Our story begins : children's authors and illustrators share fun, inspiring, and occasionally ridiculous things they wrote and drew as kids / edited by Elissa Brent Weissman.
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TextPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 183 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781481472081 (hardcover); 9781481472098 (pbk.)Subject(s): Children's writings, American | American literature -- 20th century | Children's art -- United StatesDDC classification: 810.8/09282 LOC classification: PS508.C5 | O97 2017Summary: PEOPLE & PLACES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today's foremost children's authors and illustrators--revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today. Everyone's story begins somewhere... For Linda Sue Park, it was a trip to the ocean, a brand-new typewriter, and a little creative license. For Jarrett J. Krosoczka, it was a third grade writing assignment that ignited a creative fire in a kid who liked to draw. For Kwame Alexander, it was a loving poem composed for Mother's Day--and perfected through draft after discarded draft. For others, it was a teacher, a parent, a beloved book, a word of encouragement. It was trying, and failing, and trying again. It was a love of words, and pictures, and stories. Your story is beginning, too. Where will it go?. Age 9+
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Non Fiction | Language and writing | J 810.8 OUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111069933685 |
PEOPLE & PLACES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today's foremost children's authors and illustrators--revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today. Everyone's story begins somewhere... For Linda Sue Park, it was a trip to the ocean, a brand-new typewriter, and a little creative license. For Jarrett J. Krosoczka, it was a third grade writing assignment that ignited a creative fire in a kid who liked to draw. For Kwame Alexander, it was a loving poem composed for Mother's Day--and perfected through draft after discarded draft. For others, it was a teacher, a parent, a beloved book, a word of encouragement. It was trying, and failing, and trying again. It was a love of words, and pictures, and stories. Your story is beginning, too. Where will it go?. Age 9+
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