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From: Dean Schneider <schneiderd>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:39:36 -0500
Just a quick note to recommend Sid Fleischman's The Abracadabra Kid as a memoir that sheds light on how the writer became a writer. I am reading this aloud to my twelve-year-old son. It makes a fine read-aloud, as do all of Sid Fleischman's books. It is his story from early days as a magician through World War II to the present. Each chapter has a heading, usually humorous, such as the one from a student after an author visit: "Please don't come back to my school. I hate to write letters."
By the end of the book, we get lots of advice on writing and behind- the-scenes looks at Sid and Paul Fleischman's lives as writers and as father and son.
Dean Schneider Ensworth School 211 Ensworth Avenue Nashville, TN 37205
Received on Mon 19 Apr 1999 09:39:36 AM CDT
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:39:36 -0500
Just a quick note to recommend Sid Fleischman's The Abracadabra Kid as a memoir that sheds light on how the writer became a writer. I am reading this aloud to my twelve-year-old son. It makes a fine read-aloud, as do all of Sid Fleischman's books. It is his story from early days as a magician through World War II to the present. Each chapter has a heading, usually humorous, such as the one from a student after an author visit: "Please don't come back to my school. I hate to write letters."
By the end of the book, we get lots of advice on writing and behind- the-scenes looks at Sid and Paul Fleischman's lives as writers and as father and son.
Dean Schneider Ensworth School 211 Ensworth Avenue Nashville, TN 37205
Received on Mon 19 Apr 1999 09:39:36 AM CDT
