Jacqueline Woodson Christine Fortner SLM 504
Genres Realistic Fiction Historical FictionPicture Books
Style of Writing Poetic Character Driven Short Texts Stories written in poems, letters, different narrators Characters speak thoughtfully and insightfully Not preachy Characters struggle with identity and grow
Jacqueline Woodson on Writing Family history is part of who she is Characters are writers Has questions “caring about one another” Religious upbringing Characters have stories to tell Writing an escape “When I was a kid. I got in trouble for telling stories. And my teachers said, “Be quiet and write it down, and if you write it down, it’s fiction. It’s not a lie anymore.””
Themes Jacqueline Woodson Interview
Young Adult Appeal African American girls, boys, and others Mostly self conscious stage (feelings, personal problems) Stories about real life problems that teens face Writes about controversial issues Several series (I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This, Lena),(If You Come Softly, Behind You),(Last Summer With Maizon, Maizon at Blue Hill, Between Madison and Palmetto),( Locomotion, Peace, Locomotion)
Bibliography Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database The CLCD Company, LLC. 19 June Jacqueline Woodson Books for Children and Young Adults June Follett Library Resources Follett Library Resources, Inc. 21 June Novelist EBSCO Industries, Inc. 20 June Reading Rockets WETA. 21 June Teaching Books Teaching Books.net LLC. 21 June Wordle. Jonathan Feinberg June