Seeing past Z
Subtitle: nurturing the imagination in a fast-forward world
By: Beth Kephart
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780393058826
Subjects: Créativité; Imagination; Creative thinking; Anecdotes
Description: KIDS TODAY seem to be under more competitive pressure than ever, while studies show that reading, writing, and the arts in schools are suffering. Is there any place for imagination in kids' lives anymore? In a dog-eat-dog world, why dream things that aren't there? In gorgeous prose and through personal stories, Beth Kephart resoundingly affirms the imagination as the heart of our ability to empathize with others, to appreciate the world, and to envision possibilities for the future. The star of her story is once again her son, Jeremy (as in her National Book Award--nominated "A Slant of Sun), now fourteen years old--a child who at first resists storytelling, preferring more objective and orderly pursuits, but later leads a neighborhood book club/writing group and aspires to follow Steven Spielberg into moviemaking. Embedded in the text and appendices are examples of how to inspire children to read, write, and dream.
Table of contents: title: Imagining tomorrow; title: I'll trade you my story for your story; title: Tiny golden spark; title: Legacies; title: Guess who; title: Will you be my shelter?; title: Dimming the lights; title: The things we'd never think of; title: Stars on the ceiling; title: The velvet beyond; title: The stuff of memory; title: Perseverance; title: Reading alone; title: Writing it down; title: What does it matter?; title: The first summer workshop; title: Wherever they are going; title: Interference; title: Paying attention to process; title: Surprise endings; title: A few like-minded souls; title: The little critic; title: A community of writers; title: The world we wanted him to see; title: Prolific; title: On becoming a compassionate writer; title: On his own; title: No more than that, no less; title: The unbridled imagination; title: In the director's seat.