“With the audience I write for, I want to make sure that the reader is eagerly turning every page. I want each of my books to be an absorbing reading experience, an authentic piece of literature. The worst thing that can happen is for a book to have a chilling effect on the reader, to have a kid pick it up and look at a bunch of footnotes and think, No, I'm not going to read this, it's too intimidating.” ThinkingWritingBookKidsReadingLiteratureAudienceWorstChillIntimidating Author:Russell Freedman
“I get letters from two kinds of readers. History buffs, who love to read history and biography for fun, and then kids who want to be writers but who rarely come out and say so in their letters. You can tell by the questions they ask - How did you get your first book published? How long do you spend on a book? So I guess those are the readers that I'm writing for - kids who enjoy that kind of book, because they're interested in history, in other people's lives, in what has happened in the world. I believe that they're the ones who are going to be the movers and shakers.” WorldWritingBelieveKindLongBookKidsFunI BelieveEnjoyLove To Read Author:Russell Freedman
“Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required for an adult audience.” WritingDifferentKidsAudienceSpecial Author:Russell Freedman
