When I Was Your Age, Volume One

When I Was Your Age, Volume OneBy: Perfect for literature classes and beginning writers of all ages! "Tell me a story of when you were little" is something children love to ask. Ten award winning writers: Mary Pope Osborne, Laurence Yep, James Howe, Katherine Paterson, Walter Dean Myers, Susan Cooper, Nicholasa Mohr, Reeve Lindbergh, Avi, and Francesca Lia Block tell young readers stories drawn from their own childhood memories. The authors have also contributed notes about why

“Pulls no punches and depicts Victorian London in all its corrupt glory

Unlike self-improvement systems offering quick-fix mood boosts

For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place

a sleepy hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

Follow the Bear family as they have their first sleepover

Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known

savory or sweet—let’s meet some Indian foods from A to Z

Everything in Morris Lessmore's life

revealing—through one wary boy’s experience—a habitat that is anything but barren and desolate

out he runs

as well as blank pages at the end of the book for your own pictures

By: Judson Brewer MD PhD     New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller