Jacqueline Woodson

Christine Fortner SLM 504

GenresRealistic Fiction

Historical FictionPicture Books

Style of Writing

Poetic

Character Driven

Short Texts

Stories written in poems, letters, different narrators

Characters speak thoughtfully and insightfully

Not preachy

Characters struggle with identity and grow

Jacqueline Woodson on Writing

Family history is part of who she is Characters are writers Has questions “caring about one another” Religious upbringing Characters have stories to tell Writing an escape “When I was a kid. I got in trouble for telling stories. And my teachers said, “Be quiet and write it down, and if you write it down, it’s fiction. It’s not a lie anymore.””

Themes

Jacqueline Woodson Interviewhttp://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/woodson

Young Adult Appeal

• African American girls, boys, and others• Mostly self conscious stage (feelings,

personal problems)• Stories about real life problems that

teens face• Writes about controversial issues• Several series (I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This, Lena),(If

You Come Softly, Behind You),(Last Summer With Maizon, Maizon at Blue Hill, Between Madison and Palmetto),( Locomotion, Peace, Locomotion)

Bibliography

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database. 2010 The CLCD Company, LLC. 19 June 2010.

Jacqueline Woodson Books for Children and Young Adults. 2010. 21 June 2010. <www.jacquelinewoodson.com>.

Follett Library Resources. 2010 Follett Library Resources, Inc. 21 June 2010. <www.titlewave.com>.

Novelist. 2010 EBSCO Industries, Inc. 20 June 2010. <http://web.ebscohost.com/novelist/search?vid=1&hid=108&sid=1bba4700-602d-4624-b89d-6ad1f7781b80%40sessionmgr110>.

Reading Rockets. 2010 WETA. 21 June 2010. <readingrockets.org>.

Teaching Books. 2010 Teaching Books.net LLC. 21 June 2010. <teachingbooks.net>.

Wordle. Jonathan Feinberg. 2009. 20 June 2010. <wordle.net>.