Education Oasis is a great site created by (and for) teachers and parents who are passionate about the power of education, and the potential of every child to learn, regardless of his or her circumstances.
They had a lot of nice things to say about BORN TO FLY and even “classroom-tested” it.
Check out this link to a fun and very informative four-part series about girls, both fictional and real, seeking adventure in the sky.
Part I focuses on BORN TO FLY.
Parts II-IV profile, Bessie Smith, Amelia Earhart and the book “The Girl Who Could Fly”.
One of the many writers I met at the Highlights conference this summer was the wise and wonderfully charming Ecuadorian author, Edna Iturralde.
Edna has published 23 books, won many national and international awards and is considered one of the most important figures in children and young adult’s literature of her country. Mother of six children, she has dedicated much of her life to write for children.
Edna was game enough to answer 20 tough questions for me:
1. Rain or snow?
Rain
2. Cry or laugh?
Laugh
3. Rose or tulip?
Tulip
4. The moon or the sun?
Moon
5. Spring or fall?
Fall
6. Window or aisle?
aisle
7. Coffee or tea?
Coffee
8. Beginnings or endings?
Beginnings
9. Sunrise or sunset?
Sunset
10. Italian or Chinese?
Italian
11. Early morning or late at night?
Late at night
12. stairs or elevator?
stairs
13. Glasses or contact lenses?
contact lenses
14. Eat or sleep?
sleep
15. Lonely or hungry?
hungry
16. Strong or pretty?
strong
17. Facts or opinions?
facts
18. Childhood or parenthood?
parenthood
19. Blue or brown?
blue
20 and finally, what is your earliest memory?
Listening to a children´s song about little chickens. It is called: Los pollitos dicen pio-pio-pio.
Thank you for inviting me to do this fun questionaire. Much love, Edna
And thank you, Edna.
