4/3/2023 0 Comments Beatrix potter tea set![]() Now, on the one hand, I do understand why agents and publishers have told authors for years not to write anthropomorphic characters and not to write in rhyme. You’re now all thinking of your favorite children’s books that probably do one or maybe both of these things. ![]() So animal characters with human qualities, and also they’ve been told not to write in rhyme. For years and years, children’s book authors have been told not to use anthropomorphic characters. Now we have a lot of picture book authors who listen to this podcast, and if you are one of them, you probably already know the rules I’m talking about. When Bear Snores On was published in 2002, it actually broke a lot of picture book publishing so called rules. The show that helps your kids fall in love with books and helps you fall in love with homeschooling. I’m Sarah Mackenzie, and this is the Read-Aloud Revival. She is Karma Wilson and today I want you to meet her. She homeschooled her own kids for many years as a way to ensure that they would love reading as much as she felt they deserved to. She was saved as a child, in a way, by C.S. Chances are good that you are already familiar with this book, but do you know the woman who wrote it? Well, she’s come up with some of her best ideas while eating ice cream or visiting the zoo. So begins Bear Snores On, the picture book sensation turned childhood classic. The coals pip-pop and the wind doesn’t stop, but the bear snores on. Mouse squeaks, “Too damp, too dank, too dark.” So he lights wee twigs with a small hot spark. An itty-bitty mouse, pitter-pat, tiptoe, creep crawls in the cave from the fluff, cold snow. The cold winds howl and the night sounds growl, but the bear snores on. He sleeps through the day, he sleeps through the night. ![]() Cuddled in a heap with his eyes shut tight. In a cave in the woods, in his deep, dark lair, through the long, cold winter sleeps a great brown bear. ![]()
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