Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers As Kids
Hardcover – Illustrated, May 14, 2019
HarperCollins · Hardcover · May 14, 2019
This exciting debut in graphic novel format tells the childhood stories of literary legends including Maya Angelou, Roald Dahl, and Sandra Cisnernos.
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- Who it’s for
- Graphic portraits make famous authors’ childhoods feel close, curious, and unexpectedly familiar.
- Themes
- Writers’ childhoods, Creativity and inspiration, Writing wisdom
- Genres
- Comics Biographies, Writers' Lives for Kids, Creative Writing
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This exciting debut in graphic novel format tells the childhood stories of literary legends including Maya Angelou, Roald Dahl, and Sandra Cisnernos. Perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World. What makes a writer? What inspires them? Where do their stories come from? Striking illustrations and a popular graphic novel format bring to life this anthology of literary legends and their childhoods.
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Featuring beloved authors such as Maya Angelou, C.S. Lewis, Gene Luen Yang and J.K. Rowling, these stories capture the childhood triumphs, failures, and inspirations that predated their careers. Children ages ten and up will see themselves in these humanized portraits and wonder if they, too, might have it in them to write. A celebration of creativity, this collective graphic biography is sprinkled throughout with writing wisdom and inspiring quotes.
Writers Before Writing
Graphic portraits make famous authors’ childhoods feel close, curious, and unexpectedly familiar.
Come here for
- Illustrated childhood stories of literary legends
- A glimpse of the inspirations behind their writing
Expect
- An anthology in graphic novel format
- Writing wisdom and quotes woven throughout
Where it sits
| Comics Biographies | 75% |
|---|---|
| Writers' Lives for Kids | 74% |
| Creative Writing | 50% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Cartooning for Kids
- Kids Biographies
- Writers' Lives for Kids
- Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids
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- Biographies of Women for Kids
- Books for Boys
- Kids Careers
- Girls & Young Women
- Authors
- Elizabeth Haidle
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 14, 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Writers’ childhoods · Creativity and inspiration · Writing wisdom
- Reading lane
- Cartooning for Kids