TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellis,Sarah
TI  - From reader to writer: teaching writing through classic children's books 
SN  - 0888993722 :
AV  - LB1576 .E54 2000
U1  - 372.62/3044 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - Douglas & McIntyre
KW  - English language
KW  - Composition and exercises
KW  - Study and teaching (Elementary)
KW  - Children's literature
KW  - Anglais (Langue)
KW  - Composition et exercices
KW  - Étude et enseignement (Primaire)
KW  - Littérature de jeunesse
N1  - A Groundwood book; Includes index; Islands of the mind : Robert Louis Stevenson -- Kin stories : Jean Little -- Fairies in our midst : P.L. Travers -- Clip and write : Monica Hughes -- Summers on the lake : Arthur Ransome -- Bird-man of the Arctic and other imaginary beings : Michael Kusugak -- E.S.L. : Elvish as a second language : J.R.R. Tolkien -- Write while you sleep : Susan Cooper -- Yours affectionately : Beatrix Potter -- Digging up stories : Paul Yee -- A bag of tricks : Lewis Carroll -- Book breeding : Kit Pearson -- Piano four hands : C.S. Lewis -- A picture and a thousand words : Virginia Hamilton -- A tale of two journals : Louisa May Alcott and L.M. Montgomery -- On the outside looking in : Katherine Paterson
N2  - Provides anecdotes about sixteen children's authors, with information about their childhoods, reading habits, and sources of inspiration; and features a read-aloud passage and a writing activity based on each author's work
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/fromreadertowrit00elli
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL17001287M
ER  -