40 Books about Writers and Writing

Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman
© 2003 Cooperative Children's Book Center

This bibliography was compiled in July, 2003, as part of a 12-month series in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the Cooperative Children's Book Center.

Complete list of 40 Books about... bibliographies.

Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image.

Writers in Fiction: Picture Books and Novels Featuring Young Writers

Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog: A Novel. Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins, 2001. Ages 8 - 12

Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. Clarion, 1994. Age 12 and older

Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light. Harcourt, 2003. Age 14 and older

Gottlieb, Dale. My Stories by Hildy Calpurnia Rose. Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Ages 7 - 9

Grimes, Nikki. Jazmin's Notebook. Dial, 1998. Ages 12 - 15

Grimes, Nikki. A Pocketful of Poems. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Clarion, 2001. Ages 8 - 14

Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean. Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2003. Ages 10 - 14

Hopkinson, Deborah. Birdie's Lighthouse. Illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root. An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum, 1997. Ages 7 - 10

Joseph, Lynn. The Color of My Words. Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins, 2000. Ages 10 - 14

Montenegro, Laura Nyman. A Bird About to Sing. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Ages 5 - 8

Schami, Rafik. A Hand Full of Stars. Translated by Rika Lesser, from the German. U.S. edition: Dutton, 1990. Age 12 and older

Stewart, Sarah. The Gardener. Illustrated by David Small. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1997. Ages 5 - 9

Sturtevant, Katherine. At the Sign of the Star. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000. Ages 11 - 14

Whelan, Gloria. Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect. HarperCollins, 2002. Ages 8 - 12

Wittlinger, Ellen. Hard Love. Simon & Schuster, 1999. Age 15 and older

Woodson, Jacqueline. From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun. Blue Sky/Scholastic, 1995. Ages 11 - 15

Zusak, Markus. Getting the Girl. U.S. edition: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2003. Age 13 and older

Writers in Fact: Writers' Biographies and Memoirs

Bruchac, Joseph. Seeing the Circle. Photographed by John Christopher Fine. Richard K. Owen, 1999. Ages 7 - 10

Cooper, Floyd. Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes. Philomel, 1994. Ages 4 - 12

Gollub, Matthew. Cool Melons -- Turn to Frogs! The Life and Poems of Issa. Illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone. Lee & Low, 1998. Ages 8 - 12

Herrera, Juan Felipe. Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas. Illustrated by Elly Simons. Children's Book Press, 1995. Ages 4 - 8

Lowry, Lois. Looking Back: A Book of Memories. Walter Lorraine/Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Age 10 and older

Lyons, Mary. Keeping Secrets: The Girlhood Diaries of Seven Women Writers. Henry Holt, 1995. Ages 12 - 15

McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack . Young, Black and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Holiday House, 1998. Ages 11 - 15

Mohr, Nicholasa. Growing Up In the Sanctuary of My Imagination. Julian Messner, 1994. Age 12 and older

Myers, Walter Dean. Bad Boy: A Memoir. HarperCollins, 2001. Age 11 and older

Rosen, Michael. Shakespeare: His Work and His World. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen. Candlewick Press, 2001. Ages 11 - 14

Yep, Laurence. The Lost Garden. Julian Messner, 1991. Ages 9 - 14

Writers on Writing: How-To Guides and Interviews

Bauer, Marion Dane. A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction. Clarion, 1995. Age 11 and older

Cassedy, Sylvia. In Your Own Words: A Beginner's Guide to Writing. Revised edition: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1990. Age 9 and older

Graham, Paula W.. Speaking of Journals: Children's Writers Talk about Their Diaries, Notebooks, and Sketchbooks. Boyds Mills Press, 1999. Age 8 and older

Janeczko, Paul B.. The Place My Words are Looking For: What Poets Say About and Through Their Work. Bradbury, 1990. Age 10 and older

Kerr, M.E.. Blood on the Forehead: What I Know About Writing. HarperCollins, 1998. Ages 12 - 16

Livingston, Myra Cohn, editor. I Am Writing a Poem About...: A Game of Poetry. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997. Age 10 and older

