Crocodiles Swim in the Swamp - 1999 - (post 201) Crocodiles Swim in the Swamp is one of the entry-level non-fiction titles I did in the 1990s. It is very simple but factual and, I hope, entertaining to young readers. Making a text at this level stand out isn't easy, but in this case I went with alliteration in Swim/Swamp which tied to the S at the end of Crocodiles. Having fun with sentences in this way helps to give kids an easy path to undeerstanding how stylistic tricks can make reading (and writing) fun.
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Sally is Sally Odgers; author, manuscript assessor, editor, anthologist and reader. She runs http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com and Prints Charming Books. (Sally is me, by the way, and I am lots of other things too, but these are the relevant ones for now.)
The goal for 2017 is to write a post a day profiling the background behind one of my books; how it came to be written, what it's about, and any things of note that happened along the way. If you're an author, an aspiring author, a reader or just someone who enjoys windows into worlds, you might find this fun. The books are not in any special order, but will be assigned approximate dates, and pictures, where they exist. If you enjoyed a post, or want to ask about any of my books or my manuscript assessment service, leave me a message.
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