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1) Brainstorm!
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A child, struggling with what to write about, is swept up in a whirlwind of words, pictures, and ideas, until she finds herself caught in a downpour of her own creativity. Includes writing prompts and glossary.
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Library mouse books volume 2
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Sam, the shy mouse that lives in the library and likes to write books, collaborates with a boy in the library's Authors and Illustrators Club.
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The life of a book isn't easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know--it's the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets irritated when readers bend its pages back, and it finds authors quite annoying. But it does have a story to tell. Through witty direct address and charming illustrations, readers meet a book that has never been read, with a cover...
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2009
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Henrietta the chicken loves to read so much that she decides to write a book herself, but first no one will publish a book written by a chicken, and then, when she publishes it herself and it gets a terrible review in "The Corn Book," Henrietta is devastated.
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Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 7
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Author/illustrator Nick Bruel tries to explain to the reader how to write a story, but Bad Kitty is not at all happy about the plot, which has her going on a turnip diet to lose weight. Includes a recipe for roasted turnips.
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2013.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 x 24 cm
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Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.
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Kalamus
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
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When Danny, an aspiring young writer and artist, writes his first book, the characters he created come magically to life and want to explore the world! How can Danny encourage them to return to the pages of his book so that YOU will read about them?
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A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story--and those of her family--to continue.
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After-school superstars volume 2
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
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144 pages.
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Third-grader Vera, a budding artist who loves every minute of her after-school comic-book camp, searches for a way to get her mother's permission to attend the camp's final field trip to Comic-Con.
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Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
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Nine-year-old Katie's punishment for bullying classmates includes making up for the hurt she has caused, and so she decides to write a book about bullying, why it is not okay, and how to start being a better friend.
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Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
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272 pages ; 21cm
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Seventeen-year-old Bridget is both an employee of author RM Haldon and his biggest fan, so when she starts to receive cryptic emails from him after he goes missing, she teams up with her friend to find Haldon.
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Quinn's journal is where she writes down everything -- in list format -- that she doesn't want to admit out loud, or even face; once they're written, she can release them and feel a little bit more at peace. When the journal goes missing and her list of biggest fears is posted online with a challenge to face each of them or else have the entire journal go public, it's time for Quinn to move out of the realm of her mind and into real life. She's not...
19) Fly on the wall
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
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332 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Twelve-year-old Henry Khoo embarks on a forbidden journey from Australia to Singapore to prove his independence to his overprotective family, while working out some problems with friends. Told in comics and prose.
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Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Elinor is used to doing very well in school, but as Poem in Your Pocket Day approaches, bringing an opportunity to meet a real poet, her struggle to write a perfect poem causes Elinor's confidence to falter, despite Mr. Tiffin's guidance and reassurance.
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