{"product_id":"our-story-begins-your-favorite-authors-and-illustrators-share-fun-inspiring-and-occasionally-ridiculous-things-they-wrote-and-drew-as-9781481472081","title":"Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today's foremost children's authors and illustrators--revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone's story begins somewhere... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Linda Sue Park, it was a trip to the ocean, a brand-new typewriter, and a little creative license.\u003cbr\u003e For Jarrett J. Krosoczka, it was a third grade writing assignment that ignited a creative fire in a kid who liked to draw.\u003cbr\u003e For Kwame Alexander, it was a loving poem composed for Mother's Day--and perfected through draft after discarded draft.\u003cbr\u003e For others, it was a teacher, a parent, a beloved book, a word of encouragement. It was trying, and failing, and trying again. It was a love of words, and pictures, and \u003ci\u003estories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYour story is beginning, too. Where will it go?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481472081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2017 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017 pg. 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018 - Recommended, Satisfactory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e190147 \/ Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elissa Brent Weissman, Kwame Alexander, Tom Angleberger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150318403765,"sku":"9781481472081","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9df0fb3b-cc59-463e-b9cc-42f0b0fa4114.jpg?v=1696346026","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/our-story-begins-your-favorite-authors-and-illustrators-share-fun-inspiring-and-occasionally-ridiculous-things-they-wrote-and-drew-as-9781481472081","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}