Professional Log #16

Dominus, S. (2011, April).  Suzanne Collins’s war stories for kids.  The New York Times.  Retrieved from April 30, 2011, from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/magazine/mag-10collins-t.html?src=tptw.

Dominus talks to Suzanne Collins about her book.  The book series is about a 16 year old girl who is not afraid to fight.  The series has been placed next to the Harry Potter and Twilight series.  The Hunger Games is even being made into a movie same as the other series.  I really liked the section of the article where the author states that Collins is really shy and hardly talks to her public or fans.  I found this interesting because I would think she would be out embracing her fans publicly since her series has become so popular.  The article also talks about her life as a child when her father’s serves in the military.  She talks about other areas of her life that affected her writing for this series.  Collins researches her books before she actually writes them.

I really liked this article because it not only brings out important information about Collins’s writings, but it also shows how her life experiences really played into her writing.  I think that this would be an important article for librarians and teachers to read before they discuss the books with their students.  It might even be something that the students will want to read since it gives some nice details about her life.  I think that part about her researching her next book helps tweens and young adults see that writing something even a story takes time and research.  One cannot just sit at a computer and come up with a masterpiece without a little help from a dictionary, encyclopedia, or the Internet.