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Series
Language
English
Description
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imagination with their very own writing journals--and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a contest at the local library offers a prize for the best story, a girl tries to write one using her family's suggestions, but her story does not seem right until she listens to her heart.
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xv, 207 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
What does it take to have a long writing life? Drawing her years of writing, teaching, and practicing Zen, Natalie Goldberg shares the experiences that have opened her to new ways of being alive, experiences that point the way forward in our lives and our writing.--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons is "a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives."* That was the beauty of books, wasn't it? They took you places you didn't know you needed to go... Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 208 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Waabiny time (Series 2) is a children's variety program that celebrates Noongar Language in a community and family themed environment. The presenters, Kylie Farmer and Lee West, entertain children between ages 3 to 6 and take them on a colourful adventure with stories, songs, dance and craft activities. The production aims to entertain, preserve Indigenous language while telling stories, and showcase the rich diversity of Indigenous culture and creative...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Want to write a book? Well, the spunky, know-it-all narrator of this side-splitting story can tell you just how to do it. Packed with her signature wit and charm, bestselling author Lloyd-Jones--with whimsical illustrations from beloved illustrator Layton--delivers an outrageously silly story that is sure to have young readers--and writers!--howling with laughter"--
12) Abdul's story
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little boy who loves storytelling but struggles with writing learns that it's okay to make mistakes in this charming and encouraging book from the author of Mommy's Khimar. Abdul loves to tell stories. But writing them down is hard. His letters refuse to stay straight and face the right way. And despite all his attempts, his papers often wind up with more eraser smudges than actual words. Abdul decides his stories just aren't meant to be written...
13) Idea jar
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
What happens when the story ideas--from a bored Viking to a space robot--kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?
Author
Series
Owen and Eleanor volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Owen and Eleanor are tasked to write an interesting story about their lives they make something up that sounds true even though it is not.
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 VOX book (32 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Writers young and old know it's hard to create a story of one's own, here's a simple, elegant picture book that might help them find the key. Hint: It involves persistence. Writers young and old know it's hard to create a story of one's own, here's a simple, elegant picture book that might help them find the key. Hint: It involves persistence. A mostly empty page Then another. And still another. There are squiggles. There are doodles. But the words...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Holiday hijinks abound in this very merry Christmas story about three siblings who can't resist sneaking a peek under the tree before it's time, for fans of How to Catch Santa and 5 More Sleeps.
Everyone knows there's no peeking at presents before Christmas morning. But what if there's a very, very good reason to take a look? It's Christmas Eve and the three kids in this story are trying their best to go to sleep, but something keeps waking them...
20) Rat life
Author
Publisher
Sleuth Dial
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
199 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After developing an unusual friendship with a young Vietnam War veteran in 1972, fourteen-year-old Todd discovers his writing talent and solves a murder mystery.
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