Kidlitchat Transcript – March 2 (part 1)

2:00 am kidlitchat: TOPIC: Who are the authors/illustrators whose work most inspired you to get into this crazy business? #kidlitchat
2:00 am susanjsteward: Evening, everyone in #kidlitchat!
2:00 am SolomonInkwell: Yes, I want a 10-piece Chicken McNugget and a large fry please… #kidlitchat
2:01 am YolaRamunno: @lisabrowndraws Welcome. No need to feel nervous:) #kidlitchat
2:01 am skodobah: Oh this topic rocks!!!!! #kidlitchat
2:01 am RebeccAgent: Hi All you kidlitchatters #kidlitchat
2:01 am carolgrannick: It’s good to be back at #kidlitchat #kidlitchat
2:01 am jennymckmoss: Kid lit in particular? #kidlitchat
2:01 am skodobah: Laura Ingalls Wilder. #kidlitchat
2:01 am Brent_Watson41: I should clarify, one eye looking at @MissusM ’s manuscript #kidlitchat
2:01 am mumfusa: this ought to be fun! RT @gregpincus TOPIC: Who are the authors whose work most inspired you to get into this crazy business? #kidlitchat
2:01 am bonnieadamson: @EngridE1 @ laurielyoung Hi, there! #kidlitchat
2:01 am skodobah: @SolomonInkwell Anything to drink with your order? #kidlitchat
2:01 am jennymckmoss: RT @skodobah: Laura Ingalls Wilder. #kidlitchat
2:01 am gregpincus: So happy to see prodigal chat sons and daughters returning :-) #kidlitchat
2:02 am YolaRamunno: @kidlitchat I always loved dark writings. The Raven by Poe was the first writing that made me say, hmm I’m interested. #kidlitchat
2:02 am SolomonInkwell: Whoops! Sorry..thought I was at #McDonalds. :-) #kidlitchat
2:02 am skodobah: I was an artist before I started writing. I LOVED Richard Scarry. #kidlitchat
2:02 am skodobah: @gregpincus LOL! They all come home, eventually. #kidlitchat
2:02 am jessicaleeander: TOPIC: Who are the authors/illustrators whose work most inspired you to get into this crazy business? #kidlitchat
2:02 am gregpincus: For me, Dr. Seuss was the biggest inspiration. Heck, for awhile I didn’t even think of NON-rhyming picture books. #kidlitchat
2:02 am SolomonInkwell: @skodobah – Diet Coke. #kidlitchat
2:02 am dawnmetcalf: @skodobah I adore Richard Scarry books. #kidlitchat
2:02 am skodobah: @SolomonInkwell Yeah, right. #kidlitchat
2:02 am WriterRoss: Have the festivities begun? #kidlitchat
2:02 am Buffyandrews: @skodobah My kids have all of his books. #kidlitchat
2:03 am dosankodebbie: RT @bonnieadamson: TOPIC: Who are the authors/illustrators whose work most inspired you to get into this crazy business? #kidlitchat
2:03 am skodobah: @Buffyandrews Do you love them, too? I love Babykins and the Cat Family. #kidlitchat
2:03 am RebeccAgent: starting youngest- Harry Allard and James Marshall #kidlitchat
2:03 am dawnbonnevie: #kidlitchat Katherine Paterson
2:03 am elanaroth: Hey all. I’m here. But my sushi just showed up so you have competition for a few minutes. #kidlitchat
2:03 am jamieweil: @gregpincus Would Dr. Seuss be too obvious? Hop on Pop was an early fave.#kidlitchat
2:03 am Buffyandrews: RT @gregpincus: For me, Dr. Seuss was the biggest inspiration. DEFINITELY #kidlitchat
2:03 am laurielyoung: When I was a kid?Dr. Seuss, (Happy Birthday!) Maurice Sendak, the Grimm brothers . . . #kidlitchat
2:03 am bonnieadamson: @skodobah Ooh–was just about to jump in with Richard Scarry–my children loved his books to pieces. Literally. #kidlitchat
2:03 am lisabrowndraws: Oh, what a terrific topic! Edward Gorey, Robert Bright, Dare Wright, Quentin Blake. But above all, Maurice Sendak. #kidlitchat
2:03 am amyknichols: (My daughter is writing a Seuss-inspired book next to me while I chat!) #kidlitchat
2:03 am skodobah: @SolomonInkwell I’ll have a LARGE ORANGE DRINK #kidlitchat
2:03 am lynnekelly: Will be peeking in, but also revising & watching Idol. #easilydistracted #kidlitchat
2:03 am KatGirl_Studio: greg hildebrandt, K. Kraft, & Tony DiTerlizzi but there are so many #kidlitchat
2:03 am SolomonInkwell: Without a doubt, Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell with the SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK series. #kidlitchat
2:03 am TaniaMcCartney: As a children’s author, I’ve been totally inspired by Maurice Sendak, M Sasek & Enid Blyton. Also David Shannon & Mo Willems. #kidlitchat
2:04 am RebeccAgent: Maurice Sendak #kidlitchat
2:04 am carolgrannick: Began reading mg novels as I volunteered in son’s school library. Maniac McGee first. Blew me away…Nothing like mg of my day. #kidlitchat
2:04 am cheboricuas: Louisa May Alcott and though no kidlit, Richard Bach #kidlitchat
2:04 am mumfusa: jk rowling. suzanne collins. caroline keene. richard scarry. dr. seuss. virgina lee burton. #kidlitchat
2:04 am jennymckmoss: Kidlit specifically: Philip Pullman, JK Rowling, CS Lewis #kidlitchat
2:04 am MissusM: One summer I read every Roald Dahl book the library had to offer. #kidlitchat
2:04 am skodobah: @bonnieadamson Yes! In fact, our Scarry books are in pieces from being read all the time. #kidlitchat
2:04 am lisabrowndraws: Oh, Richard Scarry is brilliant! I love a list. #kidlitchat
2:04 am gregpincus: @jamieweil I said the good Dr., too. Obvious or not… it’s a fact. #kidlitchat
2:04 am Becky_Levine: Let’s see who remembers this author–Phyllis A. Whitney’s teen mysteries showed me what I wanted to be–a writer. #kidlitchat
2:04 am SolomonInkwell: Also, of course, the wonderful Dr. Suess. He is my hero. #kidlitchat
2:04 am laurielyoung: . . . fairy tales were a huge influence on me, also The Wizard of Oz stories . . . #kidlitchat
2:04 am HeidiRKling: I can’t stay but wanted to wave hello! #kidlitchat
2:04 am mumfusa: the best part about it is that i’m constantly finding new authors that inspire me and educate me. #kidlitchat
2:04 am WriterRoss: Ironically, I was always writing. I just didn’t know it was a business until I was older. What a lightbulb moment that was. #kidlitchat
2:04 am skodobah: I also LOVED Judy Blume. Big inspiration there. #kidlitchat
2:04 am RebeccAgent: Beverly Cleary and to be honest Ramona Quimby herself inspired me #kidlitchat
2:05 am Becky_Levine: And, yes, I was a lot younger when I 1st read Whitney’s mysteries, but I still have them all on my shelves. #kidlitchat
2:05 am YolaRamunno: As far as children’s writing, I have been inpsired by Sylvia Cassedy, Lois Duncan and Shel Silverstein. #kidlitchat
2:05 am dosankodebbie: @BonnieAdamson I was inspired by the beautiful chanted tales of the Ainu, the indigenous ppl of northern Japan. #kidlitchat
2:05 am emilytastic: Hey everyone! What are we discussing tonight? #kidlitchat
2:05 am dawnmetcalf: Authors that lit the fire: Piers Anthony, William Gibson, Spider Robinson. Illus: Poortvliet/Huygen, the Pinis, the Frouds. #kidlitchat
2:05 am carolgrannick: After several Jerry Spinelli s, began gobbling up mg novels. Knew then I wanted to write pbs and mg. Still in love… #kidlitchat
2:05 am lisabrowndraws: We had to hide his books from my son, it was getting tedious. RT @dawnmetcalf: @skodobah I adore Richard Scarry books. #kidlitchat
2:05 am DelilahSDawson: The Phantom Tollbooth, definitely. #kidlitchat
2:05 am skodobah: Bev Cleary and the Ramona books. #kidlitchat
2:05 am sharifwrites: @kidlitchat One of my favorite authors who inspired me is Roald Dahl. #kidlitchat
2:05 am shikokusue: My enthusiasm for writing young adult fiction was helped along by reading Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak. Loved the voice.#kidlitchat
2:05 am KOrtizzle: @RebeccAgent me too! Ramon rocked! And Maniac Magee…and Magic Schoolbus…. #kidlitchat
2:05 am bonnieadamson: @skodobah Poor Postman Pig has been stapled and taped and re-stapled. :-) #kidlitchat
2:05 am gregpincus: @HeidiRKling waves back! #kidlitchat Quick before you go… whose work inspired you to enter this nutty field?
2:05 am KatGirl_Studio: @lisabrowndraws loved the glow worm he would hide his in books #kidlitchat
2:05 am Brent_Watson41: @mumfusa Oh, that is so true. #kidlitchat
2:05 am dawnmetcalf: @HeidiRKling Hello! #kidlitchat
2:05 am SolomonInkwell: I remember being a kid and reading “Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark.” Those pictures and stories freaked me out…inspired me. #kidlitchat
2:05 am marybrebner: RT @gregpincus: TOPIC: Who are the authors/illustrators whose work most inspired you to get into this crazy business? #kidlitchat
2:05 am jennymckmoss: @Becky_Levine Phyllis Whitney had teen mysteries too? The one who wrote gothic romance? #kidlitchat
2:06 am paulgreci: Dr. Suess influenced me, too. We used to perform The Lorax weekly at an outdoor school I worked at. #kidlitchat
2:06 am bonnieadamson: @dosankodebbie Was this from childhood? #kidlitchat
2:06 am skodobah: @bonnieadamson LOL!!!!! Babykins can break anything. #kidlitchat
2:06 am PaulWHankins: ahhhh. . .Once again, a topic I cannot play in. See you next week #kidlitchat. Remember your teacher/readers promoting your titles (grin).
