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  Carolyn M Johnson           

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Librarian/Writer/WritingWorkshopHost with goal of capturing, portraying, inborn sense of wonder in children and young teens, and in edu-taining them. Additional aim: sparking that sense of wonder in writers for all types of readers


Background Information

Inspired by Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickinson, Madeleine L'Engle, Rachel Carson, Theodor Geisel, Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, T.S. Eliot, and more.

Favorite children's books: Little Women, Secret Garden, A Wrinkle in Time, Tom's Midnight Garden,  I Remember Mama, Stephen Hawking's book for children, Escape to Witch Mountain, and more.

Favorite Writings for Readers in General: Rachel Carson's SENSE OF WONDER, Beverly Cleary biography, Carl Sagan's CONTACT, astronaut accomplishments, STAR TREK reference books and novels, and more             

Current Projects: Working with publisher to publish Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in English Literature for Secondary School Students, Host - AOL Writing Workshop with goal of keeping children's sense of wonder and curiosity in mind, Finishing writing middle grade mystery novel about to be sent to a publisher

Education: Writing for Children Correspondence Course, Institute of Children's Literature CT; MA English & American Literature, MLIS Division of Library & Information Science, both St. John's University, Queens County, NYC;  BA English & American Literature Hunter College  NYC; AA Liberal Arts Queensborough Community College, Queens County, NYC                                                                      

 

 

 

 

Accomplishments

A Host of the Year - AOL Children's Writers' Workshop, Entry in Who's Who of American Women

Additional Information

"Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in the Sciences for Secondary School Students," "Step Into History and Touch the Future at the National Soaring Museum in An Astronaut's Home Town - Elmira NY," "Shakespeare and STAR TREK," "Your Local Library - A Puzzle" in Puzzlemania (a publication of Highlights for Children Magazine). Web sites to Note: Recommended Reads for Children and Children's Writers, at http://www.shelfari.com/booksforchildren/shelf and Blog for Children's Writers -- Prompts to Aid Writing, at http://childrenswriters-chitchat-challenges.blogspot.com

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articles I have written
articles published in Nature Place Journal and other publications

Blog for Children's Writers
prompts to help writers writing for children

Recommended Reads for Children and Children's Writers






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