An only child, Anastasia loves keeping lists of important information in her green notebook.
Anastasia Krupnik (the first book) by Lois Lowry came out in 1984, and was about the ups and downs in the life of a ten-year-old girl. This week’s Old Favorite is actually a series, rather than one book. Lowry got a thoughtful look as she smiled…and apparently, the writer’s dilemma was solved.Ībout a year later, Attaboy, Sam!came out, complete with the dedication: The problem was, she explained to the group, she had a great build-up, but she wasn’t quite sure how to end the story.Īs she was explaining her problem to the crowd of fourth and fifth graders, there was a lively discussion about possibilities, until one kid in the audience raised his hand and said “why doesn’t it just blow up?” Ms. In explaining the difficulties of creating a book, she shared how she had most of the story plotted–she knew that Sam was trying to make a new perfume for his mother’s birthday, that he was collecting samples of all the things she loved (although maybe not quite in the way his mother would have expected) and that he was saving the smelly items in a jar in his room. She told her audience that she was working on a second Sam book. Lowry had also written one book about Anastasia’s little brother, Sam. At the time, her series about Anastasia Krupnik was very popular, and Ms.
In 1991, author Lois Lowry was visiting the Weston Public Schools. Did you know that there’s a book dedicated to the kids in Weston? It’s true! Here’s how it happened:
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