Archive for 2010
Where do writers get their ideas?
November 4, 2010
I am curious about most everything, including where do writers get their ideas? Truman Capote is a favorite author of mine and I continue to ask myself: “Did Truman just know more interesting people that I know—where did he find the people he wrote about, who inhabit his stories?” OR was it just that the […]
Picture books thrive—and for good reason!
October 28, 2010
Picture books unpopular?! Many parents are pressing their young children to leave picture books behind and move on to more text-heavy chapter books. Do we really need to wonder why too many children do not like to read and find reading a chore and a bore? To all parents—mindful of the increasing rigorous standardized testing in […]
Diane W. Frankenstein, award winning author will be in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
October 22, 2010
Come meet award winning author, Diane W. Frankenstein, On Wednesdy October 27, 7:00-9:00pm read more>>
Congratulations Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian-born novelist recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature
October 21, 2010
Like most readers I pay attention to and like awards because they point the way to writers and books I might not meet otherwise. At the same time I make sure I treat the awards, not the winners, with a bit of levity. To honor our recent winner, let me quote from one of his […]
Diane comments on best age for children to start Kindergarten. SF Chronicle newspaper
October 19, 2010
Diane Frankenstein comments on the recent California bill that mandates that children must be 5 years old to begin K. Read More>>
