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My Favorite Writer is a biography series that profiles and celebrates significant children's authors of the twentieth century. Each book explores the life of a well-known children's writer and provides an overview of his or her most popular books. Additional facts are provided through a time line, awards, and fan information. Photographs and "Inspired to Write" features will motivate young, aspiring writers. Creative writing tips and instruction on how to write a biography report will improve the reader's writing skills. Book jacket.
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 2-6-Approximately half of the text in these titles is devoted to the authors' lives. Readers find out where the individuals were born, their early years, parents, siblings, where they went to college, and why they wanted to write for children. Visual images abound, e.g., maps showing where they lived, sometimes a "postcard" showing what the area looked like when the author was a child, and family snapshots. Unfortunately, the writing is flat and uninteresting. The remaining pages of each title highlight several of the subject's books, with plot summaries and awards, a description of the publishing process, creative-writing tips, how to write a biography review, fan information with Web sites, and a quiz. It seems like someone created a template for a children's author biography and just filled in the blanks for each individual. The "Meet the Author" series (Richard C. Owen) is far superior in writing, and in child appeal.-Susan Lissim, Dwight School, New York City (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
Milestones | p. 5 |
Early Childhood | p. 6 |
Growing Up | p. 8 |
Learning the Craft | p. 12 |
Getting Published | p. 14 |
Writer Today | p. 16 |
Popular Books | p. 18 |
Creative Writing Tips | p. 22 |
Writing a Biography Review | p. 24 |
Fan Information | p. 26 |
Quiz | p. 28 |
Writing Terms | p. 30 |
Glossary | p. 31 |
Index/Photo Credits | p. 32 |