Comments on: Animals Stand in for Kids http://www.darcypattison.com/picture-books/animals-stand-in-for-kids/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: SueBE http://www.darcypattison.com/picture-books/animals-stand-in-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-8504 SueBE Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:17:20 +0000 http://www.darcypattison.com/?p=2669#comment-8504 Darcy, Thanks for the tips! It looks like something you'd have to plan carefully lest your characters seem trite. Good luck with your manuscript. --SueBE Darcy,
Thanks for the tips! It looks like something you’d have to plan carefully lest your characters seem trite. Good luck with your manuscript.
–SueBE

]]> By: Darcy Pattison http://www.darcypattison.com/picture-books/animals-stand-in-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-8473 Darcy Pattison Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:22:49 +0000 http://www.darcypattison.com/?p=2669#comment-8473 Sue: Great question! I think it needs to be an animal that echoes some character quality that I want. Puppies are exuberant, don't always listen and jump around a lot. Siamese cats are superior. Armadillos dig and only come out at night. Sometimes, an illustrator chooses to make a kid an animal. But writers can also make this a conscious choice. Darcy Sue:
Great question! I think it needs to be an animal that echoes some character quality that I want. Puppies are exuberant, don’t always listen and jump around a lot. Siamese cats are superior. Armadillos dig and only come out at night.

Sometimes, an illustrator chooses to make a kid an animal. But writers can also make this a conscious choice.

Darcy

]]> By: SueBE http://www.darcypattison.com/picture-books/animals-stand-in-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-8472 SueBE Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:45:32 +0000 http://www.darcypattison.com/?p=2669#comment-8472 When you are substituting animals for children, what criteria do you use when you decide what animals to use? Just curious since I've never tried this kind of substitution. --SueBE When you are substituting animals for children, what criteria do you use when you decide what animals to use? Just curious since I’ve never tried this kind of substitution.
–SueBE

]]> By: Shell A.K.A. Panamamama http://www.darcypattison.com/picture-books/animals-stand-in-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-8457 Shell A.K.A. Panamamama Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:40:31 +0000 http://www.darcypattison.com/?p=2669#comment-8457 Hi neighbor! I wanted to go the Literary Festival this year and totally missed it. Maybe next. Hi neighbor! I wanted to go the Literary Festival this year and totally missed it. Maybe next.

]]> By: Eric J. Krause http://www.darcypattison.com/picture-books/animals-stand-in-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-8452 Eric J. Krause Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:42:40 +0000 http://www.darcypattison.com/?p=2669#comment-8452 Great post! As a newbie to the world of writing for children, I know about using animals as stand-ins for children, but I never really thought about why it's done. This opened my eyes as to some of the possibilities. Thanks! Great post! As a newbie to the world of writing for children, I know about using animals as stand-ins for children, but I never really thought about why it’s done. This opened my eyes as to some of the possibilities. Thanks!

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