I was at a book fair and friends of the library an awesome organization had a tent full of used books. The rooftoppers live a gritty existence above the streets. This means all the focus needs to be on the reader their needs and expectations. Creating and choosing my own book covers is often more frustrating for me than the actual writing of the story. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office. Rooftoppers is a captivating read packed with tiny delights. The rooftop world is grittily real, the stuff of broken toes and roasted rat and howling gales. How to get awesome book cover blurbs posted on february 26, 2020 by sandra beckwith 21 comments affiliate disclosure. Listen to rooftoppers audiobook by katherine rundell. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The first twelve editions were undated, and later books were published with the date of the following year on the cover, since they were traditionally published in. Never mind writing pithy blurbs that are also informative and representative of the story. When you select your paper weight in bookwright, youre setting up a spine width specific to how thick your book will be, which means your cover design will be accurate in your printed book.
To help prevent you from falling into this unfortunate group, weve put together a few tips that should help you write a winning book blurb, whether its for the latest fantasy novel or for a nonfiction selfhelp guide. I found rooftoppers at the bottom of a huge stack and i just knew i had to read it. Rooftoppers is an enchanting childrens book grades 46 so delightful that adults who gravitate to beautiful language and a little whimsy will enjoy it too. Rooftoppers drew me in immediately and carried me along straight to the end with its original voice and lively story. Winner of the childrens book prize winner of the costa childrens book award 2017 winner of the london book fair childrens travel book of the year i loved the explorer jacqueline wilson rundell is now unarguably in the first rank philip pullman read everything she writes daily mail from his seat in the tiny aeroplane. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. This is the only book i have ever read that made me long to cook sausages on a roof. In 2008 she was elected a fellow of all souls college, oxford. In case you dont have this plugin, which is a free download from. Guided reading planning for the book rooftoppers by katherine rundell, for upper key stage 2 linked to year 5 objectives, for 6 adultled sessions and a activity to be completed in between sessions.
About 200 projects present the different types of roofs. Her first book,the girl savage, was born of her love of zimbabwe and her own childhood there. A feral boy called matteo lives on the roof of the law courts, and the drama of his encounter with sophie and their subsequent partnership is thrilling. A julia eccleshare pick of the month october 2016 celebrity dad of the year 2016, tom fletcher brings christmas and dinosaurs together in a warm hearted, rollickingly magical story inspired by his love of both. Blurbs are the second most important selling tool you have for your book, so. Read the first chapter of rooftoppers by katherine rundell sample katherine rundells guardian childrens fiction prize longlisted adventure about a. As already noted, writing a back book blurb is a marketing exercise. Parents need to know that rooftoppers is a captivating adventure set in turnofthe20thcentury london and paris that includes intense violence among children one child recounts a battle in which he lost a fingertip and a rival lost an arm, and two groups of kids face off in a vicious fight. Rooftoppers unabridged audiobook audio cd audiobook, 4 dec 2014. Almost immediately she realises shes not alone up there.
She grew up in zimbabwe, brussels, and london, and is currently a fellow of all souls college, oxford. It also manages to be a really useful advice book where prophetic murmurs sough from every roadside gulch. The 5 core elements of a book blurb and why you should. Its so tempting to think if everyone is doing x and i. It uses twilight as an example, but dont hold that against me. Blurb test book paper comparison film photography blog. Your book blurb aka online description, like your dating profile, has to be engaging and alluring to attract passersby. Booktrust is the uks largest childrens reading charity, dedicated to getting children reading. Writers by definition spend a lot of time on the inside of books, which is why what happens on the outside namely, cover art and blurbs can feel precarious and daunting. I work in a high school and i have been challenged with getting a group of reluctant readers to start to enjoy reading so i chose rooftoppers. Six writers tell all about covers and blurbs the awl.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Rooftoppers by katherine rundell dreaming with your eyes. As a carnegie nominee i was expecting much more than this book seemed to deliver. The final step in completing this starter template is to create your front and back covers. A blurb from an author i admire might seduce me into buying the book. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
One of the first things a potential reader looks at is the back of your book. One using the blurb book creator plugin and then one just doing it from scratch within indesign. And then, again, there is the musicthe sound of words taking off into an. How to create a back book cover blurb that sells i just published a guest post which goes into this with some examples. Theres an astonishing scene wherein birds are fed atop a tightrope, charles dismissal of bureaucrats as mustaches with idiots attached, ice cream enjoyed in the rain on the outside box of a horsedrawn carriage. Writing the blurb for your selfpublished book is one of the privileges of being an indie author. A blurb is the book description you find on the back of a book or online to describe a books contents. The way the children traveled nearly all of pairs on rooftops flooded me with scenes from my own childhood. However, this task typically comes just when youre at your least able. Rooftoppers by katherine rundell guided reading planning. Learn to write book back cover copy that is so good it makes readers want to buy it right away. The christmasaurus by tom fletcher 97801473324hardback. Most run several paragraphs, but some publishers want them shorter or in a special format so be sure to check with your publishers guidelines before you begin work.
