Lori Jamison Rog

Rog is convinced that children can learn how to write nonfiction pieces in addition to writing stories of their own. She presents simplified ways of teaching writing in the real world, but misses the whole point of transliteracy. This book needs a companion book that helps children use their early knowledge of picture taking and video using their iPads or cell phones to build their knowledge of the real world and transcribe that into a variety of writing and production that helps the child learn expression in the whole world of information and technology that is unfolding to them at earlier and earlier ages. The can learn to script nonfiction narrative about their pets or their travel or their family alongside learning to write new books from the nonfiction picture books in our collections. And, transliteracy at a young age is a very engaging and fun activity as we ease the child into the formal world of writing well and understanding they can not only learn how to read a book, but they can write one, make a video, caption pictures, and tell stories about their experiences in the real world as well as the world of make believe. This book is half the story…perhaps you could write the second part.… (more)