Kissing Tennessee by Kathi Appelt6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() I love to wrap my mouth around juicy words, love the way they sing in my ears and chest. God wasn't kidding when she said, "First there was the word." ![]() Sometimes it unfolds as a poem, or a picture book sometimes it's something larger. I listen to the sounds they make, and the images they create, and from there I try to allow the story to unfold. KA: Image, character, setting-these all count, but if I were being honest, I would say that often the grain of sand is a word or a handful of words. For you, what was the sand? Did you begin with an image, a character, a setting? It is that bit of irritation that eventually becomes the core of the story. TL: Patty Campbell talks about the germ of the idea for a book as the sand in the oyster. WELCOME BACK YOUR STUDENTS WITH A TASTE OF THE JUICY WORDS OF KATHI APPELT. HER EXUBERANT LOVE OF LANGUAGE AND HER DEDICATION TO THE CRAFT AND ART OF WRITING SHINE FORTH IN HER BOOKS AND IN HER WORDS. KATHI'S WORK HAS WON HER CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND MANY READERS. ![]() SUCH IS THE CASE WITH THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AUTHOR, KATHI APPELT. SOMETIMES YOU MEET SOMEONE AND INSTANTLY KNOW THAT YOU SHARE A CONNECTION. ![]()
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