September Bonus Links Worth Your While

9/26/2015

by Kirsti Call

I'm excited to have the privilege of posting Bonus Links and Mentor Text Author Studies. Here are some incredible posts that I found this month.

Marcie Flinchum Atkins' post: 10 for 10: Top 10 Favorite Picture Books to Use as Mentor Texts for Word Choice, gives fantastic examples for specific types of language.

Adrienne Gear's post, Celebrating my Favorite PB's for Intermediate/Middles Grades is a great place to start if you're writing Picture Books for the older crowd.

If you're looking to write a great read aloud, Barnes and Noble has a post, The 10 Most Fun Picture Books to Read Aloud, to get your juices flowing.

Christy Mihaly gives us a list of books to use as mentor texts if we're writing about difficult topics in her post, Tackling Tough Topics...With Picture Books.

What posts have helped you in your mentor text journey this month?

9 Comments

Maria Marshall

9/24/2015 01:38:42 am

Carrie, the link to: " Adrienne Gear's post, Celebrating my Favorite PB's for Intermediate/Middles Grades" doesn't work. It comes up - "About: blank." Just thought you should know. :-)

Kirsti Call

9/24/2015 07:30:52 am

Hi Maria, The link is fixed now! Thanks for letting us know.

Jilanne Hoffmann

9/24/2015 11:11:21 am

Aww, The Great Fuzz Frenzy is one of my all-time faves! Thanks for the links!

Manju Howard link

9/24/2015 02:39:50 pm

Hi, Carrie!
Here's one interview I liked - Some Kids' Books Are Worth The Wait: 'They Do Take Time,' Says Kevin Henkes Via @NPR http://n.pr/1V8bWte

Carrie Charley Brown

9/24/2015 03:39:07 pm

Thanks for sharing, Manju. I really enjoy author interviews, too, and Kevin Henkes is spectacular. WAITING is such a sweet new story.

Carrie Charley Brown

9/24/2015 03:37:28 pm

Great resources for utilizing picture books for different purposes, Kirsti! Thanks!

Carol Gordon Ekster link

9/24/2015 04:29:45 pm

Great sites! Wonderful list of picture books for the older students. Thanks for sharing this resource, Kirsti.

Maryann Schacht

9/24/2015 05:35:25 pm

Thank you for all your tips.

Sadee Schilling link

10/2/2015 09:59:52 pm

Thanks for the links, Kirsti! I was excited to see that you're joining Carrie as co-coordinator. My daughters are crazy about The Great Fuzz Frenzy and I had the pleasure of learning from Janet Stevens this summer in CO at our regional SCBWI illustrator intensive. My favorite part of this book is the neon green fuzz--Janet told us that she picked the fuzz off of real tennis balls and glued it to her artwork. Amazing! She also said that years later, she is still finding bits of fuzz around her house! Ha!

September Bonus Links Worth Your While

Leave a Reply.

ReFoReMo

Archives

Categories