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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Writing Magic Writing Magic Gail Carson Levine Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of making magic with your writing--Publisher-provided summary. OL14389W
Guts Guts Gary Paulsen The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson. OL14850208W
Virginia Lee Burton Virginia Lee Burton Barbara Elleman Examines the life, career, artistic style, and literary themes of the twentieth-century author and illustrator of such classic picture books as "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" and "The Little Ho… OL15964844W
Meet Jerry Spinelli Meet Jerry Spinelli McGinty, Alice B. Children love Spinelli's books because he knows what it is to be a kid. His more than 22 books, including Maniac Magee and Wringer which were Newbery winners, come alive for youngsters because, as he… OL16049905W
Picture yourself writing fiction Picture yourself writing fiction Sheila Griffin Llanas "Useful tips and writing prompts show young writers how to use images to inspire fiction writing"--Provided by publisher. OL16261224W
Picture yourself writing drama Picture yourself writing drama Barbara A. Tyler "Useful tips and writing prompts show young writers how to use images to inspire drama writing"--Provided by publisher. OL16261225W
Draw superheroes in 4 easy steps Draw superheroes in 4 easy steps Stephanie LaBaff "Learn to draw superheroes, and write a story about them, with a story example and story prompts"--Provided by publisher. OL16262882W
Roald Dahl Roald Dahl Charlotte Guillain "This series introduces young readers to some of their favourite authors. Each book looks at one author's life, inspiration and most famous works. This book is about Roald Dahl, author of Fantastic M… OL16589010W
Money-making opportunities for teens who like to write Money-making opportunities for teens who like to write Marcia Amidon Lu˜sted Teens can learn how to take their love for writing and make it profitable. OL17893180W
Spilling ink Spilling ink Anne Mazer After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice, accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter joined together to create this guidebook for young writers. The authors mix inspirational… OL19903418W
To be a writer To be a writer Barbara Seuling Provides advice for those who want to become writers, discussing such topics as telling a good story, creating heroes and villains, and playing with words. OL2040641W
Draw Out the Story Draw Out the Story Brian McLachlan Offers advice for effective storytelling in comic book format, covering such topics as color, placement, pacing, visually representing ideas, and other techniques for short gag strips as well as grap… OL20658550W
Roald Dahl Roald Dahl Jennifer Boothroyd What did Roald Dahl do at school every week? Which story did he first make up to tell his children? What tool did Roald help invent? Read this book to discover the answers! OL5818979W