engineering doctorates—22.9 percent—were awarded to women
than any time in the past, according to the American Society for Engineering
Education.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0.5in;">With a rapidly growing population and aging
infrastructure, our nation needs all our creative and technical minds, male and
female. As the pioneers in these pages prove, women can build too.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u>Engineering and Engineering
Technology College Majors</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;">The National Academy of
Engineering has organized 12 engineering categories. Members are required to
select a primary and, if needed, secondary affiliations. The scope of each
discipline incorporates a diverse area of work.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-indent: 0.5in;">Four main disciplines account
for two-thirds of the degrees handed out each year: civil, computer,
electrical, and mechanical engineering. The next four disciplines account for
one-fifth of all degrees handed out each year: aerospace, biomedical, chemical,
and industrial/manufacturing engineering. Fewer than 10 percent of engineering
degrees handed out each year include those in agricultural, architectural,
engineering management, engineering physics/engineering science, environmental,
general engineering studies, materials, mining, nuclear, and petroleum
engineering.</span></div>
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guest post is by Karen Blumenthal—author of YALSA Nonfiction Award finalists </span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bootleg<i> and </i>Steve Jobs:
The Man Who Thought Different—<i>and a committed researcher. Or, maybe, a researcher
who should be committed? Read her post and decide for yourself!</i></span></div>
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One evening during a research trip
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While I reeled in pain, the guests
in the lobby eyed me as if I'd enjoyed the happy hour a little too much.
Embarrassingly, I was suffering instead from a wicked case of microfilm myopia.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had only been <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">researching</i> drinking, not actually doing it. </div>
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In writing nonfiction for young
people, I know the quality of the research drives the story. But that all-important
work, I've concluded, may be dangerous to your health.</div>
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Other afflictions from recent research
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hoarding:</i> </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My obsession won’t make great reality TV, but I have stashed
quarters everywhere, in pockets, wallets, and tote bags, and I won’t share them
with you, even for a desperately needed soft drink. They’re crucial for parking
meters, copiers and lockers for stashing your stuff while you research Al
Capone at the Chicago History Museum. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Research
fog:</i> An ailment closely related to microfilm myopia, this dense stupor sets
in around the fifth hour of reading, especially if you skip lunch to squeeze in
more work during a research library's limited hours. As you emerge from the fluorescent-lit
haze, jabbering about what you have learned, it slowly becomes apparent that no
one you know cares that Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Penney founder James
Cash Penney had similar backgrounds.</div>
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breath</i>: What is it about libraries that makes your mouth feels like a herd
of camels just ambled across your tongue? Spend too much of the day inside one
of these important (and low-humidity) places of knowledge and you'll find that
your newfound trivia isn't all that will knock people out. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chronic
nerditis</i>: Finding some new gem online can lead to mysteriously intense,
heart-pounding excitement that will surely bore your family to death. You mean
you can read 1920s magazines online? Find newspapers stories back to the 1850s?
Look at a database instead of those fat green <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reader's Guides to Periodicals</i>?
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fun; writing, for me, is difficult. So why in the world should I want to stop
searching for good stuff? What if there’s a better anecdote out there? What if
I’ve missed a great example? If only the deadline wasn’t approaching!</div>
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Of course, the paper cuts and
smudges on my clothes from newspapers and fresh photocopies are all worth the
trouble when I finally sit down at the computer. Having great stories and
specific detail is crucial to writing for young people because the story must crackle
and pop, and every idea must be crystal clear for readers who have little experience
or context to bring to a subject.</div>
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take a break at the coffee shop. I may be paying with quarte<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>rs.</div>
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all the INK blogs that I’ve written, trying to get a sense of what I’ve been
doing, thinking, and writing about for six-plus years. My internal monologue went, “I don’t remember writing about
that…..” “Did I really say….?” “I’d forgotten about her…..” My
early posts had no photos and no links.
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each month to natter on about books, writing, being a writer, and even
tangential topics.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out of 66 such
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that the last six-plus INK years have brought me five book contracts, with four of those books already out there in the marketplace. Writing about writing, and doing it to a monthly deadline, may have helped my chronic condition of procrastination, though perhaps it should have had its own category of “not-writing.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all, it’s been great fun. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks, Linda Salzman, for thinking up INK and running it so well. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to the other authors and to our loyal readers. However, I’m not quite finished: we still have two months to go.</span></div>
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