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BIOGRAPHIES

Weissman, Elissa Brent, Editor

Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids

194 pp. | Atheneum | July, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-7208-1 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-7210-4

(3) 4-6 Twenty-six children's book creators reflect on the stories and art they produced in their youth. Each section includes a brief essay, images of the work in its original form, and a bio that shows what came out of that work in the contributor's adulthood. Aspiring writers and artists should find reassurance in the early foibles of those now successful in the field.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2017