authorship

"Pricilla 'Cilla' Lee-Jenkins has already written a 'Bestseller' and a 'Classic'--now it's time for her to write an Epic Story. Epics are all about brave heroes overcoming Struggles to save the world, and this year, Cilla is facing her toughest struggles yet: Cilla is in fifth grade and, unlike her classmates, not at all ready to start middle school. Her beloved grandfather YeYe has had a stroke and forgotten his English, and it's up to Cilla to help him find his words again. With humor, heart, and her mighty pen Cilla Lee-Jenkins will use her powers to vanquish every foe (the mean girls in her class), help every citizen (especially YeYe), and save the world"--Amazon.

"An instructional book on how to write a story from bestselling author Frances O'Roark Dowell"--Provided by publisher.

"In this . . . guide to writing and living the creative life, Wendelin Van Draanen shares what she's learned from her years as a published author--and from the ten years spent trying to become a published author"--Provided by publisher.

Provides tips, strategies, and tools for developing, crafting, and honing one's story--fact or fiction.

Nine-year-old Alice must write about herself for an assignment in her London school, and in doing so, she sorts out her feelings about her somewhat prickly single mother, the father she has never met, her flamboyant paternal grandmother, and the rest of her sometimes confusing life.

A visiting poet, Ms. Mirabel, teaches five friends in grade school about the power of words and writing.

Sam, a shy but creative mouse who lives in a library, decides to write and illustrate his own stories which he places on the shelves with the other library books but when children find the tales, they all want to meet the author.

Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up the muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.

Offers hundreds of sensible, useful tips designed to help people become better writers.

Describes the defining characteristics of a folktale, discusses where folktales come from, why people tell folktales, and what role folktales play in various cultures, recounts popular folktales, and explains how to write a folktale.