Word After Word After Word

This story was so simple, yet full of wisdom about writing and what it really is. Each one of the children in this story finds their own use for writing word after word after word. And the writer's view of outlines sounds just like me. Favorite quote: "Outlines are silly. Once you write the outline, t......more

There’s so much to say about this book, I’m not sure where to start. It’s funny to think that I, a writer, am freezing up at writing a review of a book about writers. XD Not everyone will be a novelist, but this book proved that everyone can be a writer ((view spoiler)[even Ms. Cash (hide spoiler)] ). While the children in this bo......more

This short children’s novel took less time to read than it would have to read 3 or 4 children’s picture books. I should have loved this book. It has: a group of fourth grade students, girls & boys who are close friends, who have some genuinely difficult challenges in their lives, who are introspectiv......more

A cute little book that inspires to write! I really liked the poems in here, especially the last one. My favourite part of the book is maybe these words: "You have a story in there, Lucy," she said, touching my head. "Or a character, a place, a poem, a moment in time. When you find it, you will write......more

As always, absolutely beautiful. Patricia MacLachlan has a way of putting a deeper meaning on a book that young readers probably won't pick up on, but it's there for older readers, which I love. Also, no one handles delicate subjects in a child's perspective like divorce, a parent with cancer, etc,......more