Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White -- Melissa Sweet, Hardcover

6 Starred Reviews! New York Times Bestseller! A People Magazine Best Children's Book! A Washington Post Best Book! A Publishers Weekly Best Book! Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honor recipient

Caldecott Honor winner Sweet mixes White's personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children's book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter.

Author: Melissa Sweet
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 10/04/2016
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780544319592
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 184629 / Some Writer! the Story of E.B. White


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2016 pg. 99
Publishers Weekly 07/18/2016
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2016 pg. 135
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2016 pg. 61
School Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 182
Shelf Awareness 10/07/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2016 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 41
Shelf Awareness 12/13/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Melissa Sweet celebrates the natural world, E. B. White-style, with her winsome mixed-media artwork. She received a Sibert Medal for Balloons Over Broadway and Caldecott Honors for both The Right Word and A River of Words by Jen Bryant. She lives on the Maine coast. Visit her website at www.melissasweet.net.