If I had to choose one book (not my own) to give for a five to seven-year-old it would be Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins. This is a step up from picture books, perfect for the early reader. I gave it to my granddaughter last year and she has heard it at least seven times (often enough to memorize parts). I’m giving it to a niece this year and I hope she loves it, too.
Have started Christmas shopping and I’m bleary-eyed from price comparing on line but have part of my list done. To all who stumble across this blog before the holidays, hope yours are the best!
Judy
At last Stephanie and I are heading into the final revision on a mid-grade novel we’ve been working on forever. It helped that we had time to sit down and brainstorm when I visited her for a few days following the SCBWI Working Writer’s Retreat. Great inspiration struck after I came home and started plugging in changes we’d discussed, and I think at last we are unstuck. I’ve decided you can’t force unstuckedness. Trying too hard produces only frustration. Creativity has to find its own path. So next time,while waiting, I’m going to review old manuscripts that got rejected or play computer games or go out to my garden and dig in the dirt and probably some of all three. Eventually unstuckedness will happen. At least it did this time. Judy
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