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A writer with heart: yakking with Sharon Creech.(Celebrate Reading Month)(Interview)
Sharon Creech has written some of our favorite books, including "Bloomability," "Ruby Holler," and "Walk Two Moons," which won her a Newbery Award.
Her latest book, written for older readers, is "Heartbeat." The book is written in what is called free verse. Free verse is a type of poetry that doesn't have regular rhyme but does have a special rhythm all its own. The verse makes "Heartbeat" read like a fast conversation.
The story is about a 12-year-old girl named Annie who loves to run, especially when lots of things in her life are changing.
Sharon lives in New Jersey with her family. We yakked with Sharon about her new book.
Did you plan to write another novel in free verse, like "Love That Dog," or did "Heartbeat" come to life on its own? What inspired the book?
- Sharon Creech Heartbeat.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Lempke, Susan Dove May 1, 2004 700+ words
Sharon Creech Heartbeat 180 pp. Cotler/HarperCollins 3/04 ISBN 0-06-054022...ISBN 0-06-054023-0 16.89 (Intermediate, Middle School) In free verse, Annie describes a transitional year in her life. The impending birth...
- Sharon Creech: Hate That Cat.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Lempke, Susan Dove November 1, 2008 700+ words
Sharon Creech Hate That Cat 153 pp. Cotler/HarperCollins 10/08 ISBN 978-0...understanding teacher. Jack continues to address Miss Stretchberry in free verse in which he explores what makes a real poem and struggles with the more...
- Sharon Creech: The Words We Choose to Say.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News August 1, 2006 700+ words
9780810850866 Sharon Creech; the words we choose to say. Tighe, Mary Ann. Scarecrow Pr...PS3553 Tighe (English, Troy U.) explores the life and work of Sharon Creech, the only author to be awarded both the Newbery and the Carnegie...
- Creating People Who Are Quirky and Kind.(Sharon Creech)(Interview)
- Teacher Librarian Lowery-Moore, Hollis April 1, 2001 700+ words
An interview with Sharon Creech SHARON CREECH, winner of the Newbery Award for Walk two moons, uses her family and her experiences to craft her stories of teens searching for self and place. Sharon's characters are slightly eccentric, always...
- SHARON CREECH AND DAVID DIAZ WIN 1995 NEWBERY AND CALDECOTT MEDALS; OTHER AWARD...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 6, 1995 700+ words
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharon Creech and David Diaz are the 1995 recipients of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most prestigious awards in children...
- Sharon Creech.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News November 1, 2007 700+ words
9780313335983 Sharon Creech. Carroll, Pamela Sissi. Greenwood Press 2007 195 pages $45.00 Hardcover Teen reads; student companions to young adult literature...
- Sharon Creech: The Castle Corona.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Lempke, Susan Dove November 1, 2007 700+ words
Sharon Creech The Castle Corona; illus. by David Diaz 320 pp. Cotler/HarperCollins 10/07 ISBN 978-0-06-084621-3 $18.99 Library...
- Sharon Creech: Replay.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Lempke, Susan Dove November 1, 2005 700+ words
Sharon Creech Replay 240 pp. Cotler/HarperCollins 10/05 ISBN 0-06-054019-2 515.99 Library edition ISBN 0-06-054020-6 516...