Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids

By: Alex Gino and Ashley Bryan and Brian Selznick and Candace Fleming and Chris Gall and Chris Grabenstein and Cynthia Leitich Smith and Dan Santat and Elissa Brent Weissman and Gail Carson Levine and Gordon Korman and Grace Lin and Jarrett J. Krosoczka and Kathi Appelt and Kwame Alexander and Linda Sue Park and Marla Frazee and Peter Lerangis and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and R. J. Palacio and Rita Williams-Garcia and Eric Rohmann and Thanhha Lai and Tim Federle and Tom Angleberger and Yuyi Morales

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Synopsis: 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?

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781481472104
Related ISBNs:: 9781481472081, 9781481472098
Publisher:: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Date of Addition:: 07/04/17
Copyrighted By:: Alex Gino, Ashley Bryan, Brian Selznick, Candace Fleming, Chris Gall, Chris Grabenstein, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Dan Santat, Elissa Brent Weissman, Gail Carson Levine, Gordon Korman, Grace Lin, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Kathi Appelt, Kwame Alexander, Linda Sue
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Language Arts
Grade Levels:: Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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