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Jane Kurtz and you / Jane Kurtz.
Van Pelt Library PS3561.U6885 Z46 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurtz, Jane.
- Series:
- Author and you ; no. 8.
- The author and you ; no. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kurtz, Jane--Juvenile literature.
- Kurtz, Jane.
- Kurtz, Jane--Homes and haunts--Ethiopia--Juvenile literature.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Authors, American.
- Ethiopia.
- Children's literature--Authorship--Juvenile literature.
- Children's literature.
- Children's literature--Authorship.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
- Summary:
- This title features award-winning author Jane Kurtz who spent most of her childhood in East Africa. In Jane Kurtz and You, she writes about animal spotting on the savanna, all-day treks on a treacherous road, and periodic visits to the United States where her fellow students asked, "Did you see Tarzan?" Each chapter contains a section that focuses on writing traits and the writing process, unlocking the mysteries of how authors come up with interesting ideas, hunt for vivid details, use words with sparkle and pizzazz, craft sentences and paragraphs that have pleasing rhythms, organize in clear and compelling ways, find their writing personality, and revise for big and little changes.
- Contents:
- From reader to writer
- A writer's job
- Books
- Ethiopia : books, words, and stories : Fire on the mountain and Pulling the lion's tail
- Troublemaker : the story behind Trouble
- Grandparents and traveling "home" : the story behind I'm sorry, Almira Ann
- Write what you know : Mr. Bones, Johnny Appleseed, What Columbus found
- The hot savannah : the story behind Water hole waiting
- School times : leading to Jakarta missing
- Giggles and grouchy days : Do kangaroos wear seat belts? and Rain romp
- Ethiopia at war : my first novel, Storyteller's beads
- Finding my way back : Faraway home and Only a pigeon
- Peeking into history : Saba, under the hyena's foot
- Disaster! : River friendly, river wild
- Playing fair : Bicycle madness
- Giving voice to stories : In the small, small night
- More books
- Libraries and books in Ethiopia.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591582953
- 1591582954
- OCLC:
- 72698822
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