Writers

Writers Are Readers

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Some questions to consider:

• Outside of this workshop have you ever heard a book read to you in the past month? 6 months? year? • Can you name 5 children’s books you’ve read in the past month?

• Have you ever read something you’ve written to a class of children?

• Have you ever read something you’ve written to a group of adults?

• Has an adult ever read aloud something you’ve written?

 • Can you name 5 contemporary children’s book authors? Illustrators? Authors of color? Independent publishers? Imprints? Indigenous authors? Authors of rhyming books? Authors of nonfiction? Cartoonists? Novels in verse?

The books he reads from: All Are Welcome, by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman

The Remember Balloons, by Jessie Oliveros, illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte

 When We Were Alone, by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett

 Hands Up!, by Breanna J. McDaniel, illustrated by Shane W. Evans

 Shh! We Have a Plan, by Chris Haughton

This Is Sadie, by Sara O'Leary, illustrated by Julie Morstad

 Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights, by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Jared Andrew Schorr

 BunnyBear, by Andrea J. Loney, illustrated by Carmen Saldaña

The books he shows later: The Sound of Silence, by Katrina Goldsaito, illustrated by Julia Kuo

 They Say Blue, by Jillian Tamaki

You're Snug with Me, by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Poonam Mistry

Flashlight, by Lizi Boyd

Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse, by Marcy Campbell, illustrated by Corinna Luyken

 Not Quite Narwhal, by Jessie Sima

 She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World, by Kathy MacMillan and Manuela Bernardi, illustrated by Kathrin Honesta