Musings about some of my favorite fantasy literature for young readers, comics old and new, the peculiar publishing industry, the future of books, kids today, and the writing process.
From Alison Morris's Shelftalker, here's an homage to the Tin Woodman by Drew of the Tenacre Country Day School in Wellesley. It's made from a pumpkin, a funnel, and lots of duct tape.
The assignment for Drew and his fellow fourth-graders was to "to decorate a sugar pumpkin to represent their favorite character from their summer reading."
See other creations here.
J. L. BELL is a writer and reader of fantasy literature for children. His favorite authors include L. Frank Baum, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper. He is an Assistant Regional Advisor in the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, and was the editor of Oziana, creative magazine of the International Wizard of Oz Club, from 2004 to 2010.
Living in Massachusetts, Bell also writes about the American Revolution at Boston 1775.
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