Amiable Adult Readers Discussing Books Almost Always Read by Kids (Aardbaark)

Amiable Adult Readers Discussing Books Almost Always Read by Kids (Aardbaark) will discuss Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors by Charis Cotter (Annick Press, $14.95).  What were famous authors like as kids?  Our childhood experiences shape us into the adults we become. Born to Write tells the stories of how six extraordinary children transformed early struggles into spellbinding bedtime reading for kids around the world. Cotter chronicles the early lives of Madeleine L'Engle, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Philip Pullman, Christopher Paul Curtis, C.S. Lewis and E.B. White, revealing how each author's achievements, losses, triumphs and tragedies helped shape our most beloved books.  Interspersed throughout are sidebars highlighting other well-known children's authors, such as Hans Christian Andersen and Louisa May Alcott. 

Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors (Paperback)

By Charis Cotter

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9781554511914
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Annick Press, 10/01/2009

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