Comments on: [BookCamp] Creating New Readers http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2009/01/19/bookcamp-creating-new-readers/ cultural magpie Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:34:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Max Elliot Anderson http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2009/01/19/bookcamp-creating-new-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Max Elliot Anderson Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:01:11 +0000 http://mondoagogo.com/?p=577#comment-131 Author James Patterson has a ten year-old son who doesn’t like to read. So Patterson has established http://www.readkiddoread.com to help other reluctant readers. I, too, grew up as a reluctant reader. And my father was the author of over 70 books. Now I write action-adventure and mystery books especially for tween boys. My blog, Books for boys, http://booksandboys.blogspot.com is # 4 on Google today. Max Elliot Anderson Author James Patterson has a ten year-old son who doesn’t like to read. So Patterson has established http://www.readkiddoread.com to help other reluctant readers.

I, too, grew up as a reluctant reader. And my father was the author of over 70 books. Now I write action-adventure and mystery books especially for tween boys. My blog, Books for boys, http://booksandboys.blogspot.com is # 4 on Google today.

Max Elliot Anderson

]]> By: Anna http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2009/01/19/bookcamp-creating-new-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Anna Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:41:20 +0000 http://mondoagogo.com/?p=577#comment-126 Hey, that's not a bad idea. I only put that it because I blog so much about comics that a lot of my regular readers probably would confuse you, though I expect most other people wouldn't have heard of him! My blog is also syndicated to my LJ account, so keep an eye out for comments <a href="http://mondoagogo.livejournal.com/170780.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow">as well</a>. I remember Alex Millway saying in the pub that he could probably find some more people who would be interested. Oh, and I remember talking in the pub with you about visual literacy, but I noticed that so many other people tend to forget that they used to read books with pictures. Or that pictures can be a language of their own. Hey, that's not a bad idea. I only put that it because I blog so much about comics that a lot of my regular readers probably would confuse you, though I expect most other people wouldn't have heard of him!

My blog is also syndicated to my LJ account, so keep an eye out for comments as well. I remember Alex Millway saying in the pub that he could probably find some more people who would be interested.

Oh, and I remember talking in the pub with you about visual literacy, but I noticed that so many other people tend to forget that they used to read books with pictures. Or that pictures can be a language of their own.

]]> By: Kevin O'Neill http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2009/01/19/bookcamp-creating-new-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Kevin O'Neill Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:08:24 +0000 http://mondoagogo.com/?p=577#comment-122 p.s. the LoXG comparison is one I constantly battle with! I'm slowly fighting my way up Google, but I can't see myself ever winning....maybe this could be enough of a connection to get him involved, though?? p.s. the LoXG comparison is one I constantly battle with! I'm slowly fighting my way up Google, but I can't see myself ever winning….maybe this could be enough of a connection to get him involved, though??

]]> By: Kevin O'Neill http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2009/01/19/bookcamp-creating-new-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Kevin O'Neill Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:05:46 +0000 http://mondoagogo.com/?p=577#comment-121 Fantastic post Anna! I don't know how much the pub might have rendered my communication on this topic to you a bit fuzzy, but I think image is obviously a massive part of literacy. Fighting Words have incorporated this by having artists illustrating collaborative stories as they are written on field trips (http://tinyurl.com/9tmdfg). Thanks for putting together a to-do list of your own, hopefully we can get in touch with more people and start getting something together! Fantastic post Anna! I don't know how much the pub might have rendered my communication on this topic to you a bit fuzzy, but I think image is obviously a massive part of literacy. Fighting Words have incorporated this by having artists illustrating collaborative stories as they are written on field trips (http://tinyurl.com/9tmdfg).

Thanks for putting together a to-do list of your own, hopefully we can get in touch with more people and start getting something together!

]]> By: What I Read Today « Mostly on McSweeney’s! http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2009/01/19/bookcamp-creating-new-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-120 What I Read Today « Mostly on McSweeney’s! Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:02:26 +0000 http://mondoagogo.com/?p=577#comment-120 [...] Jay, ‘Creating New Readers‘. I met Anna on Saturday and she had infectious enthusiasm for the 826 idea, and has a keen [...] [...] Jay, 'Creating New Readers'. I met Anna on Saturday and she had infectious enthusiasm for the 826 idea, and has a keen [...]

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