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CHILDREN'S AUTHOR EMMA WALTON HAMILL, WHAT THIS IS E COULD TO WRITING A CHILDREN'S BOOK? |
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GOSH, I WOULD SAY RESPECTING CHILDREN AS READERS AND NOT TALKING DOWN TO THEM. IF ANYTHING, IT IS... |
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WHAT ARE CHILDREN INTERESTED IN. |
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JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT ADULTS ARE INTERESTED IN. FOR THE MOST PART. THEIR WORLD, AROUND THEM AND... |
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HOW MANY CHILDREN'S BOOKS HAVE YOU WRITTEN. |
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I HAVE WRITTEN WELL, JUST NOW, ABOUT TO RELEASE THE 17TH CHILDREN'S BOOK. THAT I ACTUALLY CO-WRITE,... |
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WHAT IS IT LIKE WORKING WITH YOUR MOTHER AS A COAUTHOR. |
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IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE AND WE WEREN'T SURE IT WOULD BE A PLEASURE TO BEGIN BEGIN WITH, WE ARE OPINIONATED... |
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AND YOUR MOTHER IS JULIE ANDREWS, WHAT PART OF THE BOOK DO YOU WRITE. |
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PART OF THE... |
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WHAT PART OF THE BOOK DO YOU WRITE. |
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EMMA THIS IS STRUCTURE AND I THINK -- TELL ME IF I'M WRONG I'M MORE THE FLIGHTS OF FANCY AND I DO... |
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THE PICTURE. |
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I DO THE BIG PICTURE AND EMMA SAYS, NOW WE MUST HAVE A FINISH, THIS IS THE END OF THE FIRST ACT AND... |
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I DO, TOO. |
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WHY DID YOU START WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOKS. |
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I STARTED AS A COMPLETE SURPRISE. I STARTED AS -- IT WAS IN ANSWER TO A GAME THAT I WAS PLAYING WITH... |
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AND HAVE BEEN LOOKED SINCE. |
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AND THAT WAS 40 YEARS AGO, AND I HAVE BEEN WRITING EVER SINCE. |
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HOW MANY CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAT YOU AUTHORED. |
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EMMA, WE HAVE 17 TOGETHER AND -- |
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AND YOU HAVE DONE FOUR ON YOUR OWN. |
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FOUR ON MY OWN, PLUS A MEMOIR. AND SO... WE GO BACK AND FORTH, REALLY. AND WE HAVE MORE COMING, SO...... |
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NOW, EMMA WALTON HAMILTON, DO YOU LIVE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, E-MAIL EACH OTHER? |
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YES, WELL, WE -- UNFORTUNATELY WE LIVE MOST OF THE YEAR ON OPPOSITE COASTS, AND WE ALWAYS WORK BEST... |
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AND IT IS KILLING, POOR MUM HAS TO GET UP THREE HOURS EARLIER THAN SHE DOES, IN L.A., SHE'LL SAY,... |
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DOES VERY WELL. |
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AND I DO MY BEST AND I'M NOT AS LITERATE ON MY COMPUTER AS SHE IS, BUT I DO MY BEST. |
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IS THERE A CERTAIN LENGTHS OF CHILDREN -- A CHILDREN'S BOOK SHOULD BE. |
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SAY THAT SGHEEN A CERTAIN LENGTH. |
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IT DEPENDS HOPE TO AGE OF THE CHILD. |
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WHAT AGE DO YOU WRITE FOR. |
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ALL AGES. |
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WE WRITE FOR ALL AGES, WITH |
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TRUE. |
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WE WRITE PICTURE BOOKS, WE MIGHT YOUNG ADULT NOVELS AND CHAPTER BOOKS AND MIDDLE GRADE READERS, AND,... |
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AND THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE |
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VERY THICK. |
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IT IS THE FIRST BOOK WITH OUR LOVELY NEW PLUSHER, LITTLE BROWN, PART OF THE GROUP, AND, THEY ACTUALLY... |
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HAD SO MUCH FUN WE'RE DOING ANOTHER ONE AFTER THIS. |
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YES, WE ARE AND IT WAS ENORMOUS FUN TO COMPILE AND WE OBVIOUSLY, IT IS OUR FAVORITE POEMS WELL, HAVE... |
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DIGGING BACK INTO OUR MEMORIES AND FAMILY ANTHOLOGIES AND -- |
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AND WE, CAME DOWN TO 9 OPERATED THEMES AND BEFORE EACH THEME, THERE IS A PIES THAT WE WROTE, EXPLAINING... |
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AND WHY EACH CHOICE OF A POEM OR SONG LYRIC WITHIN THE THEME RESONATES FOR US, WHAT MEMORY IT ASSOCIATES... |
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AND WE HAVE ALWAYS, AS A FAMILY, EXCHANGED POEMS FOR FUN AND FOR -- AS GIFTS AT BIRTHDAYS AND SPECIAL... |
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YOU HAVE EMMA WALTON HAMILTON, SOME OF YOUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, ARE THEY YOUR FOCUS GROUP FOR... |
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ABSOLUTELY. |
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THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE BEEN. ACTUALLY YOU WERE WHEN I WAS WRITING ON MY OWN. AND THEN ALL THE GRANDCHILDREN... |
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NOT ONLY OUR FOCUS GROUP, THEY HELP US KNOW WHAT IS WORKING AND NOT WORKING OF COURSE BUT THEY ALSO... |
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OFTEN AS. |
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FOR EXAMPLE, THE DUMPTY THE DUMP TRUCK SERIES, THIS FIRST SERIES WE COLLABORATEDED ON WAS INSPIRED... |
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AND, MS. ANDREWS YOU HAVE |
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YES. |
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THE FIRST STEP OF YOUR LIFE, BASICALLY. |
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WELL, YES. IT GOES UP TO MY COMING OUT TO THE WEST COAST, OF AMERICA, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, AND,... |
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IS THERE'S A SECOND, SECOND THIRD COMING UP. |
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A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING THAT. TO BE REALLY HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. IT TOOK... |
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EMMA WALTON HAMILTON WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOK, THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN. |
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THAT I HAVE WRITTEN OR READ. |
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EITHER ONE. |
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YOU KNOW, WELL, THE BOOK THAT WAS FOR ME, THE FORMIDABLE BOOK WAS NORTON JUSTERS THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH.... |
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MRUT BROUGHT US AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PLEASURE TO PUT IT TOGETHER. I LOVE THE MUSIC AND THE POETRY... |
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AND WANT TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. |
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AND WANT TO GO AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. |
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AS MOTHERS, FINALLY, IS IT IMPORTANT TO TEACH YOUNG CHILDREN TO READ OR BE EXPOSED TO READ. |
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WE'RE PASSIONATE ADVOCATES OF LITERACY AND FOR LITERACY, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IN THAT RESPECT. |
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AND I WOULD SAY, THAT IT IS NOT SO MUCH INCUMBENT UPON PARENTS TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN TO READ, THEY... |
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I HAVE TO BOAST A LITTLE BIT, SHE'S WRITTEN THE MOST WONDERFUL BOOK AND SELF-PUBLISHED IT, CALLED... |
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THANKS, MOM. |
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PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FINDING THAT BOOK, OR OTHER CHILDREN'S BOOKS, THEY'VE WRITTEN AND THE NEWEST... |
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THANK YOU FOR ASKING, THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE, JULIEANDREWSCOLLECTION.COM. FOR ANY OF THE BOOKS... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
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