From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of todayâs foremost childrenâs authors and illustratorsârevealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today. Everyoneâs story begins somewhere⊠For Linda Sue Park, it was a trip to the ocean, a brand-new typewriter, and a little creative license. For Jarrett J. Krosoczka, it was a third grade writing assignment that ignited a creative fire in a kid who liked to draw. For Kwame Alexander, it was a loving poem composed for Motherâs Dayâand perfected through draft after discarded draft. 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 stories. Your story is beginning, too. Where will it go?
Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids
Elissa Brent Weissman
Kwame Alexander
Tom Angleberger
Kathi Appelt
Ashley Bryan
Tim Federle
Candace Fleming
Marla Frazee
Chris Gall
Alex Gino
Chris Grabenstein
Gordon Korman
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Thanhha Lai
Peter Lerangis
Gail Carson Levine
Grace Lin
Yuyi Morales
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
R. J. Palacio
Linda Sue Park
Dan Santat
Brian Selznick
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Rita Williams-Garcia
Eric Rohmann