In this semi-autobiographical picture book, author Patricia MacLachlan relates what it might take to grow up to become a writer.

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life whenever he reads books. While reading Inkheart, one of the characters escapes from the pages of the book and lands in Meggie's living room. Now the adventure begins.

A visiting author teaches five friends about the power of words and writing.

When Katie and her family go on a trip, she decides to write a story for her friends to show how much she misses them.

When Tuesday McGillycuddy and her beloved dog Baxterr discover that Tuesday's mother--the famous author Serendipity Smith--has gone missing, they set out on a magical adventure. In their quest to find Serendipity, they discover the mysterious and unpredictable place that stories come from. To save the lives of those she loves, Tuesday must summon all her wit, courage, and imagination. But how will she ever find her way home?

What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely-from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings-Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step-by-step. The result is nothing less than a philosophy...

Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.