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The Chatsworth Avenue Library is the happy recipient of some new science books from the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation. Just a few are listed below. Give one a try!
A Day in the Salt Marsh
by Kevin Kurtz
Rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the salt marsh as the tide
comes and goes.
An Egg is Quiet
by Dianna Hutts Aston
Describes many different kinds of eggs and how they support the lives growing
inside of them.
The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming
by Laurie David
A collection of facts and information about global warming and its consequences, with suggestions on maintaining a healthy environment in the home, at school, and in the community.
Wired
by Anastasia Suen
Describes how electricity is conducted and follows its route from a power plant to the home.
Close to the Wind: The Beaufort Scale
by Peter Malone
Describes Francis Beaufort’s creation of the Beaufort wind force scale in 1810, includes fictional diary entries by a twelve-year-old nineteenth-century midshipman that describe conditions aboard ship at each of the scale’s twelve levels.
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I went to the Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature in Westport, CT on Saturday. Authors Gail Carson Levine, Neal Shusterman, Jeanne DuPrau, Andrea Davis Pinkney, and Rick Riordan spoke about their books and the writing process. It was interesting to hear how everyone arrives at their ideas differently.
Rick Riordan was a middle school English teacher and adult mystery author who said that he originally made up The Lightning Thief as a bedtime tale for his son whose story interest was limited to mythology. Neal Shusterman also started out by telling a story to children–he was a camp counselor and his story (about magic sunglasses) was told only if the children behaved. Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember, said that her book was a result of the combination of having many emergency drills as a girl and her concern for the future of our environment. Gail Carson Levine could never understand why Cinderella hung around and did all those chores so sweetly so Ella Enchanted is her explanation. Andrea Pinkney Davis is a book editior as well as an author and she said that she actually passes a lot of ideas to other authors who she feels are better suited for the idea.
How do you decide what to write about?
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