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Celebration of Books at OSU-Tulsa includes Getting Serious with Young Readers workshop.
Almost everyone thinks he has a children’s book inside waiting to pop out. And sometimes it works. Carl Reiner has written a wonderful, almost too scary to read, book for kids. So have other celebrities such as Steve Martin and Julie Andrews. Probably most have ghost writers and definitely ghost artists because it isn’t as easy as an untested author
would suppose.
To find out exactly how to write a children’s book, attend the Getting Serious with Young Readers workshop at the Celebration of Books at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, at the OSU-Tulsa campus.
Kim Doner is one of the panelists, along with Molly Griffis, George Edward Stanley and Tim Tharp. The moderator will be Anna Myers.
Doner has illustrated nine books and written two of them. She is a master at this craft and its well worth your time to learn from her how to walk the walk.
She looks like a youngster but has children of her own. She graduated from TU with an art degree. This is the real secret to professional children’s books: art, sophisticated art. Yes, a sound story is the frame, but art, fantastical art advances the story and captures the child’s imagination.
“On a Road in Africa” (Tricycle Press, 2008) is one of Doner’s latest creations that she both wrote and drew. The art in this book is captivating. Kids love animals of all shapes and sizes.
Many child psychiatrists have ruminated as why children love animals in zoos, stuffed, in books or in cartoons. They say the child recognizes that animals are part of life on this planet and are vulnerable like he is. You may assimilate that information as you wish.
Don’t miss this chance to learn how to write a children’s book from successful authors. Call 594-8215 for more details or visit poetsandwriters.okstate.edu.
