From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today\'s foremost children\'s Authors and illustrators--revealing young talent, the storytellers They would one day become, and the creativity They inspire today.
Where will it go?.
Your Story is beginning, too.
It was a love of words, and pictures, and stories .
It was trying, and failing, and trying again.
For others, it was a teacher, a parent, a beloved book, a word of encouragement.
For Kwame Alexander, it was a loving poem composed for Mother\'s Day--and perfected through draft after discarded draft.
Krosoczka, it was a third grade writing assignment that ignited a creative fire in a kid who liked to draw.
For Jarrett J.
For Linda Sue Park, it was a trip to the ocean, a brand-new typewriter, and a little creative license.
Everyone\'s Story begins somewhere...
From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today\'s foremost children\'s Authors and illustrators--revealing young talent, the storytellers They would one day become, and the creativity They inspire today
