creative writing

Presents a short profile on children's writer Louis Sachar, and describes his childhood and early career, time line and list of his works, along with creative writing tips and advice on getting published.

A little girl named Stella must choose a topic for a narrative writing project.

A little girl named Stella must choose an opinion for a writing project.

Introduces the concepts of patterns, describing how the Japanese poetry form known as haiku follows a pattern.

Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.

Stella and her class learn about informative writing when they write about chameleons.

"[Readers are invited to take a poetry walk with Stella and her class, where] poetry is part of every day. It's in kids' journals and in their voices, on the wall and in the hall. Poetry tumbles in an avalanche from Tineka's desk, roars out a tornado-cancelled field trip, and even keeps Filipe up at night"--Back cover.

In New York's Emerging Writers: An Anthology of Nonfiction, New York's most promising up-and-coming authors have the chance to share their own words. Covering a wide array of genres and topics, these young talents will amaze you. Containing one essay per writer, this anthology is a compelling introduction to the great wordsmiths of tomorrow.