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Big Nate: Curse of the Puffy Shorts!
Everyone’s favourite sixth-grade renaissance man is back to cause classroom chaos.
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Our Exclusive Interview with Lincoln Peirce
What is one book you think everyone should read?
“Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams. I think it’s the best marriage of story and visuals in all of children’s literature.”
What is your favourite part of writing kids’ books?
“Some of the books I’ve written are hybrids—a combination of text and comics working in concert. They’re not quite graphic novels, but they’re more visual and interactive than a conventional illustrated novel. I enjoy composing the pages—deciding which parts of the story should be told using words, and which parts would be better served by using drawings, speech bubbles, and so on. It’s like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle. When all the pieces fall into place, it’s very gratifying.”
What was your favourite book as a child?
“Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman. It’s probably a bit too old-fashioned for kids nowadays, but I loved it when I first read it at age 11 and I’ve read it many times since. It’s set in Switzerland in the 1800s, and it tells the story of Rudi Matt, a teenage boy who dreams of climbing a mountain called The Citadel.”
Which character from your books would you most likely befriend?
“That’s easy. It would be Chad. He’s sweetness personified, and he’s almost always in a good mood. Chad and I would be great friends.”
What’s your most unusual writing habit?
“It’s not a habit, exactly. It’s more of a method. I write books chronologically, and I submit them to my editor one chapter at a time. When I’m working on chapter 6, I usually have no clear idea of what will happen in chapter 8 or 10. My editor has learned that it’s pointless to ask me halfway through the rough draft how a book will end—because I don’t know! I just make it up as I go.”
If your characters could critique you, what would they say?
“Most of my characters are children, and they’d probably find me pretty boring, in the way kids often think that adults’ lives are drudgery. But they might be surprised by how clearly I remember what it was like to be their age. You’ve got to have a lot of kid in you to do this job.”
