![]() ![]() Mary’s College in Maryland, a professor arranged for her to teach high school in the African country of the Gambia. Paul definitely qualifies as a Wisconsin writer: she grew up in Green Bay and after moving away for some time, lives there again with her family. Paul was in Sturgeon Bay during the weekend of April 6-8 to participate in a Children’s Literature Conference organized by Write On, Door County and partly sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). If a present-day Bruce is curious to learn, the lesson will be embraced and absorbed more fully if embedded in an appealing story or engaging book. “In today’s world, books compete with everything – television, Internet, apps, games, and more,” said Paul. “Twenty-first century authors have to honor a child’s curiosity over the desire to teach a lesson,” she said, if they want to successfully reach readers. ![]() And according to author Miranda Paul, young readers of the ‘60s and early ‘70s – when such a book was actually written – might not have been happy to read about the education of Bruce, either. Does anyone believe that children would rush to the local malls to buy a picture book called Bruce Learns about Life Insurance? ![]()
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