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If You Were a Writer
Melia wants to be a writer just like her mom. She's not exactly sure what a writer does, though. She sees her mom staring at the typewriter and then she sees her opening up boxes of books. But what comes in between?
With some help from her mom, Melia begins to learn the tools of the trade. She learns how to make pictures with words, how to search for ideas, and, of co
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Published
March 1st 1995
by Aladdin
(first published 1988)
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If You Were a Writer
By, Joan Lowery Nixon
1. Brief Summary:
Melia wants to be a writer just like her mom. She's not exactly sure what a writer does, though. She sees her mom staring at the typewriter and then she sees her opening up boxes of books. But what comes in between?
With some help from her mom, Melia begins to learn the tools of the trade. She learns how to make pictures with words, how to search for ideas, and, of course, how to start a story. Before she knows it...more
By, Joan Lowery Nixon
1. Brief Summary:
Melia wants to be a writer just like her mom. She's not exactly sure what a writer does, though. She sees her mom staring at the typewriter and then she sees her opening up boxes of books. But what comes in between?
With some help from her mom, Melia begins to learn the tools of the trade. She learns how to make pictures with words, how to search for ideas, and, of course, how to start a story. Before she knows it...more
This book is about a child who is curious about her mom's job as a writer. She states she wants to write just like her and use the typewriter but her mom goes on to explain that it is a lot more than using a typewriter. Mom explains it is about coming up with words that make the story come alive.
This book is good to introduce young writers to the fact that there is a lot more involved than just putting words down on papers. It explains the process of writing from beginning to end. T...more
This book is good to introduce young writers to the fact that there is a lot more involved than just putting words down on papers. It explains the process of writing from beginning to end. T...more
Melia asks her mother, who is an author, many questions about writing that kids might have. Questions including how do authors start a story, get their ideas, or create an entire story are discussed throughout the story. Her mother's book arrives in the mail at the end. While not too many people write on type writers anymore the concepts still hold true.
I read this book to my students to introduce writers workshop. I like it because it has many layers by that i mean many concepts to teach from. How to begin a story, how to add details, how it can be something simple to write about and stretch out the moment. I mix this with Lucy Calkins writer workshop techniques.
Cute story, but not a kid favorite. Sparked good conversations about being a writer, but not one I will read over and over to the kids.
An exceptional narrative picture book about becoming a writer.
I used this with my students when teaching writing workshop.
If you're looking for a good book to introduce writer's workshop to young students, this is a good one to read.
Fantastic book to use when teaching word choice!
This story can be used to help talk about what writers do, and how we can be writers as well.
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Author of more than one hundred books, Joan Lowery Nixon is the only writer to have won four Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Juvenile Mysteries (and been nominated several other times) from the Mystery Writers of America. Creating contemporary teenage characters who have both a personal problem and a mystery to solve, Nixon captured the attention of legions of teenage readers since the publication of h...more
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