Nancy,
Thanks for the kind words. I've been working on these stories since I
retired from teaching a few years ago. They let me "keep my hand in"
education. I started with the history series, and they are the "flagship" of
my stories, but, as you can see if you go to
http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/books there are now a number of series
that I've got going. For the past year, I haven't done much with the history
series. I went totally dry for a few months, and came back to start the
First Readers. The most recent stories are in the Folklore series. But, I
wanted to get back to history, and I have had a Pocahontas story in the back
of my mind for a while and decided it's time to put it together.
There is an interesting following to my stories. I don't know how many hits
are on the pages since I haven't taken stats on my site for some time, but I
know there is a special ed class in Ocean Shores, WA, that dons their
self-made History Hats whenever their teacher reads one of the stories. I've
a number of nephews and grand-nieces who read the stories and have passed
them on to classmates. An autistic teacher outside Pittsburgh uses them, a
tutor in Michigan uses them, a special ed aide in Chesterfield has shared
them with the teachers she works with, and so on.
Sadly, I don't know what a publisher would do with them, since they are
effective BECAUSE the child's name is in the story. The first story I wrote
was The American Flag about Betsy Ross. I wrote it for my autistic nephew
who refused to read anything but Disney. In the story, George Washington
told him he was SMART, and the child fell in love with the book!
This list has, from the beginning, been a huge help in getting me straight
on the history facts, especially when it involves Virginians, but also on
others. The list has never let me down, and again, seems to be very helpful
in keeping me from tripping over my own ignorance.
Anne
Anne Pemberton
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From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: Native American Culture
> My view [and I've had two novels of historical fiction published, one of
> which attracted the attention of the BBC] is that getting people, and
> esp. children, to read and learn something about history in this day and
> age is important, even if it might be only 90% accurate. Better they
> learn that 90%, than nothing at all. And who knows, it might open the
> door for a few young minds to investigate history more. I like the
> concepts for your books, that's a great idea, and would engage kids'
> imaginations, which is wonderful.
>
> Nancy
>
> -------
> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>
> --Daniel Boone
>
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2007, at 10:14 PM, Douglas Deal wrote:
>
>> Anne:
>>
>> I see your point... I had misunderstood the basic "format" of the book.
>> But there is still the question of verisimilitude. What is it that you
>> want readers of your book to discover or understand about early
>> Jamestown and the native inhabitants of the area? What sort of
>> historical accuracy is necessary? What sort is unimportant?
>>
>> Doug
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