Danielle Davis is certainly one who has gone above and beyond to support our efforts thus far. Here is her beautiful entry on "Why She Writes!" Enjoy!
Stories help me make sense of things: feelings, experiences, the world.
It started with reading “Hansel and Gretel” and Benjamin Dilley’s Thirsty Camel as a
kid by myself in my bedroom. And then my fourth grade teacher in Singapore,
Toby Anderson, reading Roald Dahl books aloud to us while we sat on beanbag chairs
in her classroom: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The
Witches.
kid by myself in my bedroom. And then my fourth grade teacher in Singapore,
Toby Anderson, reading Roald Dahl books aloud to us while we sat on beanbag chairs
in her classroom: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The
Witches.
In stories, I found characters who had agency and autonomy, who had inner compasses
about who to trust and about trusting themselves. In stories, I found comfort and
validation and hope. I found possibility and a little bit of magic, my favorite ingredient
in a story still. Those stories made me a reader, and later, a writer. They made me a
Story Person.
about who to trust and about trusting themselves. In stories, I found comfort and
validation and hope. I found possibility and a little bit of magic, my favorite ingredient
in a story still. Those stories made me a reader, and later, a writer. They made me a
Story Person.
Now, I find all that stuff in writing stories too.
And my wish is that the books I write might do all that for kid readers in some small
way. Help make sense of things they’re going through, of the world. Strengthen their
own agency and autonomy and inner compasses. Give them comfort and validation
and hope (and laughs!). Fill them with the possibility of a little bit of magic.
way. Help make sense of things they’re going through, of the world. Strengthen their
own agency and autonomy and inner compasses. Give them comfort and validation
and hope (and laughs!). Fill them with the possibility of a little bit of magic.
I write because I’m a Story Person.
Are you a Story Person too?
Above illustration lovingly created by Genielysse Reyes
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