{"id":29692,"date":"2020-11-13T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/?p=29692"},"modified":"2022-09-22T18:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T01:15:37","slug":"picture-books-for-young-writers-my-pencil-and-me-and-how-to-write-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/picture-books-for-young-writers-my-pencil-and-me-and-how-to-write-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture Books for Young Writers: My Pencil and Me and How to Write a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>My Pencil and Me <\/em>by Sara Varon. First Second, 2020, 34 pages.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/my-pencil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29693 lazyload\" width=\"273\" height=\"352\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/my-pencil.jpg 314w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/my-pencil-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/my-pencil-300x388.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 273px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 273\/352;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reading Level: <\/strong>Picture Book, ages 4-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended for: <\/strong>ages 5-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every writer knows the terror residing in a blank page. \u201cIt\u2019s always so hard to get started,\u201d our nameless protagonist laments. Fortunately, she has a secret weapon: her pencil. This cheerful chap oozes encouragement right out of the can: \u201cC\u2019mon, you can do this! You and I are a team!\u201d Since this writer is also an illustrator, she starts with sketching ideas. Real characters at a baseball game are soon joined by imaginary characters. Nice start, but where\u2019s the conflict? A dispute leads to a broken pencil, and just like that, the plot becomes a meta-story about telling stories. &nbsp;Readers won\u2019t get much in the way of specifics, but some insight into the way writers (and illustrators) work. The third-from-last double-page spread, where the real Sarah Varon appears in her studio with pencil in hand, is worth the read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Overall rating: 4<\/strong> (out of 5)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>How to Write a Story<\/em> by Kate Messner, illustrated by Mark Siegel. Chronicle, 2020, 28 pages.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-write-a-story.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29694 lazyload\" width=\"347\" height=\"324\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-write-a-story.jpg 435w, https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-write-a-story-300x280.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 347px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 347\/324;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reading Level: <\/strong>Picture Book, ages 4-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended for<\/strong>: ages 7-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate Messner, an author with several highly-recognized middle-grade novels to her credit, offers sound advice on how anyone can write a story. The story elements don\u2019t vary: plot, characters, setting, theme, and conflict. Messner\u2019s approach is to break those elements into ten steps, offering several possibilities for each, until the story has solidified into a fantastic tale involving a sea monster escaping from the city aquarium. But the story doesn\u2019t have to flashy. Step one is finding the idea\u2014\u201csomething you love or something that scares you,\u201d for instance. Setting, protagonist, and problem follows, then an overall plan and interesting details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some kids like to dream up the idea first and follow where it leads them. Others, who just can\u2019t think of anything, could find the list of steps helpful\u2014especially since, at the end, the story is complete and ready to be shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Overall Rating: 4<\/strong> (out of 5)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-also-at-redeemed-reader\">Also at Redeemed Reader<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Other books by Kate Messner: the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2015\/08\/d-ranger-in-time-series-by-kate-messner\/\">Ranger in Time<\/a><\/strong> chapter-book series, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2015\/02\/all-the-answers-by-kate-messner\/\">All the Answers<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2013\/09\/scientific-fiction-or-fictional-science-three-genre-busting-reads\/\">Wake Up Missing<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/li><li>We gave a starred review to Sara Varon\u2019s <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/redeemedreader.com\/2018\/04\/new-shoes-by-sara\/\">New Shoes<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/li><li> More writing guides? 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