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When I Was Your Age, Volume One: Original Stories About Growing Up (original 1996; edition 2001)

by Amy Ehrlich (Editor), Amy Ehrlich (Introduction), Mary Pope Osborne (Contributor), Laurence Yep (Contributor), James Howe (Contributor)7 more, Katherine Paterson (Contributor), Walter Dean Myers (Contributor), Susan Cooper (Contributor), Nicholasa Mohr (Contributor), Reeve Lindbergh (Contributor), Avi (Contributor), Francesca Lia Block (Contributor)

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Perfect for literature classes and beginning writers of all ages! "Tell me a story of when you were little" is something children love to ask. Ten award-winning writers: Mary Pope Osborne, Laurence Yep, James Howe, Katherine Paterson, Walter Dean Myers, Susan Cooper, Nicholasa Mohr, Reeve Lindbergh, Avi, and Francesca Lia Block tell young readers stories drawn from their own childhood memories. The authors have also contributed notes about why they chose particular memories to write about and what in their lives led them to be writers. In this way, the extraordinary stories in When I Was Your Age bear witness to the origins of a writer's art -- and honor the courage, tenderness, and fragility of children.… (more)
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Title:When I Was Your Age, Volume One: Original Stories About Growing Up
Authors:Amy Ehrlich (Editor)
Other authors:Amy Ehrlich (Introduction), Mary Pope Osborne (Contributor), Laurence Yep (Contributor), James Howe (Contributor), Katherine Paterson (Contributor)6 more, Walter Dean Myers (Contributor), Susan Cooper (Contributor), Nicholasa Mohr (Contributor), Reeve Lindbergh (Contributor), Avi (Contributor), Francesca Lia Block (Contributor)
Info:Candlewick (2001), Paperback, 160 pages
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When I Was Your Age, Volume One: Original Stories About Growing Up by Amy Ehrlich (Editor) (1996)

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My rating is only based on Everything Will Be Okay by James Howe. Although this was short, it provided an in dept look at James Howe. The reader was able to see how he felt about his family growing up and his feelings for life. ( )
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AviContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Block, Francesca LiaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cooper, SusanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Howe, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lindbergh, ReeveContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Perfect for literature classes and beginning writers of all ages! "Tell me a story of when you were little" is something children love to ask. Ten award-winning writers: Mary Pope Osborne, Laurence Yep, James Howe, Katherine Paterson, Walter Dean Myers, Susan Cooper, Nicholasa Mohr, Reeve Lindbergh, Avi, and Francesca Lia Block tell young readers stories drawn from their own childhood memories. The authors have also contributed notes about why they chose particular memories to write about and what in their lives led them to be writers. In this way, the extraordinary stories in When I Was Your Age bear witness to the origins of a writer's art -- and honor the courage, tenderness, and fragility of children.

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Contains:
  • All-ball / Mary Pope Osborne
  • The great rat hunt / Laurence Yep
  • Everything will be okay / James Howe
  • Why I never ran away from home / Katherine Paterson
  • Reverend Abbott and those bloodshot eyes / Walter Dean Myers
  • Muffin / Susan Cooper
  • Taking a dare / Nicholasa Mohr
  • Flying / Reeve Lindbergh
  • Scout's honor / Avi
  • Blue / Francesca Lia Block
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