Worlds of childhood :  the art and craft of writing for children /  [print] 
edited by William Zinsser. 
 - Boston, Massachusetts :  Houghton Mifflin,  (c)1990.  ©1990 
 - 213 pages ;  21 cm. 
 - The Writer's craft .
 - Writer's craft. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Introduction/  The teller and the tale/  Visitors from my boyhood/  Listening to children/  In search of the addlepated paddlepuss/  The well-tempered children's book/  Heart in hiding/  William Zinsser   Jean Fritz  Maurice Sendak   Jill Krementz  Jack Prelutsky  Rosemary Wells  Katherine Paterson. 
<br/><br/> Told with refreshing candor and humor, six prominent children's authors share how their own childhoods inspired their writing and how honesty is the magic portal to the world of children. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0395514258 0395514282 9780395514252 9780395514283 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>89026815  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000009248433 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's literature--Authorship.<br/>Creative writing.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN147.5.K19.W675 1990 PN147.5  / .W65 1990