Would it take less effort for a violin maker to make an excellent quality half-size violin that does everything a full size violin does? Nope. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” Lots of people think that writing for kids is easy because they naively believe that a lower number of pages will mean less effort. Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, said, “You have to write the book that wants to be written. You’ve written for children and young adults. The Hyattsville Wire caught up with Amato recently by email.
If you’d like to see her in action, you can find her performing at the Riverdale Park Farmer’s Market on May 25, teaching a workshop in journal writing at the Riversdale Historical Society in June or teaching a workshop on the writer’s notebook at Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center in August. She also writes plays, plays the ukelele, writes songs and puts shadow theater plays on YouTube. She has two children’s book series: The Riot Brothers, about two elementary-school-aged pranksters, and Good Crooks, about a brother and sister who try to stop their parents’ crimes, as well as YA books such as The Naked Mole-Rat Letters, about a 12-year-old girl upset by her father’s new relationship.
Hyattsville author Mary Amato knows what makes kids tick.Īn award-winning children’s and young adult book author, Amato started writing at the age of seven when her mother gave her a journal to keep notes on a family trip.
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