Week of July 1, 2012: We’ve Got Trouble!
Quotes
of the week:
Only
trouble is interesting; and character is everything.
—Mem Fox
The
trouble must be trouble on a big scale.
—Mem Fox
Trouble, oh we
got trouble,
Right here in P.B. City!
With a capital "T"
That rhymes with "P"
And that stands for Plot,
That stands for plot.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in P.B. City,
Right here!
Gotta figger out a way
To keep those characters in hot water!
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble . . .
Right here in P.B. City!
With a capital "T"
That rhymes with "P"
And that stands for Plot,
That stands for plot.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in P.B. City,
Right here!
Gotta figger out a way
To keep those characters in hot water!
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble . . .
My
apologies to Meredith Willson for distorting his “Ya Got Trouble” from Music Man, but I couldn’t help it. Since
hearing Mem Fox’s words again a few weeks ago, I’ve been thinking about trouble
in picture books. The trouble (or problem as some folks call it) is what puts
the characters into motion and gives the story a reason for being. We’ll spend
this week getting into trouble . . . or at least getting our picture books into
trouble . . . I mean . . . oh forget it, just follow along!
Monday—Finding
Trouble in Favorite Picture Books
Tuesday—Where
Does the Trouble Take Those Books?
Wednesday—Fourth
of July
Thursday—Trouble
Practice
Friday—Get
Yourself into Trouble
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