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| Light Speaks Illustrated by Luciana Navarro Powell |
Light Speaks beautifully written by Christine Layton is a quiet book, a bedtime book about the concept of light and each page compels the reader to turn to the next page. At the same time, the melodic words may lull a child to sleep. Luciana Navarro Powell’s fun illustrations include a gorgeous depiction of the butterfly nebula. Ms. Layton lyrically explains difficult aspects about what light is and how it acts. She includes back matter facts about light. Readers are likely to want to read this again and again. Tilbury House published Light Speaks.
One Question Interview with Christine Layton
Hello Christine. Welcome
ETC: What advice would you give those in grades K-12 about writing?
CL: My advice for student writers is the same as my advice for professional authors: write badly! By this, I mean that you shouldn't let fear or anxiety or perfection keep you from writing. Fear, anxiety, and perfectionism would like nothing better than to keep you in a writer's block, staring at a blank page. So, go ahead and write a really crummy rough draft. It can make you cringe. It can be way off the mark. It can be absolutely awful! But once you've written that crummy first draft, something magical happens. You suddenly don't have a blank page anymore. You have words you can work with. You might even find that after revising and changing things around, you like what you've written. You never have to show anyone the crummy first draft. It can be your secret. The great thing about writing is that it's like working out a muscle. The more you do it, the better you get. It doesn't matter if you do it badly. The act of writing makes you a better writer each time you try. I find that very comforting.
ETC: Thank you for visiting, Christine.
Additional Non-fiction Component
For Definitions and Explanations of Lightning please see:
For information on Lightning Safety please see:
National Weather Service Lightning Safety Tips
National Weather Service Lightning Safety
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