Kid Authors | Litsy

Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers | David Stabler

This morning @wanderinglynn asked that we encourage our kids to use their imagination. I said I rarely had to, and here is proof. For today in his agenda, below the first line about my son's reminder to follow the daily school routine, is a story about a boy and two girls playing hide and seek. I think. The writing is horrible and I can't quite make out the details. He does say at the bottom it was a marvelous adventure.

wanderinglynn š’š’š’ that‘s marvelous! 6y

Slajaunie š’™š’™ it is impossible to teach creativity. They are just born with it. (edited) 6y

tournevis @wanderinglynn @Slajaunie My son has that in spades! š 6y

Slajaunie My daughter does as well. I do not, however. š§ 6y

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Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers | David Stabler

Enjoying this one so far...

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AndreaReads

Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers | David Stabler

My kiddo started writing his own book! I wonder if I should sign him up for #NaNoWriMo with me this month... ? We may have to talk about copyright infringement, however--the title of his first chapter is "The Kid Who Lived"--I'm interested to see where this is going! #RaisingReadersandWriters #Storyteller

Cinfhen Adorable ā¯¤ļø¸š¨š™š¸» 7y

TheWordJar Love this!! ā¯¤ļø¸ 7y

LeahBergen Haha!! š‘¸š¸»š‘¸š¸»š‘¸š¸» 7y

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RaimeyGallant Yea! 7y

Jen_Reads That‘s adorable! He would have a better start than me. I‘m planning on doing it, but I‘ve no ideas. 7y

hermyknee I think I'll sign up for NaNoWriMo - maybe we can start a group?! 7y

robinb Yay for him!!!! š™š™ 7y

Jabberwocky I'm doing nano this month too!! Or at least I'm going to try šš 7y

AndreaReads That's how I feel, @Jaberwocky and me neither, @Jen_Reads but I figured I have to start somewhere! I would love to start a Nano group, @hermyknee There's quite a few people who are participating! 7y

Reggie This is so awesome and good luck this month with NaNo!!! 7y

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Lmstraubie

Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers | David Stabler

so-so

Kid Authors is a collection of short biographies on a wide array of authors. Each biography includes a few unique facts about the author's childhood, people who were important to the author and ways in which the author was connected to reading and writing. The passages were just enough to tease the reader and give a little background, but could leave the reader wanting more. (con't in comments)

Lmstraubie The one thing that stood out to me was the vast variety of authors included in the book making this a title that didn't focus on one particular age group. The authors ranged from J.R.R. Tolkien and Mark Twain to Jeff Kinney and Beverly Cleary. This wide range makes me hesitant to order this book for my K-4 library. At the end there were some random facts about authors that weren't included in the book. 7y

Lmstraubie Again the range of authors was a curious one. My elementary students will not be reading anything by Alice Walker or Virginia Woolf any time soon. It may have been helpful to have two versions of this book. One for elementary students and one for middle/high school students. 7y

ValerieAndBooks Good review and very interesting points. Whoever put this together may have forgotten that Walker and Woolf are more for mature readers! 7y

Lmstraubie @ValerieAndBooks Thank you. Yes, it was definitely an odd assortment. 7y

Daisey Good review. I've seen this title and have been wondering how appropriate it would be for my class library. This helps me better understand what it really includes. 7y

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