2:06 am mumfusa: @RebeccAgent oh, Beverly Cleary. good call! #kidlitchat
2:06 am Becky_Levine: I’m writing historical & reading authors who write fast, spare historcials. Eric Luper-Bug Boy. Joyce Moyer Hostetter–Comfort #kidlitchat
2:06 am cjomololu: I was a grown up before I figured out that I wanted to write, so I have to say John Green’s Alaska was it for me. #kidlitchat
2:06 am jamieweil: Does anybody remember Ruth Chew? #kidlitchat
2:06 am Buffyandrews: I’m dating myself here. I loved Margaret Wise Brown, The Little House. Still have book with peanut butter stains all over it. #kidlitchat
2:06 am RebeccAgent: In middle school Natalie Babbit and Ellen Raskin inspired me #kidlitchat
2:06 am aimeebartis: Judy Blume, Lois Lowry and Andrew Clements #kidlitchat
2:06 am lisabrowndraws: Elizabeth George Speare : the Witch of Blackbird Pond. #kidlitchat
2:06 am WriterRoss: The ALL OF A KIND FAMILY books by Sydney Taylor inspired me to want to be a writer. I wanted to live in those books. #kidlitchat
2:06 am shikokusue: @dosankodebbie I’ve been inspired by Japanese folktales, too. And my Japanese-American kids. #kidlitchat
2:06 am skodobah: There’s that Dingo! #kidlitchat
2:06 am tabithaolson: Oh wow! Harry Potter made me realize I wanted to write for MG and YA. Lois Lowry taught me that kids can handle anything #kidlitchat
2:06 am dawnmetcalf: @DelilahSDawson Ooo! Phantom Tollbooth, Wrinkle in Time, Are You There G-d, It’s Me Margaret & Where The Sidewalk Ends #kidlitchat
2:06 am JohansenNewman: My love for kids’ books began with those 25 cent Golden Books long ago. #kidlitchat
2:06 am Becky_Levine: @jennymckmoss She did. 12-year-old girl goes to different place, solves mystery & not-2-heavy emotional problem. Wonderful! #kidlitchat
2:07 am cjomololu: @PaulWHankins Stay Paul – it’ll change. #kidlitchat
2:07 am gregpincus: Donald Sobol was a huge inspiration, too. Those Wikipedia Brown books rocked! #kidlitchat
2:07 am DDHearn: @laurielyoung I had an illustrated book of Greek myths and Aesop’s fables that I loved. Eloise and, of course, Dr. Seuss too. #kidlitchat
2:07 am jessicaleeander: So many luminaries listed that I absolutely love! Judy Blume had a huge impact on me #kidlitchat
2:07 am dawnbonnevie: @amyknichols #kidlitchat my 8yo is drawing Captain Underpants/ Super Diaper Baby characters next to me as I chat.
2:07 am lisabrowndraws: @KatGirl_Studio and don’t forget Lowly Worm! #kidlitchat
2:07 am Becky_Levine: @jennymckmoss I’ve never read one of her romance novels. She wrote two writing books that I have, though! #kidlitchat
2:07 am skodobah: @Buffyandrews Ha! The best books have food all over them. #kidlitchat
2:07 am jimhill: My two faves, as an adult looking to do this, are William Joyce and Adam Rex. #kidlitchat
2:07 am laurielyoung: As an adult pondering a career change, William Joyce inspired me to turn the corner and believe I could do this. #kidlitchat
2:07 am aimeebartis: growing up I couldn’t get enough of Harriett the Spy – my copy is held together with tape and love #kidlitchat
2:07 am bonnieadamson: @skodobah Do you have R. Scarry Mother Goose? The definitive one, IMO. #kidlitchat
2:07 am SolomonInkwell: I don’t know about others, but when I was young if books didn’t have some type of artwork to them, I just wasn’t as interested. #kidlitchat
2:07 am cjomololu: @WriterRoss All of a Kind Family made me a reader. #kidlitchat
2:07 am DelilahSDawson: Also, when I read Midnight Sun, it made me realize that writing a book was possible. It’s so rough that it didn’t intimidate. #kidlitchat
2:07 am Buffyandrews: Of course Seuss. “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.? #kidlitchat
2:07 am zintaaistars: @RebeccAgent Ramona as #kidlitchat hero, yes! loved Cleary.
2:07 am jennymckmoss: RT @shikokusue My enthusiasm for writing YA fiction was helped along by reading Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak <- FEVER 1793 too! #kidlitchat
2:07 am amyknichols: @dawnbonnevie Awesome! :D #kidlitchat
2:07 am dosankodebbie: @BonnieAdamson I read summarized versions of the tales as a child, but didn’t read the actual literal translations till my 40s. #kidlitchat
2:07 am SolomonInkwell: @skodobah – THAT IS TRUE! LOL #kidlitchat
2:07 am dawnmetcalf: Mark Twain. The older I get, the more I admire him. He & Kurt Vonnegut were my big-time literary heroes. #kidlitchat
2:07 am Brent_Watson41: @aimeebartis Andrew Clements inspired me too, but I think for the wrong reason #kidlitchat
2:08 am skodobah: @bonnieadamson I don’t have that one! Waaaaa. Crying piglets. #kidlitchat
2:08 am jimhill: @laurielyoung I’m with you on William Joyce. #kidlitchat
2:08 am KatGirl_Studio: @DDHearn the big giant book of myths one? #kidlitchat
2:08 am shikokusue: Also, reading Alan Say’s books made me realize that my family was not too strange to write about. #kidlitchat
2:08 am jennymckmoss: @Becky_Levine Didn’t know that! I’ll look for those! #kidlitchat
2:08 am aimeebartis: @Brent_Watson41 why? #kidlitchat
2:08 am tabithaolson: A Wrinkle in Time showed me that stubborness can be a superpower, and I have that in droves. Huge TY to Madeline L’Engle! #kidlitchat
2:08 am designergarten: RT @lisabrowndraws Elizabeth George Speare : the Witch of Blackbird Pond. #kidlitchat
2:08 am laurielyoung: @DDHearn Remember the “Fractured Fairytales”? They did wacky versions of Aesop? Loved those cartoons! #kidlitchat
2:08 am mumfusa: genius. RT @Buffyandrews Seuss. “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.? #kidlitchat
2:08 am emilytastic: Major inspirations for me: @halseanderson @LaurenMyracle Judy Blume, Gary Paulsen – authors who make it REAL. #kidlitchat
2:08 am dawnmetcalf: @lisabrowndraws My daughter has them now! #kidlitchat
2:08 am Buffyandrews: @skodobah And crayons scribbles. Takes me back. #kidlitchat
2:08 am RebeccAgent: for more contemporary kids and YA of course my clients inspire me most :) #kidlitchat
2:08 am carolgrannick: Can’t say that anything I read as a child, though wonderful, inspired me directly to write for children, tho’ still love ‘em. #kidlitchat
2:08 am skodobah: Then there’s the big books – Gone With The Wind. Marjorie Morningstar. #kidlitchat
2:09 am lisabrowndraws: Fascinating bio of Richard Scarry here: http://bit.ly/aLvAW0. Not at all what one would expect. #kidlitchat
2:09 am amyknichols: Neil Gaiman’s Coraline inspired me to write for kids. Before that I wrote adult literary, and mostly short stories. #kidlitchat
2:09 am SolomonInkwell: My mom bought me a Grimm’s Fairy Tale book. It was huge and full of wild pictures and paintings. I LOVED that thing… #kidlitchat
2:09 am TonyNoland: LOL “Encyclopedia Brown” RT @gregpincus: Donald Sobol was a huge inspiration, too. Those Wikipedia Brown books rocked! #kidlitchat
2:09 am paulgreci: As an adult, hearing Chris Crutcher speak inspired me. He tackles subjects I’m interested in #kidlitchat
2:09 am juliaakarr: I’d have to say Jane Austen, altho’ her books aren’t technically YA, they appealed to me at that age (and ever since.) #kidlitchat
2:09 am dosankodebbie: @shikokusue The thing about the Ainu tales (yukar) is that they are chants, and very musical. I try to write like that. #kidlitchat
2:09 am jamieweil: @cjomololu Definitely one of my favorite recent YAs.#kidlitchat
2:09 am skodobah: @Buffyandrews Food and art should always accompany a well-loved book. #kidlitchat
2:09 am dawnmetcalf: @laurielyoung @DDHearn Fractured Fairytales was the best! (And inspiration for one of my old WIPs…) *blush* #kidlitchat
2:09 am cheboricuas: @DDHearn oh! I’m still in love with myths and legends and fables. Never recovered from 3rd grade infatuation. #kidlitchat
2:09 am Becky_Levine: YA came into my life very late. I was 2 old for Judy Blume & didn’t read YA till maybe ten years ago. If that. Blew me away. #kidlitchat
2:09 am WriterRoss: @cjomololu They are great stories. I love re-reading them to this day. Sydney Taylor made me think about writing stories. #kidlitchat
2:09 am jessicaleeander: Yes! RT @emilytastic: Major inspirations for me: @halseanderson @LaurenMyracle Judy Blume, Gary Paulsen-authors who make it REAL #kidlitchat
2:09 am JohansenNewman: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn showed me that it was OK to have a dysfunctional family and survive. #kidlitchat
2:09 am Buffyandrews: @SolomonInkwell I had a Grimm, too. Still have that on my shelf. #kidlitchat
2:09 am bonnieadamson: @lisabrowndraws Thanks for the Scarry link. #kidlitchat
2:10 am sharifwrites: Fairytales really began it all for me. #kidlitchat
2:10 am tabithaolson: @carolgrannick Same here. I loved reading, but the idea of writing a book was too daunting. Until ten years ago… #kidlitchat
2:10 am dosankodebbie: LOL RT @tabithaolson: A Wrinkle in Time showed me that stubborness can be a superpower, and I have that in droves. #kidlitchat
2:10 am DDHearn: My favorite mg book as a kid is Loretta Mason Potts. I don’t remember the author, haven’t read it in 40 years, but loved it. #kidlitchat
2:10 am sharifwrites: @paulgreci I was just going to tweet about him. #kidlitchat
2:10 am Brent_Watson41: @aimeebartis I can’t remember which book it was, but there was a kid with a flashlight on the cover. I recommended to a student. #kidlitchat
2:10 am SheviStories: I didn’t start out wanting to be a writer. I just wanted to tell stories and was more inspired by Spielberg & The X-Men. #kidlitchat
2:10 am YolaRamunno: @carolgrannick I think I feel the same. I was more inspired by Adult readings and then decided to write for children. #kidlitchat
2:10 am skodobah: Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret. Ha ha, Teenage Softies! #kidlitchat
2:10 am amyknichols: As a kid, everything I read inspired me to be a writer. From Where the Red Fern Grows to The Outsiders. Always wanted to write. #kidlitchat
2:10 am susanjsteward: As an adult still loving children’s books all the way through law school, Patricia MacLachlan was an inspiration and comfort. #kidlitchat
2:10 am dorothiar: Hello everyone. Glad to make it. #kidlitchat
2:10 am gregpincus: Wow. RT @lisabrowndraws: Fascinating bio of Richard Scarry here: http://bit.ly/aLvAW0. Not at all what one would expect. #kidlitchat
2:10 am laurielyoung: @SolomonInkwell Grimm’s was my introduction to literature as a child?scary! #kidlitchat
2:10 am 2KoP: RT @JohansenNewman: Loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; showed me that it was OK to have a dysfunctional family and survive. #kidlitchat
2:10 am skodobah: @sharifwrites Oh yes, fairy tales. I loved mythology as well. #kidlitchat
2:10 am justwonderinY: @PaulWHankins I’m thinking the lit which influenced writers is of critical importance to teachers teaching tomorrow’s writers. #kidlitchat
2:10 am Becky_Levine: @cjomololu All of a kind family made me WANT to be a duster. Remember the penny? #kidlitchat
2:10 am emilytastic: Also, Francesca Lia Block just blows me away. I don’t think I’ll ever be on her level, but her books inspire me indescribably. #kidlitchat
2:10 am SolomonInkwell: @Buffyandrews – Oh, I love it. I wish I could find that copy I had. #kidlitchat
2:11 am Brent_Watson41: @aimeebartis The student came back and said it was horrible. I read some of it and said, I can do better than this. #kidlitchat
2:11 am aimeebartis: @Brent_Watson41 a week in the woods – just got it the other day. my hubby found it in a car! #kidlitchat
2:11 am sharifwrites: RT @JohansenNewman: My love for kids’ books began with those 25 cent Golden Books long ago. #kidlitchat //Now I remember those. Loved them.
