This text features a collection of interviews with some contemporary children's writers. Authors such as Neil Ardley, Ian Beck, Helen Cresswell, Gillian Cross, Terry Deary, Berlie Doherty, Brian Moses, Alan Durant, Philip Pullman, Celia Rees, Norman Silver, Jacqueline Wilson and Benjamin Zephaniah talk about the joys and challenges, rewards and demands of the craft, creativity and process of writing for children. By discussing issues such as: how the authors approach their writing on a daily basis; how they view the writing process; and how they perceive their visits to schools, this book...
This text features a collection of interviews with some contemporary children's writers. Authors such as Neil Ardley, Ian Beck, Helen Cresswell, Gilli...
Talking Books sets out to show how some of the leading children's authors of the day respond to these and other similar questions. The authors featured are Neil Ardley, Ian Beck, Helen Cresswell, Gillian Cross, Terry Deary, Berlie Doherty, Alan Durant, Brian Moses, Philip Pullman, Celia Rees, Norman Silver, Jacqueline Wilson, and Benjamin Zephaniah. They discuss with great enthusiasm: *their childhood reading habits *how they came to be published *how they write on a daily basis *how a particular book came together *a type of writing that they are...
Talking Books sets out to show how some of the leading children's authors of the day respond to these and other similar questions. The author...
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fi...
In 1957, Navy Lieutenant Alex Gardener, a post World War II cryptologist, was summoned to a base in the middle of the Nevada desert to decipher a set of alien symbols found in the UFO that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. The symbols revealed the true identity of the alien creatures - an identity far more disturbing than anyone wanted to know. After being chased by secretive agents, Alex is forced to leave the symbols hidden away for 55 years until his grand-daughter Kate finds them. The symbols program Kate to risk her own life in order to save the human species.
In 1957, Navy Lieutenant Alex Gardener, a post World War II cryptologist, was summoned to a base in the middle of the Nevada desert to decipher a set ...
