From reader to writer
Subtitle: teaching writing through classic children's books
By: Sarah Ellis
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780888993724
Subjects: Composition et exercices; Anglais (Langue); Children's literature; English language; Study and teaching (Elementary); Étude et enseignement (Primaire); Littérature de jeunesse; Composition and exercises
Description: Provides anecdotes about sixteen children's authors, with information about their childhoods, reading habits, and sources of inspiration; and features a read-aloud passage and a writing activity based on each author's work.
Notes: A Groundwood book.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Islands of the mind : Robert Louis Stevenson; title: Kin stories : Jean Little; title: Fairies in our midst : P.L. Travers; title: Clip and write : Monica Hughes; title: Summers on the lake : Arthur Ransome; title: Bird-man of the Arctic and other imaginary beings : Michael Kusugak; title: E.S.L. : Elvish as a second language : J.R.R. Tolkien; title: Write while you sleep : Susan Cooper; title: Yours affectionately : Beatrix Potter; title: Digging up stories : Paul Yee; title: A bag of tricks : Lewis Carroll; title: Book breeding : Kit Pearson; title: Piano four hands : C.S. Lewis; title: A picture and a thousand words : Virginia Hamilton; title: A tale of two journals : Louisa May Alcott and L.M. Montgomery; title: On the outside looking in : Katherine Paterson.