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Trampolines
by Jenny Fretland VanVoorst (Author)

Booktalk: The BIG Picture

Explore the physics behind the trampoline, a popular backyard toy, in three short chapters for early fluent readers.

#kidlit Writing Lesson: the small details

The first page of chapter one introduces the topic with two questions on the left (reverso) page:

CHAPTER 1
ENERGY

Do you like to jump on a trampoline? Did you know that jumping tests the laws of physics?

The bolded word, physics, is defined on the right (recto) page:

Physics is the science of matter and how it moves. There are physics laws by which all things work.

This nonfiction book for early fluent readers introduces one new idea at a time.

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

Enter the ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY National Writing Contest!

“In 1974, the Council on Interracial Books sponsored a writing contest seeking out diverse voices. Mildred D. Taylor was the winner of the African-American segment for the manuscript that became Song of the Trees (Dial, 1975), her first book. It introduced the Logan family and was followed by Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976), which won the Newbery Medal.

Forty years later, in partnership with We Need Diverse Books™, Penguin Young Readers celebrates this momentous publication by launching a debut children’s fiction contest to find talented, ethnically diverse authors writing for readers ages 8-14.”

Submit your manuscript HERE! “Enter between 12:01:01 AM Eastern Time on April 26, 2016 and 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time on June 21, 2016.”

PRIZE: The confirmed winner will receive a book publishing contract for the publication of a novel for ages 8-14 by Penguin Random House LLC, with an advance of $35,000, plus royalties as follows: (i) on hardcover, 10% up to 50,000 copies and 12.5% thereafter; (ii) on paperback, 6% up to 50,000 copies and 7% thereafter; (iii) on audio, 8% of net; (iv) ebook, 25% of net; (v) world rights/all subrights at a 50/50 split; and (vi) an option on their next children’s or YA novel.

Category: chapter book

Trampolines

Debut Children’s Fiction Contest