Craft of Writing in the Short form for Children/Young Adults, taught by Bonny Becker
Residency:
Writing Picture Books by Ann Whitford Paul, Writers Digest Books, 2009
A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker and Kady Denton McDonald (illustrator), Candlewick, 2008
Laura Charlotte by Kathryn Galbraith, Philomel Books, 1990
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag, Puffin, 2006 (or any prior edition)
The Last Puppy by Frank Ash, Aladdin, 1989
One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz, Aladdin, 1967
Required for MFA students only
Picture Books
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Roaring Brook Press, 2007
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barret, Alladin, (any edition)
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins (any edition)
Bubble Homes and Fish Farts by Fiona Bayrock, Charlesbridge, 2009
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, Beach Lane Books, 2009
Early Readers (any edition or form)
Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins
Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins
Poetry
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. Janeczko, Candlewick, 2009
It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles by Jack Prelusky, Greenwillow, 2005
Stampede! Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of Life by Laura Purdie Salas, Clarion, 2009
This Is Just to Say by Joyce Sidman, Houghton Mifflin, 2007
Hugging the Rock by Susan Taylor Brown, Tricycle Press, 2008
Short stories
Shelf Life: Stories by the Book, edited by GaryPaulsen, Simon & Schuster, 2003
Am I Blue? edited by Marion Dane Bauer, HarperTrophy, 1995
The Blue Skin of the Sea by Graham Salisbury, Laurel Leaf, 1994
