Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children
- ISBN-10
- 0395901510
- ISBN-13
- 9780395901519
- Series
- Worlds of Childhood
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 215
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Maurice Sendak
Description
Six writers, including Maurice Sendak, Jill Krementz, and Jack Prelutsky, explain how and why they became involved in children's literature
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Other editions
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- 1990
- 213 pages
- Paperback
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin
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