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Wired for Story The Writers Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
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Lisa Cron
Kim Griswell
, August 05, 2012
I've been an editor for close to twenty years and a writer for even longer, so most writing books fail to offer me anything new. This one does. By making her writing theory brain-based, Cron shows writers (both new and seasoned) not only HOW story works but WHY story (and books) is essential to human development. I started reading the book on a Thursday and by Friday I was already teaching its concepts to my own writing students. If you write or want to write, this book will leapfrog you ahead of all those other would-be writers who don't understand the brain-book connection.
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Going Bovine
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Libba Bray
Kim Griswell
, November 09, 2010
Looking for a road trip read that involves mad cow disease mixed with physics, myth, music, and insights into the nature of death and reality? OK. Then how about a dwarf, a gnome, an angel, and a conspiracy to trap people in snow globes? What if the kid with mad cow disease gets to have sex with the angel? Going Bovine is all of that and a whiff of reefer. But you have to have a pretty good brain to go along for this ride!
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The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)
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Barbara Kerley
Kim Griswell
, November 04, 2010
Did you ever wonder why Mark Twain's hair always looked as if it had thoughts of its own? Maybe he saw this coming: a behind-the scenes look at Papa Twain from the point of view of his daughter Susy. You see, Papa wasn't the only scribbler in the Twain household. Susy was a chronicler, too-a chronicler of the life of her beloved father. The book includes mini-journals with excerpts in Susy's script stuck between the pages of the lively main story. If you're interested in one of America's greatest storytellers (and want your kids to be, too), then you won't want to miss this unique perspective on Papa Twain.
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Sunshine
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Robin Mckinley
Kim Griswell
, December 15, 2009
I have to admit an aversion to the wave of vampire books kicked off by a not-to-be mentioned not-well-written recent bestseller, but I've always been a fan of Robin McKinley's writing and the cover blurb by Neil Gaiman didn't hurt. All I can say is if you're out there reading vampire books and you haven't read this one or if you're avoiding them but tempted, pick up Sunshine. These vamps weren't written for love-sick teens. They're visceral and smelly and shudder-making, and McKinley's hero is reluctant with a capitol "r". The smell of cinnamon rolls wafts off the pages (she's a baker) and if you don't have to head out for a Voodoo doughnut after reading this, well, maybe you only think you're still among the living, or, sadly for you, not living in Portland.
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Leviathan 01
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Scott Westerfeld
Kim Griswell
, October 12, 2009
Hold onto your Huxley tentacles, mates, and let Westerfield take you up into the atmosphere where the air is thin but the writing is thrilling. After hearing the author speak at Portland, Oregon's Wordstock last weekend and seeing slides of the amazing black and white illustrations that adorn this YA novel, I couldn't resist picking up a copy and getting it signed. Westerfield has created an alternative WWI filled with "beasties" and "clankers" and two young heroes up to their bums in action. The only problem with this book is I can't stop reading long enough to get any work done.
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Turtles Penguin Day
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Valeri Gorbachev
Kim Griswell
, September 29, 2009
A perfect book to stimulate a preschooler's imagination and sense of play. Seeing turtle dressed like a penguin is giggle-aloud silly! Don't be surprised if your little one wants to dress up like a penguin the next day. Or you just might want to try it yourself.
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Lunch Lady 02 & The League Of Librarians
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Jarrett J Krosoczka
Kim Griswell
, September 23, 2009
Taco-vision night goggles? Hairnet nets? This graphic novel for middle-graders takes that boring old lunch tray and dumps it right on your head. Well . . . not literally, but you get the idea. If you've ever resented a librarian for telling you to put down your video controller and pick up a book, you're gonna love meeting Lunch Lady and the kids who help her thwart the evil plan of the League of Librarians. Oh, but you'll have to put down your video controller and read the book. (Not to worry. It's full of fabulous pictures of things like giant yellow demon pigs and those all-time favorite words: Zap! Crash! Pow! I loved it!
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Story Sisters
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Alice Hoffman
Kim Griswell
, September 20, 2009
Why can't I be Alice Hoffman? Every time I open one of her books I am pulled into the spell she's woven and cannot come up for air. It's after nine a.m. My hair is scruffy, I need a shower, but I can't get out of bed. The Story Sisters have me so wrapped up in their lives that mine seems a pale shadow. Will Elv ever find justice for what happened to her when she was a child? Will she find peace? Will anyone be left alive to notice? Oh, Alice! How do you do it?
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Curious Garden
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Peter Brown
Kim Griswell
, September 14, 2009
Portland isn't the only city going green! New York City has been busy transforming an old raised railroad into a green trail that runs along the west side of Manhattan. Inspired by NYC's just-opened High Line Park Above the City, The Curious Gardener shows what a single urban kid can do to transform drab into dramatic, grungy into green. A must-buy for urban parents who want to empower their kids to see green possibilities all around.
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