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Color me a rhyme : nature poems for young people
Collection of short poems by Jane Yolen about colors in nature.
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Breaking the Code of Poetry
In this essay you will find three of my poems to give you an example of the range that can be found in children's poetry, and some possible ways to break each code. How I love the image that conjures up: a children's poet dressed as a French tart in revealing clothing and beret, her back up against a lamppost, cigarette (probably a chocolate cigarette since she is a children's poet) dangling from her mouth. [...]the photographs in the book were all by my youngest son, Jason Stemple, who is an awardwinning photographer now living in Charleston, SC with his family.
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Merlin and the dragons
When young Arthur is troubled by dreams, Merlin tells him a story about a fatherless boy who himself dreamed about dragons and the defeat of the evil king Vortigern.
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From Andersen On: Fairy Tales Tell Our Lives
Jane Yolen's essay offers a very personal look into her own experience as a writer of fairy tales. Here she explores Hans Christian Andersen's autobiographical writings, Oscar Wilde's political and aesthetic works, and her own approach to writing.
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Centaur rising
In 1965, a year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm, a baby centaur is born and the family, already under scrutiny because Arianne's six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the colt a secret.
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The last changeling
\"When Prince Aspen and Snail, the midwife's apprentice, realize that they have started the war they meant to prevent, they take on new identities and go on a quest to make things right\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Second Skin: An Interview with Jane Yolen
Few writers have achieved the range or distinction of Jane Yolen, whose oeuvre includes stories, reviews, and well-known books such as Owl Moon and Devil's Arithmetic. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages, including Japanese, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Braille. While she has published nearly 300 children's and adult books on fantasy, science fiction, and the art of writing itself, it is Yolen's connection to folklore that is the foundation of her work, earning her the titles \"America's Hans Christian Andersen\" and \"the Aesop of the Twentieth Century.\" She believes that folklore \"is the universal human language\" for which children have an instinctive affinity. Moreover, the citation for Yolen's honorary Doctor of Law degree from Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts, noted that \"throughout her writing career she has remained true to her primary source of inspiration—folk culture.\" According to Yolen, \"[F]olklore is \"the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.\" Yolen, who was born and raised in New York City, is also an accomplished storyteller and teacher. The following exchange took place by e-mail in late 2007, while Yolen was in Scotland.
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Once there was a story : tales from around the world, perfect for sharing
A collection of thirty shareable fairy tales, folk tales, and fables from around the world that includes magic tales, homey tales, animal tales, and two tales by Jane Yolen.
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How Hard Can It Be?
Jane Yolen, the award-winning author of over 300 books, shares her writing process and invites us to understand the differences between writing for picture books, writing narratives, and collaborating on a graphic novel, as she experienced while writing her first graphic novel Foiled. The relationship between the illustrations and the text is central in creating graphic novels and essential to producing a quality book. Not only is the author asked to be \"part art director, part movie director, part set designer and costume designer, part storyboarder,\" the production of graphic novels necessitates collaboration between author, artist, and editor. The sophistication with which graphic novels are written and, as a result, read has helped Jane Yolen embrace this art form, and she encourages us to do the same. (Contains 1 figure.)
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