Zitat des Tages von Deborah Wiles:
I always say that I take my life and turn it into story, and I certainly did that with 'Countdown'.
I am always telling students that a story is not just words. You can tell a story with dance or paint or music. Kids and adults are visual learners, auditory learners. There are those of us who need to touch it. Storytelling encompasses so much more than words on paper.
So often, we don't realize that the very moments in which we live become our history, our story.
Telling stories with visuals is an ancient art. We've been drawing pictures on cave walls for centuries. It's like what they say about the perfect picture book. The art and the text stand alone, but together, they create something even better. Kids who need to can grab onto those graphic elements and find their way into the story.
I want young readers to know that to tell their own story is the most important thing they'll ever do.
There's always something good to come out of disappointment: Comfort.
