tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3213722910957915824..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Flexible Thinking by Steve WayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-35989995231183448972020-07-02T21:59:53.738+01:002020-07-02T21:59:53.738+01:00These books sound so much fun. I would have loved ...These books sound so much fun. I would have loved to have been taught Maths that way, and I know my children would have loved that too. And maybe your inept wizarding students can still come out of the drawer and have their chance in the spotlight...?Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76538181120018908442020-07-02T16:18:04.460+01:002020-07-02T16:18:04.460+01:00There's definitely "fashions" about ...There's definitely "fashions" about What's Out and What's In in the publishing world and the education lobby can be a very strong-minded creature, imo.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-25972680804747693292020-07-02T16:14:50.182+01:002020-07-02T16:14:50.182+01:00How do you write any fiction book without mixing f...How do you write any fiction book without mixing fiction and non-fiction ideas? Every fairy-tale does it. Nursery rhymes do it. Hans Anderson does it, Beatrix Potter and Richard Adams do it.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69450685075050664932020-07-02T11:44:24.150+01:002020-07-02T11:44:24.150+01:00And bizarrely Moira when my stories that were too ...And bizarrely Moira when my stories that were too 'magic' based were being suppressed my publishers were however quite happy to publish stories incorporating science and maths! It really seems as though these daft ideas change with the weather or the phase of the moon or something - certainly not due to any application of logic or reality! I don't know about you but I sometimes wish publishing houses were staffed by children and not adults! :)Steve Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732531368216927208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-42778551782201182632020-07-02T10:11:29.218+01:002020-07-02T10:11:29.218+01:00Yes, I remember being told that children no longer...Yes, I remember being told that children no longer related to stories about magic...just before HP hit the shelves. I was also told that children didn't like talking animals any more. Such stuff is utter nonsense ands betrays those parroting it as being shamefully out-of-touch with kids. I'm currently being told - due to US publishers - that we can't mix fiction and non-fiction ideas in a book because kids won't understand the difference. Thus many creative printed projects that would have appealed to many kids are being stifled, I imagine. TV, movie and computer game guys don't seem to have such weird nonsense to hold them back. Moira Butterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355420549929911500noreply@blogger.com