2:11 am SolomonInkwell: @laurielyoung – LOL…MINE TOO!! #kidlitchat
2:11 am paulgreci: @sharifwrites Have you read his newest? Angry Management? #kidlitchat
2:11 am skodobah: Remember Pig Won’t? His mama spent all day writing a children’s book and he was all alone. #kidlitchat
2:11 am DDHearn: @KatGirl_Studio I think it was much older. It was one from my mom’s childhood in the 30s. Wish I still had it. #kidlitchat
2:11 am jimhill: As a kid I read every Dr. Seuss my school library had. Also the Time/Life Science books (reptiles, volcanoes, spiders, etc…) #kidlitchat
2:11 am amyknichols: @laurielyoung Yes! I read the “real” Grimm stories, too. They were scary. I plan to read them with my kiddo soon. #kidlitchat
2:11 am dawnmetcalf: @SolomonInkwell I still have copies of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Aesop Fables, stories of Hans Christian Anderson & Oscar Wilde ??? #kidlitchat
2:11 am Deborahkops: James Marshalls George and Martha books are among my all-time favorites. He left us too soon. #kidlitchat
2:12 am YolaRamunno: I did love all of the nursery rhymes as a child. My father used to read me Frere Jacques all of the time. #kidlitchat
2:12 am Buffyandrews: And Roald Dahl. Oompa Loompas: Oompa Loompa doompadee doo I’ve got another puzzle for you #kidlitchat
2:12 am mumfusa: @emilytastic it’s important to read authors who (you think) are better than you because that’s how you learn how to improve :) #kidlitchat
2:12 am carolgrannick: Indirect inspiration, perhaps, for me: Grimm’s, McCloskey, Leaf (Ferdinand my hero), Seuss (Bartholomew Cubbins another hero)… #kidlitchat
2:12 am sharifwrites: @paulgreci No, not yet, but I’m planning to. #kidlitchat
2:12 am Brent_Watson41: @skodobah My mother wouldn’t let me read that. I wanted to after reading FOURTH GRADE NOTHING. Now, I know why. Smart Mom #kidlitchat
2:12 am dawnmetcalf: @TonyNoland Encyclopedia Brown rules. (“Wikipedia Brown” *snerk*!) #kidlitchat
2:12 am skodobah: @sharifwrites Oh! Scuffy the Tugboat and The Pokey Little Puppy! #kidlitchat
2:12 am SheviStories: I did read a lot, though. Fantasy/SF were my favorite genres: Tolkien, Beagle, LeGuin… #kidlitchat
2:12 am aimeebartis: @Brent_Watson41 I think I like him because he makes it seem real and easy. I felt llike that after Maniac Magee #kidlitchat
2:12 am jennymckmoss: I can’t find the tweet now, but did someone say MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR by Wouk? I loved that book as a teen! #kidlitchat
2:12 am lisabrowndraws: @cjomololu All of a Kind Fam : liked it so much because it was old fashioned & Jewish. Could get my old fix and still relate. #kidlitchat
2:12 am Becky_Levine: Terry Brooks & Anne McCaffrey made me fall in love with fantasy. And someday I WILL write something in that genre. :) #kidlitchat
2:12 am paulgreci: Another big influence was Gary Paulsen. My students could not get enough of him, neither could I. #kidlitchat
2:12 am DDHearn: @laurielyoung Were fractured fairytales on with Bullwinkle? That was one of my all time favorite cartoons. #kidlitchat
2:12 am laurielyoung: @amyknichols But I remember being fascinated with them as a child. NOW they scare me! #kidlitchat
2:12 am Buffyandrews: And EB White. Oh how I loved Charlotte. She showed us what a true friend was. #kidlitchat
2:12 am marybrebner: Mine was One Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith (NOT Disney!). My parents took turns reading it to me when I was little #kidlitchat
2:12 am skodobah: @Brent_Watson41 In retrospect, do you think you would have learned much from that book? #kidlitchat
2:13 am KarlaKT: Oh yeah…Mark Twain, Poe, Jack London, Paulsen, Hobbs, Doyle…lots of mystery and adventure. #kidlitchat
2:13 am bonnieadamson: When I think kid’s writer, I still think Madeleine L’Engle–first book that spoke to me (didn’t know it was famous!). #kidlitchat
2:13 am 1truesentence: I loved Ramona! I just bought my daughter a boxed set of Ramona books (she’s 9 months old). #kidlitchat #kidlitchat
2:13 am shikokusue: @dosankodebbie Must check out your books!#kidlitchat
2:13 am dawnmetcalf: @jimhill Wow! I’d forgotten about Time/Life Books! I had a treasured set as a kid. Ran to the mailbox…good prep for querying! #kidlitchat
2:13 am SolomonInkwell: Another was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was the “shizzle” when I was a kid. I still love those books. :-) #kidlitchat
2:13 am amyknichols: @laurielyoung LOL! Older and wiser? #kidlitchat
2:13 am YolaRamunno: I often wonder if my son develops a love for writing if he will say his first inspiration came from Maurice Sendack. #kidlitchat
2:13 am skodobah: @jennymckmoss Yes, that was me. Marjorie Morningstar and the Turkish cigarettes. #kidlitchat
2:13 am jennymckmoss: In 7th grade, I read LOVE STORY & made my mother nervous. :) #kidlitchat
2:13 am jessicaleeander: Charlotte touched my heart too RT @Buffyandrews: And EB White. Oh how I loved Charlotte. She showed us what a true friend was. #kidlitchat
2:13 am skodobah: The encyclopedia. #kidlitchat
2:13 am marybrebner: Rediscovered YA when I became an English teacher–and, really, just these last couple of years. The quality has skyrocketed! #kidlitchat
2:13 am SolomonInkwell: @dawnmetcalf – Aren’t those books the best! #kidlitchat
2:13 am YolaRamunno: @KarlaKT All of my favorites. #kidlitchat
2:13 am kellyjallen: Not a writer, but when I was a kid, I wanted to be Encyclopedia Brown. #kidlitchat
2:13 am laurielyoung: @DDHearn Yes?inspired me to read the real stories! #kidlitchat
2:13 am 2KoP: My mom was a children’s librarian. I don’t remember ever not loving books. #kidlitchat
2:13 am cjomololu: @lisabrowndraws AOAKF made me want to be part of a big Jewish family. My mormon mom was not impressed. #kidlitchat
2:13 am DDHearn: @SolomonInkwell I was inspired by a book of fine art prints. Mom didn’t want me looking at the Hieronymous Bosch one. #kidlitchat
2:13 am dosankodebbie: Has anyone else read Paulus and the Acornmen? The illustrations in that wowed me as a child. #kidlitchat
2:14 am amyknichols: My daughter is starting to read my fave books from when I was a kid. It’s so fun to watch her discover them and love them, too. #kidlitchat
2:14 am dawnmetcalf: @DDHearn @laurielyoung YES! Rocky & Bullwinkle, Fractured Fairytales & Mr. Peabody and Sherman! #kidlitchat
2:14 am susanjsteward: Noel Streatfeild–never could get enough. Needed more! #kidlitchat
2:14 am skodobah: I will admit to reading Stephen King at 11. Scared me. #kidlitchat
2:14 am davidhburton: I’m in late, what’s on for discussion at #kidlitchat ?
