Writers and Writing

Start with a Word: A Journal for Finding Your Voice

Start with a Word: A Journal for Finding Your Voice

Peter H. Reynolds
Activity Book
For ages 6 to 8
Abrams , 2019   ISBN: 978-1419738296
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Writers and Their Pets: True Stories of Famous Authors and Their Animal Friends

Writers and Their Pets: True Stories of Famous Authors and Their Animal Friends

Kathleen Krull
Illustrator:  Violet Lemay 
Nonfiction
For ages 9 to 12
duopress, 2019   ISBN: 978-1947458529
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Poetree

Poetree

Shauna LaVoy Reynolds
Illustrator:  Sharhrzad Maydani 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Penguin Random House, 2019   ISBN: 978-0399539121
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Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote

Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote

Margarita Engle
Illustrator:  Raul Colon 
Historical Fiction Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Peachtree Publishers, 2017   ISBN: 978-1561458561
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Walter: The Story of a Rat

Walter: The Story of a Rat

Barbara Wersba
Illustrator:  Donna Diamond 
Fiction
For ages 8 and up
Boyds Mills Press, 2012   ISBN: 978-1590789483
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Always Emily

Always Emily

Michaela MacColl
Historical Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Chronicle Books , 2014   ISBN: 978-1452111742
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Also an Octopus

Also an Octopus

Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Illustrator:  Benji Davies 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Candlewick Press, 2016   ISBN: 978-0763670849
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Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth
Illustrator:  Ekua Holmes 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Candlewick, 2017   ISBN: 978-0763680947
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Noah Webster's Fighting Words

Noah Webster's Fighting Words

Tracy Nelson Maurer
Illustrator:  Mircea Catusanu 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Millbrook Press, 2017   ISBN: 978-1467794107
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Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books

Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books

Michelle Markel
Illustrator:  Nancy Carpenter 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Chronicle Books , 2017   ISBN: 978-0811879224
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Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White

Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White

Melissa Sweet
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 10
HMH Books for Young Readers, 2016   ISBN: 978-0544319592
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Willa: The Story of Willa Cather, an American Writer (American Women Writers)

Willa: The Story of Willa Cather, an American Writer (American Women Writers)

Amy Ehrlich
Illustrator:   Wendell Minor 
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 9
Simon and Schuster, 2016   ISBN: 978-0689865732
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Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

Edited by David Roessel and Arnold
Illustrator:  Benny Andrews 
Poetry
For ages 9 and up
Sterling Children's Books, 2013   ISBN: 978-1454903284
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Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig

Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig

Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrator:  Charlotte Voake 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House, 2016   ISBN: 978-0385373258
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Noah Webster and His Words

Noah Webster and His Words

Jeri Chase Ferris
Illustrator:  Vincent X. Kirsch 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012   ISBN: 978-0547390550
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