“I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.” ThinkingWayLittlesDifferentKidsAbleWishGrowsBitsMy OwnGrowing UpOne ThingMysteryBirthLittle BitDifferent WaysFarmsExposure Author:Rachel McAdams
“I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries.” KidsRememberSimpleMysteryComplexesCome UpExplanationDisappointedHolmesBeing Disappointed Author:Peter Weir
“I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.” ThinkingWantBookCharacterStoriesKidsAnswersMysteryPagesAdultsAskingSurpriseCaringGood BookFast PacedAsking Questions Book:The 39 Clues, Infinity Ring, and Spirit Animals Powerpack Source: The 39 Clues, Infinity Ring, and Spirit Animals Powerpack
“Theres no mystery-the EMU Club is a hit! This is a fun, funny adventure that kids will love to read.” KidsFunMysteryAdventureClubsLove To ReadFunny Adventure Author:Lincoln Peirce
“When we were kids, growing up in the sixties, the only images we had of ourselves were either still photographs or 8mm movies.... Now we have video, digital cameras, MP3s, and a million other ways to document ourselves. But the still photograph continues to hold a sense of mystery and awe to me.” WayStillsKidsMillionsGrowing UpGrowingMysteryCamerasPhotographVideoAweDigitalSixtyDocumentsKids Growing UpDigital CamerasMp3 Author:Catherine Opie
“Personally, I like those mystery shows. Ever since I was a kid I've been crazy about blood and detectives and murder. Maybe I was born with a silver knife in my back.” ShowsKidsBornMysteryBloodCrazyMurderSilverKnivesDetectives Author:Jack Paar
“One thing about hanging out with a baby is that you can remember a little bit better what it was like to be a kid, and all the mystery that came along with it.” LittlesKidsRememberBitsOne ThingMysteryBabyLittle BitHanging Out Author:Colin Meloy
“There's also a growing trend toward having gardens in schools to literally show kids where food comes from by having them grow and prepare their own food. There's also a movement that's bringing farmers into schools and creating relationships between local farms and local cafeterias, so that instead of frozen mystery meat, you have fresh produce that's coming from the area that has a name and a face associated with it.” ShowsKidsSchoolFacesNamesGrowsGrowingMysteryMovementProduceCreatingAreasGardenLocalsMeatTrendsFarmsFarmersFrozenCafeteria Author:Eric Schlosser
“Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a good answer for them. It took me a long time to realize they were right.” WritingLongKidsSchoolRealizingAnswersMysteryMiddleStudentsTaughtLong TimeAdultsBack WhenMiddle School Author:Rick Riordan
“I had seen that look before, on the faces of tourists visiting the Texas Book Depository in Dallas where Lee Harvey Oswald took the shots at JFK. I took that tour and met some conspiracy buffs, all of us standing at the gunman’s window and looking down to the spot where the motorcade passed. It’s right there below the window, an easy shot at a slow-moving car. No mystery, just a kid and a rifle and a tragedy. They came looking for dark and terrible revelations and instead found out something even more dark and terrible: that their lives were trite and boring.” LooksBookKidsFacesMovingFoundEasyDarkMysteryCarTerribleMetsShotsStandingWindowTragedyBoringSpotsRevelationsTexasConspiracyTouristsVisitingRiflesDallasLooking DownHarveyGunmen Book:John Dies at the End Source: John Dies at the End