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Kids today seem to be under more competitive pressure than ever, while studies show that reading, writing, and the arts in schools are suffering. Is there any place for imagination in kids' lives anymore? In a dog-eat-dog world, why dream things that aren't there?In gorgeous prose and through personal stories, Beth Kephart resoundingly affirms the imagination as the heart of our ability to empathize with others, to appreciate the world, and to envision possibilities for the future. The star of her story is once again her son, Jeremy (as in her National Book Award-nominated A Slant of Sun), now fourteen years old--a child who at first resists storytelling, preferring more objective and orderly pursuits, but later leads a neighborhood book club/writing group and aspires to follow Steven Spielberg into moviemaking.Embedded in the text and appendices are examples of how to inspire children to read, write, and dream.… (més)
As a personal memoir of her own struggle to teach her preteen creativity, Ms Kephart wrote a personal and anecdotal narrative. At first, I disliked the present tense and the personal essay-like feel of each chapter (I do not normally enjoy memoir and personal essay) but I quickly overcame any discomfort as I read of her stories with her son, as she help him, her only child, to create stories, enjoy reading, and otherwise embrace creativity in a world that expected him to instead join more “programs.” more on my blog
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Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams-- daydreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing-- are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to invent, and therefore to foster, civilization. --L. Frank Baum
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh the think you can think up if only you try! --Theodore Geisel
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For Jeremy, who sees way past Z.
And for my parents, who gave me room to dream and love to grow on
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This is what he looks like: dark lustrous hair and big curious eyes, cinnamon or chocolate eyes, eyes like phosphorescence.
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Only the imagination, that's all, and wherever it might take us.
Kids today seem to be under more competitive pressure than ever, while studies show that reading, writing, and the arts in schools are suffering. Is there any place for imagination in kids' lives anymore? In a dog-eat-dog world, why dream things that aren't there?In gorgeous prose and through personal stories, Beth Kephart resoundingly affirms the imagination as the heart of our ability to empathize with others, to appreciate the world, and to envision possibilities for the future. The star of her story is once again her son, Jeremy (as in her National Book Award-nominated A Slant of Sun), now fourteen years old--a child who at first resists storytelling, preferring more objective and orderly pursuits, but later leads a neighborhood book club/writing group and aspires to follow Steven Spielberg into moviemaking.Embedded in the text and appendices are examples of how to inspire children to read, write, and dream.
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