Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White
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6 Starred Reviews! New York Times Bestseller! A People Magazine Best Children’s Book! A Washington Post Best Book! A Publishers Weekly Best Book! Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honor recipient Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White’s personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children’s book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter.
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Melissa Sweet has illustrated more than eighty children’s books, including the Caldecott Honor books The Right Word and A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams both written by Jen Bryant. She also wrote and illustrated Tupelo Rides the Rails; Carmine: A Little More Red, which was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book; and Balloons Over Broadway, a picture book biography that was named a 2011 Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Picture Book. When she is not in her studio, Melissa can be found taking an art class, hiking with her dogs, or riding her bicycle. She lives with her family in Rockport, Maine.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780544319592
- Publication Date
- October 4, 2016
- Publisher
- HMH Books for Young Readers
- Page Count
- 176
- Words Per Page
- 77
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 7 - 10 years
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~979L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~W
- ATOS® Book Level
- 6.5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 2
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 184629
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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