40 YEARS, 40 BOOKS: An Interview with Richard Peck

Keller interviews author Richard Peck regarding his education and families to his career and the craft of writing. Peck offers some advices for writers which includes knowing the audience. Among other things, in regard to standardized testing, Peck believes that schools teaching to the test have cos...

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Published inLibrary Media Connection Vol. 30; no. 3; p. 22
Main Author Keller, Esther
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Worthington Linworth Publishing Company 01.11.2011
Subjects
Families & family life
Ideology
Influence
Peck, Richard
Writers
Writing
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Summary:Keller interviews author Richard Peck regarding his education and families to his career and the craft of writing. Peck offers some advices for writers which includes knowing the audience. Among other things, in regard to standardized testing, Peck believes that schools teaching to the test have cost the readers. The whole standardized test business will fade away like all other educational initiatives because the standardized tests cannot reflect the home lives of the students.
ISSN:1542-4715