2:14 am Brent_Watson41: @skodobah To this day, I’ve respected my mom’s wishes. I just know the book talks about periods and boobs. That’s enough for me #kidlitchat
2:14 am sharifwrites: @skodobah I skimmed the enclopedia all the time. Now I’m mesmerized by Wikipedia. #kidlitchat
2:14 am marybrebner: Ooh, what about Shel Silverstein? I wore OUT my copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends. Esp. Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout! #kidlitchat
2:14 am JohansenNewman: LOL! RT @jennymckmoss In 7th grade, I read LOVE STORY & made my mother nervous. :) #kidlitchat
2:14 am DDHearn: @cheboricuas I had a teacher who read us from Sinbad and then let us illustrate a drawing. Loved it! #kidlitchat
2:14 am SheviStories: Comics were my first love. I had a Snoopy doll I loved to death. Charles Schulz was a genius. #kidlitchat
2:14 am writesmartpam: @BonnieAdamson I can’t go past Enid Blyton. I know it’s cliched, but me and the Naughtiest Girl, well, that was my happy place. #kidlitchat
2:14 am lisabrowndraws: Tee Hee RT @cjomololu: @lisabrowndraws AOAKF made me want to be part of a big Jewish family. My mormon mom was not impressed. #kidlitchat
2:14 am skodobah: How about those cool Bible-themed books the dentist always had? #kidlitchat
2:14 am gregpincus: @davidhburton TOPIC: Who are the authors/illustrators whose work most inspired you to get into this crazy business? #kidlitchat
2:14 am 2KoP: A is for Annabelle; Harriet the Spy; and from the Mixed up Files ? those were my faves. #kidlitchat
2:15 am SolomonInkwell: @skodobah – I read “IT” when it came out. That was wild. #kidlitchat
2:15 am dawnmetcalf: RT @amyknichols My daughter is reading my fave books from when I was a kid. It’s fun 2 watch her discover them & love them, too. #kidlitchat
2:15 am skodobah: @Brent_Watson41 HAHA! No need to know about that unless you need to. #kidlitchat
2:15 am tabithaolson: Recent inspirations have been Tim Tharp, Saundra Mitchell, Mary Pearson, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Garth Stein. #kidlitchat
2:15 am jamieweil: @SolomonInkwell LOVE big, arty Grimm’s books! #kidlitchat
2:15 am amyknichols: @skodobah Same here. Read Cujo. Didn’t understand most of it, I’m sure. But it gave me nightmares. #kidlitchat
2:15 am Becky_Levine: When I was a teen, we went from kids’ books to “adult”–fantasy or sci-fi. Teens still do, but they’ve got other options, too. #kidlitchat
2:15 am Buffyandrews: RT @SheviStories: Comics were my first love. I had a Snoopy doll I loved to death. Charles Schulz was a genius. YES #kidlitchat
2:15 am Brent_Watson41: @skodobah I love Stephen King. He grew up about 15 minutes from where I live. #kidlitchat
2:15 am WriterRoss: Don’t laugh. My first inspiration to write a book and “publish” it in my classroom was.. The Brady Bunch. 6 kids in my novel. Hm #kidlitchat
2:15 am vvjonez: Agreed! RT @SolomonInkwell Another was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was the “shizzle”. I still love those books. #kidlitchat
2:15 am skodobah: @sharifwrites Yes, Wikipedia is like heaven online. #kidlitchat
2:15 am paulgreci: As a teen The Andromeda Strain by Michael Critchon knocked my socks off. #kidlitchat
2:15 am dosankodebbie: @shikokusue So far my only published kids books are translations of Ainu yukar. #kidlitchat
2:15 am SolomonInkwell: @DDHearn – That’s cool. I loved things like that. #kidlitchat
2:15 am RebeccAgent: @juliadevillers inspired me because she believed in me when I was just an assistant to a literary agent, not a lit agent myself #kidlitchat
2:15 am 1truesentence: Also, 9 month old already has copies of all my favorite Dahl books. Now if she’d just stop slobbering on the pages.. #kidlitchat #kidlitchat
2:15 am cjomololu: @marybrebner Jimmy Jet and his TV set! My book has several Shel references (the band is The Missing Peace). #Kidlitchat
2:15 am jessicaleeander: @skodobah My dentist always had HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN and I could never get enough #kidlitchat
2:15 am skodobah: @Brent_Watson41 You’ve got Stephen King in the water! #kidlitchat
2:16 am susanjsteward: @SolomonInkwell Same here! And anything that referred to Holmes, too. #kidlitchat
2:16 am JohansenNewman: I loved Mary Poppins and MP Comes Back. HATED the movie with a passion. #kidlitchat
2:16 am DDHearn: I wrote little stories from the time I could write, and illustrated them. They were inspired mostly by Japanese monster movies. #kidlitchat
2:16 am davidhburton: @gregpincus Oh good heavens…where to begin. #kidlitchat
2:16 am Becky_Levine: @SheviStories Shevi, NorCal has the Peanuts museum in Santa Rosa. If you’re ever there, it’s a must-see 4 Schulz fans! #kidlitchat
2:16 am bonnieadamson: @writesmartpam Oh, the first “naughty” book I read was Catherine, by Anya Seton. Sigh. I was a very sheltered child. #kidlitchat
2:16 am marybrebner: @2KoP Oh, yeah! Loved Mixed Up Files. Always wanted to run away to live in a museum #kidlitchat
2:16 am skodobah: Does Mad Magazine count? #kidlitchat
2:16 am jennymckmoss: @JohansenNewman & worse than that: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS :) #kidlitchat
2:16 am gregpincus: Another inspiration/influence for me – Shel Silverstein, particularly on the poetry side #kidlitchat
2:16 am carolgrannick: Oh. All of a Kind Family. Treasured them. Still have them. Still read them. Authors who inspired me, re-inspire. I re-read alot! #kidlitchat
2:16 am SheviStories: @writesmartpam I loved the Famous Five & Blyton’s adventure series. She couldn’t get away with it today. Too far-fetched. #kidlitchat
2:16 am adamselzer: Pinkwater, mostly. I practically based my life on his teachings. #kidlitchat
2:16 am skodobah: @jessicaleeander My first story/illustration was published in Highlights when I was 11. #kidlitchat
2:16 am Buffyandrews: @skodobah My mom bought my sis the whole set of those Bible books after taking one of the cards at the dentist office. (Smiles) #kidlitchat
2:16 am aimeebartis: @1truesentence I read James and the Giant Peach to each of my boys before they were a year old #kidlitchat
2:16 am WriterRoss: @jessicaleeander My first submission was to HIGHTLIGHTS when I was 7-ish. #kidlitchat
2:16 am skodobah: @jennymckmoss Oh, excellent read for a young adult! #kidlitchat
2:17 am lisabrowndraws: Pippi Longstocking. Belly laughs from the 6 yr old. And how I loved her. #kidlitchat
2:17 am DDHearn: I always loved to write and draw, but got more encouragement from my drawing, so went to art school. #kidlitchat
2:17 am jessicaleeander: @skodobah How cool is that! #kidlitchat
2:17 am SolomonInkwell: @susanjsteward – OH YES…Holmes was the best! #kidlitchat
2:17 am dorothiar: Beatrix Potter inspired me to want to illustrate. Also loved fairy tales as a child. Still have them on the shelf. Great topic #kidlitchat
2:17 am whitneymiller: Roald Dahl. #kidlitchat
2:17 am JohansenNewman: @skodobah read MAD obsessively. #kidlitchat
2:17 am EgmontUSA: Hi all. So sorry I’m late! #kidlitchat
2:17 am sharifwrites: In middle school my favorite author was V.C. Andrews, in high school they were Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice. #kidlitchat
2:17 am dawnmetcalf: Me too! RT @SolomonInkwell Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was the “shizzle” when I was a kid. I still love those books. #kidlitchat
2:17 am skodobah: @Buffyandrews Does she still have them? #kidlitchat
2:17 am Buffyandrews: @WriterRoss I so loved watching Brady Bunch on Friday Nights. And the Patridge Family and Rockford Files that same nite. #kidlitchat
2:17 am dosankodebbie: RT @gregpincus: Oh YES, I love Shel Silverstein, but his poems inspire my artwork, not my writing #kidlitchat
2:17 am lisabrowndraws: Agreed. RT @SheviStories: Charles Schulz was a genius. #kidlitchat
2:17 am PaulWHankins: I used to hide Mad and Cracked in the bindings of my Watchtower and Awake. How is this for paradox? #kidlitchat
2:17 am aimeebartis: @lisabrowndraws Amelia Bedila also has great belly laugh effects! #kidlitchat
2:17 am skodobah: @jessicaleeander Crazy! I have a copy somewhere. #kidlitchat
2:17 am timkeetonwriter: Can’t stay, but wanted to say, “hey” #kidlitchat
2:17 am davidhburton: There was a SF book I read as a child that had a huge influence on me, and I don’t know the title…sigh. Old age. #kidlitchat
2:17 am jessicaleeander: @WriterRoss You had an early start! #kidlitchat
2:17 am SheviStories: @JohansenNewman Me too! I loved Mad Magazine. #kidlitchat
2:18 am 1truesentence: Dahl changed my life. The Witches was so real to me I created anti-witch potions and eyed women with square-toes #kidlitchat #kidlitchat
2:18 am KarlaKT: Loved Henry and Ribsy #kidlitchat
2:18 am marybrebner: @cjomololu GREAT band name! My 8th graders devour Shel when we do poetry (don’t know why that suprises me. Prob b/c I like him!) #kidlitchat
2:18 am dawnmetcalf: @SolomonInkwell I think we share a bookshelf somewhere… :-) #kidlitchat
2:18 am EgmontUSA: Is the topic inspirationa/influential books? #kidlitchat
2:18 am skodobah: @JohansenNewman Me, too! I spent my allowance on Mad Magazine and Judy Blume books. And candy. And Baskin Robbins ice cream. #kidlitchat
2:18 am Buffyandrews: @skodobah Yes. She has the whole set. Funny you made those memories come back for me. thanks. #kidlitchat
2:18 am amgamble: RT @gregpincus: Wow. RT @lisabrowndraws: Fascinating bio of Richard Scarry here: http://bit.ly/aLvAW0. Not at all what one would expect. #kidlitchat
2:18 am jimhill: My YA books were Robert Heinlein’s juveniles (as they were called). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinlein_juveniles #kidlitchat
2:18 am DDHearn: I also loved Winnie the Pooh and Wind in the Willows as a kid. Never thought of writing for adults. #kidlitchat
2:18 am ninaberry: Lurved Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise McGraw – Egypt! girl spy! love story! Also The Perilous Gard. Strong heroines rule. #kidlitchat
2:18 am 2KoP: @marybrebner Me too. I always thought Claudia’s plan was brilliant, especially the money from the fountain while bathing. #kidlitchat
2:18 am skodobah: @Buffyandrews Jim Rockford! Yessss! #kidlitchat
2:18 am Brent_Watson41: @gregpincus I love “There’s a Polar Bear in the Frigidaire”Actually, all of WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS.I can’t write poetry, though #kidlitchat
2:18 am davidhburton: @EgmontUSA It’s fashionable. #kidlitchat
2:18 am SolomonInkwell: @jamieweil – ME TOO, Jamie. Those big old books are the best! #kidlitchat
2:18 am lisabrowndraws: When I was too old for Little House and too young for Philip Roth, it was all about Agatha Christie. #kidlitchat.
2:18 am MrsMica: My favorites in elementary school were misty of chincoteague, then narnia #kidlitchat
2:18 am fullofstars: My mom took me to a writing seminar that Mary Downing Hahn spoke at. I was 12 and she was like a movie star to me. #kidlitchat
2:18 am RindaElliott: Authors responsible for this fire? Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Harper Lee, Francine Mezo, Stephen King, Anne Rice #kidlitchat
2:18 am sharifwrites: @1truesentence His short stories for adults are also amazing. #kidlitchat
2:18 am lisabrowndraws: Nowadays, they have good sophisticated YA to fill the gap. #kidlitchat.