Writing a book blurb for your back cover, and other promotional uses, is one of the hardest steps for many authors. Open it at random and take a chance section to heart for the day or in relation to a particular problem. Back cover copy is the blurb on the back of a book. A ship sinks and a remarkable baby girl with hair the color of lightening is found in a floating cello case and rescued by a fellow survivor. The topper book was a comic book published from 1954 to 1994, to tie in with the childrens comic topper. Book templates for indesign from blurb book templates for indesign from blurb. This volume delivers a very close insight in the divers possibilities of the roof design of residential, corporative and other buildings. Rooftoppers quotes showing of 41 i do, im afraid, understand books far more readily than i understand people. Having not read the book before you may be wondering why i chose this book. On monday one of my students came rushing up to me because she had finished the book she was reading and needed another one just as perfect. Excerpt from rooftoppers by katherine rundell, plus links. Guided reading planning for the book rooftoppers by katherine rundell, for upper key stage 2 linked to year 5 objectives, for 6 adultled sessions and a. The key with fiction is to excite and engage your reader. Katherine rundell is the author of rooftoppers, cartwheeling in thunderstorms a boston globehorn book award winner, the wolf wilder, the explorer, and the good thieves.
Namun, kebahagiaan ulang tahunnya harus ternoda karena mereka mendapatkan surat inspeksi. Meskipun charles dan sophie sudah berusaha semaksimal mungkin menampilkan sesuatu yang layak pada inspektor itumereka membersihkan rumah, sophie mengenakan pakaian perempuan dan menyisir rambutnya yang kusutakan tetapi putusan pada sophie tetap harus berlaku, bahwa sophie harus. Full of literary and cultural allusions and drenched in evocative period atmosphere, rooftoppers is a thrilling story of belonging, persistence and the power of art. Bookwright from blurb, i made 5 identical books, differing only in their paper type, and of course their cover title to differentiate them easily. The beginning of the story, which chronicles how our heroine, sophie, is found as a baby floating in the ocean in a cello case and adopted by the kindhearted scholar, charles. The blurb of your book is the second thing a potential reader will look at after the coverso take the time to get it right. Read free book excerpt from rooftoppers by katherine rundell, page 1 of 2. Sell your book in the blurb bookstore, through amazon, or in the global retail network of over 38,000 retailers, libraries, and schools. Ive jumped from one roof to another and so on both in search of the cricket balls that we inevitably manage to hit and adventure.
How to create a back cover blurb that sells your book. This thirteen year old reader loves speculative fiction, and is very picky, in a good way. Here are six rules to be mindful of before you put pen to paper on your back book cover blurb. Blurb blurb is a creative platform and community that enables and encourages people to make books of the things they love. Creating the cover using the blurb book creator plugin. If you create shortrun books using the selfpublishing service blurb, save yourself time and trouble by downloading the companys new indesign plugin. When creating my book covers, im always trying to bring a little of the feel or an element of the story into the design. This post contains affiliate links, which means if you click on them and make a purchase, i will receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. Katherine rundells rooftoppers is a confection of lyrical prose. How to get awesome book cover blurbs build book buzz. A similar experience takes place online, too, although readers are often. Pitched roofs, flat roofs with planting vegetation, roof garden as a pool area or further floor space. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck that left baby sophie floating in the english channel in a cello case, but sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help.
So, im going to do it first of all with this and all this is going to do is make a template that is at the appropriate size. Katherine rundell was born in 1987 and grew up in africa and europe. Winner of the waterstones childrens book prize 2014. Bold imaginative leaps carry the reader from one parisian rooftop to the next in this unique and beautifully written tale of a girl in search of the mother whom everyone else believes is dead.
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