Let’s say that you want to write a
picture book about a historical event but you have only the briefest
information available. What do you do?
You can follow the example of
Barbara Krasner who wrote Goldie Takes a Stand:
Golda Meir’s First Crusade. She wrote a book on an incident from Golda’s
childhood. Poor children couldn’t afford books so Golda helped raise money for
them. Barbara’s only documented
information was a newspaper clipping. She invented first person dialogue, which
makes this book biographical fiction. But still a learning tool.
Sample: “Will the meeting come to
order?” I announced to the girls crowded into our two-room Walnut Street
apartment.”
What does this tell us about Golda?
That she was a take-charge person.
That she lived in a crowded
apartment.
ACTIVITY
Take any historical figure that
interests you. Pick an event from that person’s life. Write a skit imagining
the conversation that could have gone on during that event. Answer these
questions: Who else was there? What did the event accomplish?
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