2:18 am dawnmetcalf: Ditto that! @lisabrowndraws Agreed. RT @SheviStories: Charles Schulz was a genius. #kidlitchat
2:19 am skodobah: @Buffyandrews Welcome! I would love to see those books again. #kidlitchat
2:19 am jimhill: I read wrote and drew lots of Marvel comics characters as a teen as well. #kidlitchat
2:19 am 1truesentence: @aimeebartis we started Matilda last week. But she LOVES to turn pages which is great with board books, not paper #kidlitchat #kidlitchat
2:19 am YolaRamunno: @gregpincus me too. I love Shel Silverstein #kidlitchat
2:19 am lisabrowndraws: Oh, YES!RT @aimeebartis: @lisabrowndraws Amelia Bedila also has great belly laugh effects! #kidlitchat
2:19 am cjomololu: RT @PaulWHankins: I used to hide Mad and Cracked in the bindings of my Watchtower and Awake. How is this for paradox? #kidlitchat
2:19 am JohansenNewman: LOL LOL! RT@PaulWHankins I used to hide Mad and Cracked in the bindings of my Watchtower and Awake. How is this for paradox? #kidlitchat
2:19 am 2KoP: Anything by Cleary. RT @KarlaKT: Loved Henry and Ribsy #kidlitchat
2:19 am DDHearn: @carolgrannick Bartholemew and the Oobleck was one of my favorite Seuss books. #kidlitchat
2:19 am KarlaKT: Come to think of it, most of my favorite books had male protags. #kidlitchat
2:19 am justwonderinY: Eavesdropping #kidlitchat of authors/illustrators influenced writing – many books w interesting language rhythms = importance of read aloud.
2:19 am adamselzer: Also, Jamie Gilson. I met her last weekend and got all fanboyish. #kidlitchat
2:19 am dawnmetcalf: @davidhburton Remember any salient details? The #kidlitchat All Mind might help!
2:19 am tabithaolson: @marybrebner Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout was my fav!! I think I still know it by heart. :) #kidlitchat
2:19 am dorothiar: @DDHearn Yeah for Winnie the Pooh. The best part of having children is getting to reread all of your favorites as a child. #kidlitchat
2:19 am skodobah: Archie comics. Come on, you know you wanted to be Veronica. #kidlitchat
2:19 am jmiewald: RT @SolomonInkwell Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was the “shizzle” when I was a kid. #kidlitchat And the thing is, they were SMART
2:19 am 2KoP: I also remember loving all of Louisa May Alcott’s books. #kidlitchat
2:19 am davidhburton: @VoyagerBooks OK. I remember there were spider-like creatures, it was on another planet. #kidlitchat
2:20 am Buffyandrews: The Giving Tree. Pure awesomeness! #kidlitchat
2:20 am carolgrannick: @DDHearn I know. You’ve gotta love that boy! #kidlitchat
2:20 am Brent_Watson41: @skodobah We really do. My hometown, Lewiston, is mentioned in a lot of his books. #kidlitchat
2:20 am SheviStories: I can’t believe I forgot Ray Bradbury in my list of inspring F/SF writers! I’ll never be able to write that well. #kidlitchat
2:20 am davidhburton: For the longest time I couldn’t forget the creativity that went into that novel #kidlitchat
2:20 am 1truesentence: @sharifwrites his imagination and world-building is just inspiring, right? #kidlitchat
2:20 am laurielyoung: I agree. RT @dorothiar: @DDHearn The best part of having children is getting to reread all of your favorites as a child. #kidlitchat
2:20 am SolomonInkwell: I don’t know. Thinking back, so many books and illustrations inspired me. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was a huge influence. #kidlitchat
2:20 am jimhill: How about Encyclopedia Brown? #kidlitchat
2:20 am skodobah: Anyone for Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys? I never could get into those. I wanted the juicy stuff Blume wrote. #kidlitchat
2:20 am gregpincus: So… is there a difference between books you LOVED and books that made you pursue writing/illustrating? Is it always the same? #kidlitchat
2:20 am Buffyandrews: @dorothiar Loved Winnie the Pooh. When I was Six is somewhere around here. #kidlitchat
2:20 am JohansenNewman: @skodobah I think we were separated at birth. I LIVED for Archie comics. #kidlitchat
2:20 am Deborahkops: Has anyone read the Jack Tales, fairy tales retold in Appalachia, and passed down as oral history? I love them. #kidlitchat
2:20 am dosankodebbie: RT @Brent_Watson41: Polar Bear in the Frigidaire inspired me to do a series of North Sea-themed Etegami (Japanese postcard art) #kidlitchat
2:21 am DelilahSDawson: I loved Marguerite Henry, too. King of the Wind was the first “big book” I read from start to finish in one sitting. Backache! #kidlitchat
2:21 am EgmontGal: You guys scared me. I just looked in to kidlitchat and I thought Ray Bradbury died! Phew. #kidlitchat
2:21 am dawnmetcalf: @skodobah Well, 31 flavors and a book can’t be wrong! ;-) #kidlitchat
2:21 am EgmontUSA: @SolomonInkwell Try growing up in th etown where the Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set! #kidlitchat
2:21 am amithaknight: I loved fairy tales. I tried to write some as a kid. #kidlitchat
2:21 am skodobah: @JohansenNewman LOL! Now, Betty or Veronica? I liked that Jughead wore a crown. #kidlitchat
2:21 am amyknichols: @SolomonInkwell Same here! That’s still one of my all-time favorite stories! Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Awesome. #kidlitchat
2:21 am 2KoP: Anyone remember “I Can’t Said the Ant”? RT @justwonderinY: many books w interesting language rhythms. #kidlitchat
2:21 am davidhburton: Oh, and the spiders were friendly #kidlitchat
2:21 am skodobah: @dawnmetcalf I knew how to party at a young age. #kidlitchat
2:21 am jessicaleeander: @skodobah ooh, I hope you find it. That would be wonderful to share during a school visit #kidlitchat
2:21 am KidsTwit: Beverly Cleary & Judy Blume. #kidlitchat
2:21 am Becky_Levine: @gregpincus I fell in love with Russian novels in high school. I NEVER wanted to write a Russian novel! :) #kidlitchat
2:21 am dawnbonnevie: @Brent_Watson41 #kidlitchat I’m in Sebago, which is next door to Bridgton- setting for Under the Dome. I went to UMO.
2:21 am tabithaolson: @gregpincus For me, they are not at all the same. I write diff books than what I read for pleasure. #kidlitchat
2:21 am SheviStories: @skodobah I wanted Archie to love Betty. I was really rooting for her. Comics were my first literary love. #kidlitchat
2:21 am SolomonInkwell: @jimhill – You just said Encyclopedia Brown. You rock, Jim. I loved EB!! #kidlitchat
2:21 am lisabrowndraws: Wizard of Earthsea. Ursula Leguin. Magic school WAY before JK Rowling. #kidlitchat.
2:22 am SuePinto: Loved The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a kid. Adventure. #kidlitchat
2:22 am JohansenNewman: @skodobah Veronica, of course. Betty was too good. #kidlitchat
2:22 am 1truesentence: @sharifwrites oh geez, VC Andrews. How my mother ever let me read those at 10-12?! #kidlitchat
2:22 am davidhburton: @dawnmetcalf :) That’s the most I can remember at this point. #kidlitchat
2:22 am WriterRoss: Archies, Nancy Drew, Judy Blume.. Did we all grow up together? <g> #kidlitchat
2:22 am 2KoP: And Edward Eager’s Half Magic was always a favorite. Fantasy grounded in reality. #kidlitchat
2:22 am paulgreci: I love the books that specifically inspired me to write but love lots of other books too. #kidlitchat
2:22 am skodobah: @jessicaleeander I never thought about that. Good idea. It was a turning point in my writing life. #kidlitchat
2:22 am DDHearn: @skodobah I admit enjoying the Alfred Hitchcock books of scary stories. (Don’t remember the title). Dr. Bourdette…creepy! #kidlitchat
2:22 am Buffyandrews: RT @gregpincus: So… is there a difference between books you LOVED and books that made you pursue writing/illustrating? #kidlitchat
2:22 am jimhill: @jamieweil No, those looks much better than I imagined! #kidlitchat
2:22 am amithaknight: also loved susan cooper #kidlitchat
2:22 am dawnmetcalf: @gregpincus There are books I love(d) & books that inspire(d) & books that made me think “Why didn’t I write that?!” #kidlitchat
2:22 am sharifwrites: @1truesentence Yes. I’ve reread some of his books, can’t help it. #kidlitchat
2:22 am Brent_Watson41: @EgmontGal Brace yourself. The man is almost 90. Probably happen any day now :) #kidlitchat
2:22 am skodobah: @JohansenNewman Betty was a goody-goody. We all like Veronica… and Rizzo for that matter! #kidlitchat
2:22 am laurielyoung: @gregpincus There is and there isn’t?some books you just love to get immersed in the character and story . . . #kidlitchat
2:22 am jemifraser: I loved Encyc Br, Nancy D, Hardy B, Archie, and then The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings blew me away and opened my horizons #kidlitchat
2:22 am adamselzer: @SheviStories @skodobah eh, don’t worry. That “archie picks x” story is a fakeout they do every couple of years. #kidlitchat
2:22 am Buffyandrews: RT @SolomonInkwell: @jimhill – You just said Encyclopedia Brown. You rock, Jim. I loved EB!! …ME TOO #kidlitchat
2:22 am amyknichols: @1truesentence I had to hide them from my mom. There was no way she’d let me read them. #kidlitchat
2:22 am lisabrowndraws: There is no difference between love and inspiration with kidlit for me. #kidlitchat.
