A WORD ABOUT WRITING FOR CHILDREN FROM SHAIN

As a lonely child, books were where I found friends and role models. When Dad got in late at night, we had a magical moment before I fell asleep; he would read to me in his beautiful, expressive voice. Dad worked with children as a teacher and camp manager, and he never talked down to them. At a very young age, I heard the poetry of Robert Frost and Langston Hughes, and quaked deliciously as Buck faced his nemesis, The Great White Dog. It instilled a passion to learn about life in me I’ve always been grateful for. 

 

It also gave me the ability to grasp essential reading and learning skills early. Not to mention a wondrous appreciation for other cultures, and different points of view.

 

For that reason, I believe it enriches children to be read to at mixed-age levels of literature, and I tend to write this way. Though age sometimes limits their comprehension of a subtle meaning here, or a long word there, the feeling and intent seeps in a child's consciousness to a surprising degree. Even with quite young children. It certainly enriched my understanding of the world around me.

 

Coming soon: The Sally Mitts Stories Book Two

The Sally Mitts stories embody the above approach to writing to writing for children. They are full of fun and humor, and they never talk down. Sally knows life is an adventure to be lived fully, as did we all when we were children. Come and join her family of friends. I'll see you there!

             ~Shain #publicspeaker, #Creativityandyouth, #horrorwriting. #fantasywriting #shainstodt #children's books, 3women'ssexuality