Literacy Builders

For the Love of Learning

Authors

Thanks for the Stories

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With Thanksgiving on the horizon, this is the time of year I find myself thinking about all of the things for which I am grateful. As I started to write this blog, I made a list that included things like:

  • Collaboration
  • Questions
  • Thoughtful Discussions
  • Reflection

And then I moved to things like

  • Inquisitive children
  • Quiet time to think
  • Blank pieces of paper

And then, I found myself jotting down:

  • Books
  • Interesting illustrations
  • Poems

And it got me thinking a lot about children’s literature. I love children’s books. My own personal collection contains over 3,000 titles that have enchanted my family, my students, and myself. Authors and illustrators are the truest champions of literacy. Without them, there’d be no books. Without books, our children would not read. So, for this year’s Thanksgiving post, I would like to share my tribute to children’s authors. I am grateful for the amazing work of the legions people who write books that children want to read and want to personally say, Thank You to all of them.

Once upon a time,
Someone sat
Thinking…
     Creating…
          Crafting…
Characters like
Junie
     Amber
Harry
     Fudge
Jack
     Annie
Amelia
     Mudge
They sat, they dreamed, they wrote,
Of magic tree houses,
     magic school buses,
          magic castles,
To capture the
Imagination,
     Fascination,
          Curiosity,
               And awe
Of a child.

To any person who has ever written for a child, thank you. With each book and illustration, another reader is born.