2:23 am JessicaLeader: @ AmyNichols: cool that your daughter reads books you liked! I fear my future kids will be like, ehh, books. What’s on tv? #kidlitchat
2:23 am jessicaleeander: I read this at least three times when I was a kid RT @SuePinto: Loved The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a kid. Adventure. #kidlitchat
2:23 am susanjsteward: Any other Holmes fans remember the MG novel Case of the Baker Street Irregular?#kidlitchat
2:23 am EngridE1: Kidlit is new to me. WIP popped into my head one day, start to finish. All of you are giving me wonderful reading lists tho #kidlitchat
2:23 am RindaElliott: And I’ll never forget reading The Veldt by Bradbury. #kidlitchat
2:23 am skodobah: @DDHearn Hitch was great! My mom turned me on to him. #kidlitchat
2:23 am SolomonInkwell: @DDHearn – Good Eeeeevning. I loved Hitchcock, too!! #kidlitchat
2:23 am dawnmetcalf: @skodobah LOL! #kidlitchat
2:23 am marybrebner: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George yet! LOVED it–wanted to live in a tree for a bit (thought I was adventurous) #kidlitchat
2:23 am tinahoggatt: Hello all. Loved fairytales, the blue, green red books etc. Read Nancy Drew voraciously. Wind in the Willows & RL Stevenson. #kidlitchat
2:23 am amithaknight: for me no. RT @Buffyandrews: RT @gregpincus: Is there a difference b/w books you LOVED and books that made you pursue writing? #kidlitchat
2:23 am jimhill: @SolomonInkwell No, you rock! Think I need to re-read Encyclopedia Brown. #kidlitchat
2:23 am MissCackle: @gregpincus Tamora Pierce, Roald Dahl, Wlliam Corlett and, later, @realjohngreen #kidlitchat
2:23 am dorothiar: Discovered Graeme Base, Anamalia and The Eleventh hour with my kids. Great pictures and fun books. #kidlitchat
2:23 am amyknichols: I still have all of my original Nancy Drew collection. I think my brother gave me all of his Hardy Boys, too. ;) #kidlitchat
2:23 am laurielyoung: @gregpincus . . . others make you think, “I can do that” and start writing your own. #kidlitchat
2:23 am DDHearn: @SheviStories I loved comics too, and wished I could be a cartoonist. I can think of characters, but nothing funny for them! #kidlitchat
2:23 am shikokusue: I read lots of Nancy Drew/Trixie Belden/Agatha Christie as a kid, but never aspired to write mysteries. #kidlitchat
2:23 am heatherwpetty: Patricia McKillip, Holly Black, Melissa Mar, Charles de Lint… I mean the list goes on and on and on. #kidlitchat
2:23 am SolomonInkwell: RT @lisabrowndraws: There is no difference between love and inspiration with kidlit for me. #kidlitchat. #kidlitchat
2:23 am TracyClark_TLC: I taught myself to read using Disney’s Cinderella on a record with a follow along book. Can still hear Tink’s chime for page. #kidlitchat
2:23 am JohansenNewman: Same here. Comics and Golden Books. Sadly, no one “did” the library in my house.@SheviStories Comics were my first literary love #kidlitchat
2:23 am dawnmetcalf: @susanjsteward YES! Loved that book! #kidlitchat
2:23 am davidhburton: So #kidlitchat collective mind…anyone, anyone, Bueller?
2:23 am skodobah: @RindaElliott The Veldt! You rang my mind bell. What a surreal, awesome story. Amazing. Trippy. #kidlitchat
2:24 am jamieweil: @gregpincus Absolutely different. The story I wanted to tell happens to fall in YA, not inspired by such. Now, I love to read YA.#kidlitchat
2:24 am PaulWHankins: 2 Favorites: a very special gift of How Fletcher Was Hatched. Now in my classroom library. And The Bedspread by Sylvia Fair #kidlitchat
2:24 am 1truesentence: @amyknichols I think my mom was clueless! But YA as it exists today was not around when I was a kid. We had SVH and RL Stine. #kidlitchat
2:24 am amithaknight: @tinahoggatt yes. I read every nancy drew my school library had! #kidlitchat
2:24 am 2KoP: RT @laurielyoung @dorothiar @DDHearn The best part of having children is getting to reread all of your favorites as a child. #kidlitchat
2:24 am Brent_Watson41: @dawnbonnevie That is very cool. The French guy in UNDER THE DOME, Burpee, is from Lewiston. #kidlitchat
2:24 am MissCackle: @gregpincus I think often the books I loved, I loved because they allowed me to see possibility, to imagine & to try & improve #kidlitchat
2:24 am karianneholt: better late than never right? For chat, and dinner. :) Joining the chat with some pork chops. What’s the topic? Sorry to ask! #kidlitchat
2:24 am SolomonInkwell: TALES FROM THE CRYPT COMICS! Oh man…super-inspiration there. #kidlitchat
2:24 am carolgrannick: @gregpincus I do think that the books I loved as a child prepared me, somehow, & are still reference points for loving kidlit. #kidlitchat
2:24 am aimeebartis: @DDHearn I have the opposite problem – I can think of things but I can’t draw a staight line #kidlitchat
2:24 am skodobah: BRB #kidlitchat
2:24 am davidhburton: L’Engle was another one that was influence for me #kidlitchat
2:24 am lisabrowndraws: And you can get inspired without wanting to do the same thing or even thinking that it’s objectively good. #kidlitchat.
2:24 am literacydocent: @justwonderinY Thanks for the ‘eavesdropping’ heads up! Loving #kidlitchat!
2:24 am KidsTwit: Early on was Richard Scarry’s Busy Town :) #kidlitchat
2:24 am amithaknight: @TracyClark_TLC cute! my sis and I loved follow along books & tapes #kidlitchat
2:24 am dosankodebbie: Did you know MIyazaki’s next film is based on The Borrowers? One of my childhood favorites. #kidlitchat
2:24 am dawnbonnevie: @gregpincus #kidlitchat Loved/ inspired not always the same for me. Inspired is when a book makes me believe I can do the same.
2:25 am tinahoggatt: Wizard of Earthsea series, Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine, Twain (again, read aloud to us by M&D) Diary of Anne Frank was huge. #kidlitchat
2:25 am lisabrowndraws: Like Agatha Christie. Don’t want to write those. But way inspired, in some strange way. #kidlitchat.
2:25 am KarlaKT: Think I took a little something away from every one…a thread from each gets woven in somewhere when I least expect it #kidlitchat
2:25 am ImSarahEnni: @laurielyoung @gregpincus I agree- books I loved intimidated me. when I read a truly bad book I knew I could do better! #kidlitchat
2:25 am ReadingCountess: RT @justwonderinY: Eavesdropping #kidlitchat of authors/illustrators influenced writing – many books w interesting language rhythms = importance of read aloud.
2:25 am dawnmetcalf: Spider Robinson’s books made me think. His own story to publishing made me think, “I think that, too!” 100% Inspiration. #kidlitchat
2:25 am jessicaleeander: @karianneholt Hey, Kari. TOPIC: Who are the authors/illustrators whose work most inspired you to get into this crazy business? #kidlitchat
2:25 am PaulWHankins: RT @2KoP: RT @laurielyoung @dorothiar @DDHearn The best part of having children is getting to reread all of your favorites as a child. #kidlitchat
2:25 am amithaknight: RT @lisabrowndraws: you can get inspired without wanting to do the same thing or even thinking that its objectively good #kidlitchat
2:25 am carolgrannick: @gregpincus…Although they didn’t consciously trigger “I must write for children.” Modern books, read as adult, yes, absolutely #kidlitchat
2:25 am WriterRoss: @gregpincus Greg, I think most of us would find it hard to separate and define the moment we went from reader to writer.. #kidlitchat
2:25 am PaulWHankins: RT @justwonderinY: Eavesdropping #kidlitchat of authors/illustrators influenced writing – many books w interesting language rhythms = importance of read aloud.
2:25 am heatherwpetty: George MacDonald was my first and forever literary love. #kidlitchat
2:25 am RindaElliott: @skodobah My reaction to that story was so strong-can remember the awe, the goosebumps, the fear. #kidlitchat
2:25 am amyknichols: @1truesentence I devoured the SVH books. Couldn’t get enough of those twins. Wanted to be Elizabeth so badly. #kidlitchat
2:25 am EngridE1: What books inspired you YA writers to write YA? Just askin’ #kidlitchat
2:25 am susanjsteward: @gregpincus, books I loved got in my brain. Made me start thinking in a bookly way & dream new stories and start writing them. #kidlitchat
2:25 am Buffyandrews: @SolomonInkwell I just went to shelf and pulled down my Alfred Hitchcock’s Haunted Houseful. got for 13th b-day it says inside #kidlitchat
2:25 am pussreboots: @dosankodebbie Yes I’d heard that and I can’t wait to see what Studio Ghibli does w/ the Borrowers. #kidlitchat
2:26 am RebeccAgent: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Ursula Nordstrom’s DEAR GENIUS inspired my work in Children’s Publishing #kidlitchat
2:26 am carolgrannick: Every book I read, love, admire (and then re-read and study) is a current inspiration and encouragement. #kidlitchat
2:26 am DDHearn: I can’t forget A Little Princess, one of my all time favorites as a kid. As a teen I went for Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn. #kidlitchat
2:26 am marcie8: I was inspired to write by Judy Blume and the few authors that came to my school to talk to me (because I won a writing contest) #kidlitchat
2:26 am jamieweil: @marybrebner My second graders LOVED him. My kids…not so much. #kidlitchat
2:26 am dosankodebbie: @shikokusue Oh, me too. I love reading mysteries but I’ve never wanted to write one. #kidlitchat
2:26 am sharifwrites: @RindaElliott Loved Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, etc. Read a lot of Bradbury back then. #kidlitchat
2:26 am tinahoggatt: @davidhburton Absolutely L’Engle. how lovely to see her celebrated in When You Found Me & have that rewarded. #kidlitchat
2:26 am TracyClark_TLC: I was a dork as a teen. Loved the ‘mystery’ of Shirley Maclaine book ‘Out on a Limb’. Is was like a fantasy book to me. #kidlitchat
2:26 am marybrebner: I always figured I’d write romance but when I sat down to write my first novel, a YA fantasy appeared. Huh. #kidlitchat
2:26 am 2KoP: Any books you hated as a kid? #kidlitchat
2:26 am KarlaKT: One of my favorite perks of being a middle school lit. teacher…I get paid to read all of this great stuff! #kidlitchat
2:26 am jennymckmoss: RT @WriterRoss @gregpincus Greg, I think most of us would find it hard to separate & define moment we went from reader to writer #kidlitchat
2:26 am ImSarahEnni: @davidhburton L’Engle! Oh you just made me want to run for my bookcase and start A Wrinkle In Time all over again! #kidlitchat
2:26 am WriterRoss: @jessicaleeander And my first rejection at 7. Not bad. <gg> P.S. It was a personal. <g> Wish I still had it. #kidlitchat
2:26 am jimhill: @SheviStories I read the Archie type comics. Then an Uncle gave me Avenger’s 112 and the Archies were dead to me. #kidlitchat
2:26 am dosankodebbie: I still sigh over the Princess and the Goblin! RT @heatherwpetty: George MacDonald was my first and forever literary love. #kidlitchat
2:26 am davidhburton: As for that book with the spiders, I must have read that about 26 years ago #kidlitchat
2:27 am emilytastic: Emily Dickinson will always be my 1st literary love. I begged my mom for her coll. poems when I was 8…bc of her name. #kidlitchat
2:27 am 1truesentence: anybody have/participate in Young Authors contests growing up? just curious #kidlitchat
2:27 am justwonderinY: RT @jennymckmoss: RT @WriterRoss @gregpincus Greg, I think most of us would find it hard to separate & define moment we went from reader to writer #kidlitchat
2:27 am JessicaLeader: @gregpincus def a diff b/n books I loved to read and now write. Loved fantasy (Jane Langton, eg)–but don’t think I cd write. #kidlitchat
2:27 am dawnmetcalf: @lisabrowndraws I agree. There r lots of books I love but can’t write & lots of authors I love that I can’t write like, either. #kidlitchat
2:27 am Becky_Levine: When I started writing 4 kids, I hadn’t read current stuff. I was back w/ Eager & Alexander. Had a lot of catch-up reading 2 do. #kidlitchat
2:27 am DDHearn: @lisabrowndraws Oh, yes! Pippi! She was so much fun. #kidlitchat
2:27 am Martychan13: Can’t remember book that inspired me to write, but I remember the high school English teacher who did. #kidlitchat
2:27 am TracyClark_TLC: My fave kid book: 1952 Little Golden Book called “Timmy Mouse”. I had worn and loved copy up until a few years ago. Sadly lost. #kidlitchat
2:27 am lisabrowndraws: I decorated my childhood dollhouse like it was the Borrowers’ .RT @dosankodebbie: MIyazaki’s next film based on The Borrowers? #kidlitchat
2:27 am karianneholt: Gosh, I loved Roald Dahl so much as a kid (still do). The Witches, The BFG, especially. He made the real world unreal. #kidlitchat
2:27 am whitneymiller: RT @davidhburton: L’Engle was another one that was influence for me #kidlitchat // YES.
