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Rip The Page!: Adventures In Creative Writing (2010)

by Karen Benke(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1590308123 (ISBN13: 9781590308127)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Roost Books

review 1: This is a very nice, participatory title that will encourage writers of all ages to go out into the world and embrace what they already know. It will equip them with the tools to turn that knowledge into writing and will help them have fun along the way. I was hoping to use this with my middle and high school writers groups, but I think it is a bit better in a one-on-one setting. However, there are a few sections that I think will work well for us as a group, or at least for me to use as the facilitator. There's a lot of word-play, a lot of attention to detail and the unfamiliar, and the author definitely embraced and used poetry to her advantage. I was overjoyed to see that it wasn't (at all) all fiction-based. This title definitely provides its reader with a lot of room ... morefor growth and experimentation. The only thing I may have liked to see a little more of is instruction. It's a little lacking in the area of DOs and DON'Ts which a lot of young, aspiring writers need to practice as they learn these acts of free-thinking. Good writing needs to have a balance of both. However, I don't think this is enough of a fault to warrant not giving this book a shot.
review 2: Karen Benke has created an imaginative place for children to let their mind wander and write their hearts. This book is equal parts motivator, instigator, and proposition maker. Henke invites the reader to take chances, leap before they look, and explore the unknown.Rip the Page! is filled with poems and other literary tidbits to entice the reader to respond in writing. The pages offer traditional lines as well as other innovative ways to draw the writer to the page.Both struggling writers and the eager to ink up a page will find something of value in Benke's Rip the Page! and teacher's may want to keep a copy or two in the classroom to offer kids on their struggle-days. less

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