Valley Vista - Delving into the Writer: Christopher Paul Curtis by Samantha Lumpkin https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0 Historical Fiction en-us 2019-09-09 15:00:25 UTC 2025-11-27 00:57:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Where and When https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381781416 In, Flint, Michigan on, May 10, 1953.]]> 2019-09-09 18:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381781416 The Jungle was the worst place he worked. https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381782122 2019-09-09 18:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381782122 There were hard tasks at the Jungle https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784011 2019-09-09 18:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784011 Awards https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784059 He won the Newbery award and the Coretta Scott King award on the book Bud, not Buddy. On the book The Watsons Go To Birmingham it was a Newbery honor book and got the Correta Scott King award and on the book Elijah of Buxton that book was a Newbery honor book which also had the Coretta Scott King award.]]> 2019-09-09 18:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784059 Bud, Not Buddy, The Mighty Miss Malone, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Elijah of Buxton, The Journey of Little Charlie,The The Madman of Piney Woods, are just some of his best selling books. https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784360 2019-09-09 18:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784360 Interests https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784481 Collecting music, reading, and playing basketball in his free time.]]> 2019-09-09 18:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784481 The pay and benefits couldn’t be beat at his work. https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784554 2019-09-09 18:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381784554 Bud, Not Buddy, began the colorful sojourn which led him to become one of America’s leading authors of children’s literature. https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381786635 2019-09-09 18:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381786635 Work https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381787171 Christopher and his coworker decided that instead of working every other car, they would work every 30 minutes.]]> 2019-09-09 18:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381787171 Wife's Name samantha_lumpkin https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381787483 His wife's names is Kaysandra or Habon Curtis. His children's names are Steven, Cydney, Ayaan and Ebyaan.]]> 2019-09-09 18:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381787483 Age https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381788959 He is currently 66 years old. ]]> 2019-09-09 18:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381788959 https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381790292 During his childhood Curtis did not like to read books or write, but when he graduated high school and started writing during breaks from his Flint factory job, he found joy in writing. Soon he was practicing his writing every day. ]]> 2019-09-09 18:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381790292 It was hard for him because the scent of oil, grease and lingering smoke from the welding guns only added to the metallic ambience. That was when they were making the automobiles. https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381791099 2019-09-09 18:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381791099 He was writing during his break at work. https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381791563 2019-09-09 18:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381791563 He wrote his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, in longhand in the children's room of the Windsor Public Library. His son Steven typed his father's drafts into their computer and served as first reader. samantha_lumpkin https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381792197 2019-09-09 18:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381792197 School https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381792472 University of Michigan-Flint.]]> 2019-09-09 18:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/samantha_lumpkin/cz24rind8dk0/wish/381792472