Worlds of childhood
Subtitle: the art and craft of writing for children
By: Jean Fritz ... [et al.] ; edited by William Zinsser.
Contributors: Fritz, Jean.; Zinsser, William Knowlton.
Series: The Writer's craft
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Children's literature  -- Authorship.
Description: Told with refreshing candor and humor, six prominent children's authors share how their own childhoods inspired their writing and how honesty is the magic portal to the world of children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / William Zinsser; title: The teller and the tale / Jean Fritz; title: Visitors from my boyhood / Maurice Sendak; title: Listening to children / Jill Krementz; title: In search of the addlepated paddlepuss / Jack Prelutsky; title: The well-tempered children's book / Rosemary Wells; title: Heart in hiding / Katherine Paterson.