Fiction Writer, Poet, Playwright, Educator, Memoir Writer and Literary Critic
A Review of Randall’s Wall by Carol Fenner, 1991; rpt. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1996, 85 pages This realistic novel for middle-grade children concerns an artistic boy from a poor family. Randall’s father has abused…
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Motivated by her concern after the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, Kathryn Erskine wrote mockingbird (mok′ ing-bûrd) to examine how families cope after a sudden tragedy. Erksine’s first-person narrator is a ten-year-old girl with Asperger’s syndrome named Caitlin Ann Smith. …
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One of public television’s (PBS) excellent programs for preschool children is Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. This show replaced Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood in 2012. Unlike the original program, which had real people and children, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is in animated cartoon format. …
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