2:27 am ninaberry: Books I loved inspired me most – I write what I want to read. Or I try, anyway! #kidlitchat
2:27 am paulgreci: @EngridE1 A few authors who inspired me to write YA: SE. Hinton. L.H. Anderson. C. Crutcher. #kidlitchat
2:27 am amithaknight: RT @Martychan13: Cant remember book that inspired me to write, but I remember the high school English teacher who did. #kidlitchat
2:28 am jemifraser: Strangely I was inspired as a kid to start writing by creating Star Trek plots in my head when I was supposed to be sleeping :) #kidlitchat
2:28 am justwonderinY: RT @Martychan13: Can’t remember book that inspired me to write, but I remember the high school English teacher who did. #kidlitchat
2:28 am dawnmetcalf: @justwonderinY @jennymckmoss @WriterRoss @gregpincus I wrote notes in crayon to my folks to express what I couldn’t say aloud. #kidlitchat
2:28 am karianneholt: Me! I met Paula Danziger in the 4th grade. RT @1truesentence: anybody have/participate in Young Authors contests growing up? #kidlitchat
2:28 am gstickle: RT @gregpincus: So… is there a difference between books you LOVED and books that made you pursue writing/illustrating? Is it always the same? #kidlitchat
2:28 am ImSarahEnni: @amyknichols Diablo Cody is writing a SVH screenplay! #kidlitchat
2:28 am aimeebartis: @1truesentence I won honorable ment. in a Prentice Hall writing contest. Got a whole box of school supplies = heaven! #kidlitchat
2:28 am SolomonInkwell: It was all about mystery, ghosts, puzzles, & frightening things hiding under beds when I was young. I still love those things. #kidlitchat
2:28 am lisabrowndraws: The Light Princess! Such a strange story. RT @heatherwpetty: George MacDonald was my first and forever literary love. #kidlitchat
2:28 am ninaberry: The Littlest Broomstick, James and the Giant Peach. Winnie the Pooh – memorized the poems in Now We Are Six. #kidlitchat
2:28 am JohansenNewman: God forgive me,but I hated reading the Bible.Sweet grandmother used to make me. Poor thing.@2KoP Any books you hated as a kid? #kidlitchat
2:28 am jimhill: @Martychan13 Awesome point. My HS english teachers pushed me to write too. #kidlitchat
2:28 am PaulWHankins: RT @JessicaLeader: @gregpincus def a diff b/n books I loved to read and now write. Loved fantasy (Jane Langton, eg)–but don’t think I cd write. #kidlitchat
2:28 am dawnmetcalf: TEACHERS! RT @Martychan13: Cant remember book that inspired me to write, but I remember the high school English teacher who did. #kidlitchat
2:28 am amyknichols: @lisabrowndraws My friends and I wrote and performed a play in the garage based on The Borrowers. We were huge fans. #kidlitchat
2:28 am davidhburton: I made sure to buy the L’Engle set for my boys! #kidlitchat
2:28 am TracyClark_TLC: Strangely, movies have also inspired my desire to write. #kidlitchat
2:29 am sharifwrites: AP English class inspired me in other ways with Camus, Plath, and other classics. #kidlitchat
2:29 am 2KoP: My kids inspire me to write for children. I eavesdrop on them and steal ideas. #kidlitchat
2:29 am happybluejess: L’Engle for me too. Anyone remember Scott O’Dell’s ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS? And THE SECRET GARDEN. #kidlitchat
2:29 am jessicaleeander: @WriterRoss I didn’t get my first personal rejection until I was twice as old #kidlitchat
2:29 am tinahoggatt: Roald Dahl was so wicked – I read his short stories alongside the kids books. Lucky to have younger sisters and read to them. #kidlitchat
2:29 am PaulWHankins: RT @jimhill: @Martychan13 Awesome point. My HS english teachers pushed me to write too. #kidlitchat
2:29 am amyshansen: yeah, mysteries. couldn’t get enough. still can’t. probably I should write them #kidlitchat
2:29 am SheviStories: @jimhill I read DC, Marvel, Archie, Harvey, Mad, and even companies that are now defunct. Also Peanuts, Doonesbury, Pogo… #kidlitchat
2:29 am shikokusue: @1truesentence Long ago, participated in now defunct Young Writers Conferece at Hope College, Michigan. Picture in newspaper! #kidlitchat
2:29 am KidsTwit: I ALWAYS had a notebook and pencil with me, as far back as I can remember. #kidlitchat
2:29 am PaulWHankins: RT @Martychan13: Can’t remember book that inspired me to write, but I remember the high school English teacher who did. #kidlitchat
2:29 am davidhburton: @JohansenNewman Ditto! #kidlitchat
2:29 am amyknichols: @ImSarahEnni Wow! Crazy! And isn’t there a new sequel, with them in their 30s? Not sure I want to see how they turned out, LOL! #kidlitchat
2:29 am DDHearn: @SheviStories Mad was the best. I wanted to work for them when in college. They probably never would have hired a woman. #kidlitchat
2:29 am karianneholt: Also loved, loved Shel Silverstein and Ogden Nash. I knew I could write poems like that. I still try to. #kidlitchat
2:29 am whitneymiller: For me, books I LOVE make me think, “I wish I could.” Books I wish were better make me think “Prove you can.” #kidlitchat
2:29 am dorothiar: I just remembered one of my favorites. The Secret Garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett. #kidlitchat
2:29 am RebeccAgent: For someone who went from reading Newbery winners to Harper Lee to Salinger and other adult books… #kidlitchat
2:29 am jeanie_w: @RebeccAgent I’m reading that right now. #kidlitchat
2:29 am 1truesentence: @aimeebartis I came in second once. the kid who won retold “The Hatchet” only instead w/an axe. Now, he’s a chiropractor in FL. #kidlitchat
2:29 am dawnmetcalf: I hated Hemingway. And Sweet Valley High. #kidlitchat
2:29 am lisabrowndraws: Oh, awesome Q RT @2KoP: Any books you hated as a kid? #kidlitchat
2:29 am ImSarahEnni: @karianneholt See the recent Roald Dahl bio, about him being a spy? Amazing man #kidlitchat
2:30 am tinahoggatt: I make the connection between being read to by my parents and the mix of books with the desire to tell story. And permission. #kidlitchat
2:30 am carolgrannick: RT @TracyClark_TLC: Movies have also inspired my desire to write. > Not strange…Same here. Structure particularly inspires. #kidlitchat
2:30 am WriterRoss: My 7th grade English teacher accused me of copying story b/c she couldn’t believe I could write like that. THAT inspired me. #kidlitchat
2:30 am skodobah: Had to go take a picture of my kid on the drums. #kidlitchat
2:30 am SolomonInkwell: @Buffyandrews – OMG…you still have that?? :-) #kidlitchat
2:30 am susanjsteward: @jemifraser Same here, only replace Trek with Battlestar Gallactica ::hangs head in shame::#kidlitchat
2:30 am amithaknight: @dorothiar loved secret garden too! #kidlitchat
2:30 am tabithaolson: Nothing I hated, but I wasn’t fond of FUDGE. RT @2KoP: Any books you hated as a kid? #kidlitchat
2:30 am RebeccAgent: reading Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin as an adult inspired my love of YA fiction (others too, but that really stands out)… #kidlitchat
2:30 am SheviStories: @TracyClark_TLC Not so strange. Movies are stories, too; they’re just told differently. #kidlitchat
2:30 am lisabrowndraws: @2KoP My husband always says he hated Johnny Tremain more than most things in life. #kidlitchat.
2:30 am KarlaKT: RT @KidsTwit: I ALWAYS had a notebook and pencil with me, as far back as I can remember. #kidlitchat
2:30 am literaticat: @adamselzer yay! If EVERYONE was more Pinkwaterish, the world would be a funnier and less bullshit-filled place. #kidlitchat
2:30 am pussreboots: @dawnmetcalf I liked Hemingway except for Old Man and the Sea. Didn’t try Sweet Valley High. #kidlitchat
2:30 am jimhill: @SheviStories Peanuts by the score. Also Charles Addams collections. Always got weird looks from the librarian. #kidlitchat
2:30 am dawnbonnevie: @TracyClark_TLC #kidlitchat absolutely!
