One of my favorite panels at the national SCBWI conference in 2008 included Sid Fleischman and Lisa Yee. It was a session on humor writing, and I can't even begin to tell you how funny children's writers are. Mr. Fleischman signed a copy of The Whipping Boy for me later that day, which was promptly devoured by my then 9-year-old son as soon as I arrived back in Tampa. Nearly two years later, The Whipping Boy was at the center of an epic battle (which involved chocolate, Silly Bandz, and unabashed bribery) between my son and I just last weekend when we both decided to re-read it at the same time.
Today I ran across Lisa Yee's blog post tribute to Sid, who died at the age of 90 on March 17th. His death marks an enormous loss to the children's publishing world, while at the same time marking an amazing lifetime of contributions, bot as a writer and as a mentor to others. Eternal peace and many thanks to you, Mr. Fleischman. For the books and the magic that they've granted to those who've read them.
http://lisayee.livejournal.com/130654.html
http://www.sidfleischman.com/biography.html
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Today I ran across Lisa Yee's blog post tribute to Sid, who died at the age of 90 on March 17th. His death marks an enormous loss to the children's publishing world, while at the same time marking an amazing lifetime of contributions, bot as a writer and as a mentor to others. Eternal peace and many thanks to you, Mr. Fleischman. For the books and the magic that they've granted to those who've read them.
http://lisayee.livejournal.com/130654.html
http://www.sidfleischman.com/biography.html