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.

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.

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