2:30 am RebeccAgent: …as something I read on the early side of my time as an asst that had big impact #kidlitchat
2:30 am amyshansen: I loved the control of writing the story the way I wanted it, so I rewrote some. #kidlitchat
2:30 am TracyClark_TLC: I remember scoring some Judy Blume from the bookmobile. Felt clandestine and forbidden. Devoured it for its secrets. #kidlitchat
2:30 am JessicaLeader: And can I even admit that tv inspired me to write? Interwoven stories on ‘thirtysomething’ fascinated me and influence me today. #kidlitchat
2:30 am dawnmetcalf: @dorothiar I love The Secret Garden & it’s my husband’s favorite book (next to RASCAL)! #kidlitchat
2:30 am karianneholt: @ImSarahEnni Roald Dahl is the Julia Child of kidlit. :) #kidlitchat
2:31 am PaulWHankins: RT @WriterRoss: My 7th grade English teacher accused me of copying story b/c she couldn’t believe I could write like that. THAT inspired me. #kidlitchat
2:31 am skodobah: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Eat it or wear it. #kidlitchat
2:31 am Becky_Levine: Gotta go, all. I’m procrastinating on a blog post. I’ll check out the transcripts to update my reading list! #kidlitchat
2:31 am peg366: RT @dorothiar: I just remembered one of my favorites. The Secret Garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett. mre, too. #kidlitchat
2:31 am ninaberry: Makes sense. It’s about storytelling. RT@ TracyClark_TLC: Strangely, movies have also inspired my desire to write. #kidlitchat
2:31 am amithaknight: @tabithaolson aww I loved fudge! thought he was hilarious! #kidlitchat
2:31 am DDHearn: @fullofstars Oh, and what about the Nancy Drew series. I liked those a lot when I was around 12. #kidlitchat
2:31 am Buffyandrews: I leave you with this. “So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” –Seuss #kidlitchat
2:31 am PaulWHankins: RT @DDHearn: @SheviStories Mad was the best. I wanted to work for them when in college. They probably never would have hired a woman. #kidlitchat
2:31 am lisabrowndraws: Hated Steinbeck. I could always see the bad ending coming. Don’t touch the mouse, Lenny! #kidlitchat.
2:31 am 1truesentence: @pussreboots re: SVH. didn’t miss much. SV Twins were better, IMO #kidlitchat
2:31 am SolomonInkwell: SO TRUE – RT @SheviStories: @TracyClark_TLC Not so strange. Movies are stories, too; theyre just told differently. #kidlitchat
2:31 am skodobah: @TracyClark_TLC Behind the beads of the bookmobile…. tee hee! #kidlitchat
2:31 am MardouLedger: I hated Lord of the Flies. Really, really. RT @2KoP: Any books you hated as a kid? #kidlitchat
2:31 am gregpincus: For me, there were definitely books that made me want to READ, but not as many that made me want to write #kidlitchat
2:31 am 2KoP: RT @WriterRoss: 7th grade teacher accused me of copying story b/c she couldnt believe I could write like that. THAT inspired me. #kidlitchat
2:31 am RebeccAgent: reading MAUS in a college course inspired my love of graphic novels/memoir #kidlitchat
2:31 am dawnbonnevie: amithaknight: @dorothiar loved secret garden too! #kidlitchat oooh me too!
2:31 am tinahoggatt: Poets have always been a big inspiration – from Shel Silverstein to collections 4 kids. Sendak led the way visually. #kidlitchat
2:31 am davidhburton: I also loved a series about some boys that solved mysteries headquartered in a junkyard. Can’t remember that series either. #kidlitchat
2:31 am paulgreci: @RebeccAgent Elsewhere is a beautiful book! #kidlitchat
2:32 am EngridE1: @paulgreci Thanx for the names. Always curious who inspires writers. MG & YA a new venture for me. #kidlitchat
2:32 am tabithaolson: @amithaknight That little boy drove me bananas. But I also had a little brother, so that may have colored my enjoyment. :) #kidlitchat
2:32 am skodobah: I wrote and illustrated a book in third grade called Kittyland. Go figure. #kidlitchat
2:32 am ImSarahEnni: @amyknichols SVH twins in their 30’s — now that would be bizarre! Won’t lie, I’d buy it out of curiosity! #kidlitchat
2:32 am marcie8: I won two. Very inspiring! RT @1truesentence: anybody have/participate in Young Authors contests growing up? #kidlitchat
2:32 am jemifraser: @susanjsteward No shame allowed – I loved Battlestar Gallatic too :) #kidlitchat
2:32 am WriterRoss: I used to channel Louisa May Alcott. When older? Sylvia Plath. Still waiting for my garret to write in… #kidlitchat
2:32 am amithaknight: me too! I love them now RT @RebeccAgent: reading MAUS in a college course inspired my love of graphic novels/memoir #kidlitchat
2:32 am jimhill: @jemifraser Nerd! For me it was comics, Tolkien and D&D plots. #kidlitchat
2:32 am bonnieadamson: @DDHearn My cousin belonged to the Nancy Drew book-a-month club. I was so jealous. #kidlitchat
2:32 am RindaElliott: @dawnmetcalf BIG TIME. I had three teachers who encouraged my writing. One gave an award I still have. Story was YA fantasy. ;) #kidlitchat
2:32 am dawnmetcalf: @DDHearn @fullofstars Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys. I was an equal-opportunity mystery-lover! #kidlitchat
2:32 am SolomonInkwell: @DDHearn – Nancy Drew! She was great… #kidlitchat
2:32 am SheviStories: I once used Roald Dahl’s short strories to hook reluctant readers. Didn’t let them read the end until they write one. It worked. #kidlitchat
2:32 am amyknichols: I can’t think of any books I hated as a kid. ??? #kidlitchat
2:32 am skodobah: @lisabrowndraws Cannery Row! Come on! The entrails part alone had me. #kidlitchat
2:32 am Brent_Watson41: @dawnmetcalf You might be the first person to ever put Hemmingway and SWEET VALLEY HIGH in the same post. (I might be the 2nd) #kidlitchat
2:32 am 2KoP: Harriet the Spy and her notebooks inspired me. I loved how she spied on her neighbors. #kidlitchat
2:32 am davidhburton: @gregpincus I had a particular novel that made me want to write. I decided I could do better! #kidlitchat
2:32 am adamselzer: @lisabrowndraws Grapes of Wrath has a happy ending, but you have to look several years into the future of the characters for it. #kidlitchat
2:32 am eventRobot: @bonnieadamson @MissusM Thanks! Hope I do #kidlitchat right.
2:32 am laurielyoung: RT @Buffyandrews: “So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” -Seuss #kidlitchat
2:32 am dawnmetcalf: @jimhill NOW you’re talkin’ my language! #yesiamageek #kidlitchat
2:32 am amithaknight: @tabithaolson I thought fudge was annoying, but that was the point? his big bro was sympathetic #kidlitchat
2:32 am KidsTwit: My poem made it into “The Jellybean Journal,” an insert in Times Picayune. I was 8. Fell in love w/ writing & others’ reactions #kidlitchat
2:33 am DDHearn: @gregpincus I have known I wanted to write and draw for kids since I was about 8, so everything was an influence. #kidlitchat
2:33 am RindaElliott: @happybluejess Island of the Blue Dolphins!! Oh, I loved that book so much. #kidlitchat
2:33 am SolomonInkwell: LOL…LOVE IT! RT @jimhill: @jemifraser Nerd! For me it was comics, Tolkien and D&D plots. #kidlitchat
2:33 am amyknichols: @ImSarahEnni Oh, I probably will, too. :) #kidlitchat
2:33 am skodobah: @amyknichols Nancy Drew gave me a headache. #kidlitchat
2:33 am PaulWHankins: RT @Brent_Watson41: @dawnmetcalf You might be the first person to ever put Hemmingway and SWEET VALLEY HIGH in the same post. (I might be the 2nd) #kidlitchat
2:33 am SuePinto: Can’t say which authors inspired me to write but love Suzanne Collins, Cassandra Clare, Laurie Halse Anderson, JK Rowling #kidlitchat
2:33 am PaulWHankins: RT @RindaElliott: @dawnmetcalf BIG TIME. I had three teachers who encouraged my writing. One gave an award I still have. Story was YA fantasy. ;) #kidlitchat
2:33 am dawnmetcalf: @adamselzer @lisabrowndraws Same could be said for The Giver. #kidlitchat
2:33 am skodobah: Black Beauty. The Stallion. #kidlitchat
2:33 am amithaknight: @2KoP read harriet recently and was not enamored. #kidlitchat
2:33 am ImSarahEnni: @lisabrowndraws Hated Steinbeck too! When you’re a kid it seems so needlessly sad. #kidlitchat
2:33 am skodobah: The Cay! #kidlitchat
2:33 am dawnmetcalf: @Brent_Watson41 Do you think they’ll be after us with torches? #kidlitchat
2:33 am Martychan13: @dawnmetcalf I always read the last chapter first and went back to the beginning so I could see how all the pieces fit together. #kidlitchat
2:33 am amyknichols: @skodobah Why? Just didn’t like the stories? Characters? #kidlitchat
2:33 am JessicaLeader: In hs, James Joyce inspired me to write. I wanted to say O instead of Oh. And, give chars epiphanies and be brilliant. #kidlitchat
2:33 am tinahoggatt: RT @RindaElliott: @happybluejess Island of the Blue Dolphins!! Oh, I loved that book so much. #kidlitchat
2:33 am karianneholt: Nancy Drew was so boring to me. I was always waiting for her and Ned to FINALLY make-out. Maybe I was too old for ND? ;P #kidlitchat
2:34 am amyshansen: I didn’t like Harriet either. My other friends did #kidlitchat
2:34 am jemifraser: @jimhill LOL! Yup – and proud of it!! :) I loved Tolkien (still do!) and comics, but never did D&D – I’m too old for those :) #kidlitchat
2:34 am Brent_Watson41: Has anyone mentioned HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS? Loved it, tried it. #kidlitchat
2:34 am SolomonInkwell: Well, all you talented people. Early day tomorrow. Stay the cool people you are and inspire one another… #kidlitchat
2:34 am justwonderinY: @PaulWHankins Wow if it isn’t archived it should be. Speaks volumes to the connection between reading and writing.#kidlitchat
2:34 am tabithaolson: @amithaknight Yeah, I’m sure that was the point. My brother irritated me in the same way, and I guess I could only take so much #kidlitchat
2:34 am PaulWHankins: I used to love parody pieces that would appear in Dynamite magazine (a child of the 70’s). Funny comics ruled the racks for me. #kidlitchat
2:34 am carolgrannick: Always viewed myself more as “poet”, and loved to read poetry. Frost, Millay as teen. #kidlitchat
2:34 am JohansenNewman: In HS, Ethan Frome. I loved that book. #kidlitchat
2:34 am peg366: RT @skodobah: Black Beauty. The Stallion. #kidlitchat
2:34 am aimeebartis: @2KoP I had notebooks and notebooks full of notes after readign that #kidlitchat
2:34 am DDHearn: @amithaknight I used to make up my own “Aesop’s Fables.” I still like to write original fairy tales. #kidlitchat
2:34 am skodobah: I feel sad about the anti-Steinbeck movement. Oh well. #kidlitchat

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