Marcus, Leonard. Author Talk. Simon & Schuster, 2000. Ages 10 - 14

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	CCBC Bibliographies & Booklists Charlotte Zolotow Award Book of the Week CCBC Specialized Information CCBC Book Discussions CCBC - Net Awards & Best-of-the-Year Lists Review Journals 40 Books about Writers and Writing Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman © 2003 Cooperative Children's Book Center This bibliography was compiled in July, 2003, as part of a 12-month series in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Complete list of 40 Books about... bibliographies. Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image. Writers in Fiction: Picture Books and Novels Featuring Young Writers Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog: A Novel. Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins, 2001. Ages 8 - 12 Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. Clarion, 1994. Age 12 and older Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light. Harcourt, 2003. Age 14 and older Gottlieb, Dale. My Stories by Hildy Calpurnia Rose. Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Ages 7 - 9 Grimes, Nikki. Jazmin's Notebook. Dial, 1998. Ages 12 - 15 Grimes, Nikki. A Pocketful of Poems. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Clarion, 2001. Ages 8 - 14 Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean. Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2003. Ages 10 - 14 Hopkinson, Deborah. Birdie's Lighthouse. Illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root. An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum, 1997. Ages 7 - 10 Joseph, Lynn. The Color of My Words. Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins, 2000. Ages 10 - 14 Montenegro, Laura Nyman. A Bird About to Sing. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Ages 5 - 8 Schami, Rafik. A Hand Full of Stars. Translated by Rika Lesser, from the German. U.S. edition: Dutton, 1990. Age 12 and older Stewart, Sarah. The Gardener. Illustrated by David Small. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1997. Ages 5 - 9 Sturtevant, Katherine. At the Sign of the Star. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000. Ages 11 - 14 Whelan, Gloria. Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect. HarperCollins, 2002. Ages 8 - 12 Wittlinger, Ellen. Hard Love. Simon & Schuster, 1999. Age 15 and older Woodson, Jacqueline. From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun. Blue Sky/Scholastic, 1995. Ages 11 - 15 Zusak, Markus. Getting the Girl. U.S. edition: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2003. Age 13 and older Writers in Fact: Writers' Biographies and Memoirs Bruchac, Joseph. Seeing the Circle. Photographed by John Christopher Fine. Richard K. Owen, 1999. Ages 7 - 10 Cooper, Floyd. Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes. Philomel, 1994. Ages 4 - 12 Gollub, Matthew. Cool Melons -- Turn to Frogs! The Life and Poems of Issa. Illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone. Lee & Low, 1998. Ages 8 - 12 Herrera, Juan Felipe. Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas. Illustrated by Elly Simons. Children's Book Press, 1995. Ages 4 - 8 Lowry, Lois. Looking Back: A Book of Memories. Walter Lorraine/Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Age 10 and older Lyons, Mary. Keeping Secrets: The Girlhood Diaries of Seven Women Writers. Henry Holt, 1995. Ages 12 - 15 McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack . Young, Black and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry. Holiday House, 1998. Ages 11 - 15 Mohr, Nicholasa. Growing Up In the Sanctuary of My Imagination. Julian Messner, 1994. Age 12 and older Myers, Walter Dean. Bad Boy: A Memoir. HarperCollins, 2001. Age 11 and older Rosen, Michael. Shakespeare: His Work and His World. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen. Candlewick Press, 2001. Ages 11 - 14 Yep, Laurence. The Lost Garden. Julian Messner, 1991. Ages 9 - 14 Writers on Writing: How-To Guides and Interviews Bauer, Marion Dane. A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction. Clarion, 1995. Age 11 and older Cassedy, Sylvia. In Your Own Words: A Beginner's Guide to Writing. Revised edition: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1990. Age 9 and older Graham, Paula W.. Speaking of Journals: Children's Writers Talk about Their Diaries, Notebooks, and Sketchbooks. Boyds Mills Press, 1999. Age 8 and older Janeczko, Paul B.. The Place My Words are Looking For: What Poets Say About and Through Their Work. Bradbury, 1990. Age 10 and older Kerr, M.E.. Blood on the Forehead: What I Know About Writing. HarperCollins, 1998. Ages 12 - 16 Livingston, Myra Cohn, editor. I Am Writing a Poem About...: A Game of Poetry. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997. Age 10 and older Marcus, Leonard. Author Talk. Simon & Schuster, 2000. Ages 10 - 14 This list may be reproduced and distributed by educational and/or nonprofit organizations so long as credit is given to the Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.