Book Details
"Lively glimpses of formative moments and budding talents."--Kirkus Reviews
"[Kid Authors] was full of real information, but the author made it fun and funny ... I would recommend this book for all people who read books and want to know interesting information about authors, and also for people who want to be authors themselves."--Michael, age 9
With the best elements of KID PRESIDENTS, KID ATHLETES and KID ARTISTS colourful illustrations, kid-relatable subjects, and real stories of childhood conflict, comedy, and triumph KID AUTHORS tells true tales from the childhoods of a wide range of the world s most beloved authors before they were famous. Did you know: Sam Clemens (AKA Mark Twain) loved to hold watermelon-seed-spitting contests, play hooky, and borrow boats to go fishing and digging for turtle eggs with his best friend Tom, of course! Zora Neale Hurston first learned to walk when a hungry wild hog wandered into her house for some of her mother s cornbread and young Zora had to toddle her way to safety.
- Binding Hardcover
- Author/s Stabler, David
- ISBN13 9781594749872
- ISBN10 1594749876
- Collection INGLES #
- Published 2022
- Language English
Kid Authors
- Author David Stabler
- Publisher RANDOM HOUSE USA INC
- ISBN 9781594749872
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