Hey All,
BIG NEWS! Locomotion has been adapted for the theater and is showing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC from October 23rd-31, 2010 From the Kennedy Center website:
A World Premiere Kennedy Center Co-commission with the Orlando Repertory Theatre
Adapted by Jacqueline Woodson from her book Locomotion
Directed by Jennifer L. Nelson
Ever have a lot to say, but can’t get the words out? That’s the problem confronting Lonnie Collins Motion, a kid who’s so full of energy that everybody calls him Locomotion. After experiencing some very real family tragedies, the power of poetry finally provides an outlet for expressing his feelings. Award-winning novelist Jacqueline Woodson has turned her book into an inspiring play about the journey of a boy as he moves from tragedy to hope and from losing one family to gaining a new one. Wonder at this boy’s self-discovery through words. Age 9 and up.
It’s wild to think that people all over the country and all around the world are reading my books! Click to find out some of the languages my books are published in. And if you want to know some of the awards I’ve won, that info is here too.
Some of you I’ve met before and some of you I hope to meet one day. But until then, here’s the place to get your questions answered, see what I kinda look like, learn about my writing and get a taste of Brooklyn, New York!!!
Welcome to my world. Enjoy it.
—Jacqueline Woodson