Podcast – Great Refrains in Picture Books
Your favorite songs probably have great refrains, but what about your favorite picture books? The Picture Book Summit Founders discuss what refrains are, define the different types of refrains, and share how to use them to elevate your own picture book writing! Spoiler alert! Get your library card ready, because there are some excellent mentor texts in this episode.
*Books mentioned in this episode:
- Finding Papa by Angela Pham Krans and Thi Bui
- Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School! by Carrie Finison and Erin Kraan
- I Hate to Go to Bed! by Katie Davis
- The Very Fairy Princess by Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, and Christine Davenier
- The Yellow Handkerchief by Donna Barba Higuera and Cynthia Alonso
- Choosing Brave by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington
- Bug on the Rug by Sophia Gholz and Susan Bartori
- Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams by Andrea J. Loney and Keith Mallett
- Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews by Julie Hedlund and Ilaria Urbanati.
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Ready to insert even more musicality in your picture books. Grab Nikki Grimes’ Picture Book Summit Presentation: The Music of Language HERE!
Language learning is serious business. We all understand how important it is that our children learn how to read and write. But sometimes we take it a little too seriously, swinging the pendulum from the delightful wordplay of early childhood to the dry, regimented grind of grammar acquisition, spelling proficiency, and the mechanics of structure.
Unfortunately, a child’s natural love of the music of language is often lost in the process, and we spend years trying to figure out how to restore it. That’s where lyrical picture books play a vital role. Award-winning author and poet Nikki Grimes shows us how.
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