It's Been Very, Very, Very busy!

It’s been extremely busy end of the school year. I finished up teaching my writing class. We had a lot of fun, laughing, writing, and sharing ideas. I hope we can continue this over the summer or during the next school year.

I had them ask me some questions.

Here are the questions they asked me:

1.    How much money can you make writing?

I’d say it varies. You can certainly make a living off writing. The more successful you are the more chances you have. You can do presentations; teach classes, and many, many other opportunities.

2.    What is the longest book written?

This was a fun one. Here’s a link we discovered: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/22F3SA74XBA5Y

These are books I don’t plan on reading to my students.

3.    How many different books are out there (genres)?

We came up with quite a few genres and age categories:

Adult novels (written for adults), Young Adult, Tween books, Middle-grade, Chapter Books, Easy readers, Picture books, Board Books, Magazines, Journals, Poetry, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Graphic novels/Comics…just to name some that we discussed.

4.    How many Elephant & Piggie Books, by Mo Williams are there?

14 and they are extremely funny.

5.    What are the best chapter books?

Here is a list we discovered: http://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Chapter-Books/lm/R1N1GMU6V2SH3F

They all shared which books they’ve heard of or read:

6.    What are the most famous picture books?

Here’s a list we discovered:

http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61

The children knew a lot more of these books.