Lesa Cline-Ransome Visits Mount Saint Mary

We had the pleasure of having author Lesa Cline- Ransome come to speak at the Villa Library. 

 

 Here is her website Lesa's Website. She has written many books and collaborates with her husband James Ransome, who is a well known illustrator. Her style of writing is picture book biographies. What child does not want pictures to go along with the story of the person's life they are reading about? 

I found many of the points Lesa spoke about interesting. The first was that she tries to find a balance when she writes her biographies. She tries to share successes as well as weaknesses. I think this is important for children to read because it helps them to realize that even famous people who have done great things have stumbling points in their life. She also spoke about a struggle that she has when researching, and that is how much do you reveal to the young reader? I find this interesting because I struggle with this in my 5th grade classroom. Children are exposed to ideas and concepts that are way to old for them, in my opinion. So where is the line drawn? 

Lesa Cline Ransome visits Mount Saint Mary