Janie Writes a Play
Jane Yolen's First Great Story
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Publisher Description
Based on a true story to the beginning of the storied career of children’s book author Jane Yolen, written by her very own daughter.
Janie Yolen loves to read, write, dance, and sing. So when her teacher announces Janie's elementary class will perform a play, Janie is thrilled. There's just one problem . . . the play is boring. With the support of her teacher and classmates, Janie rewrites the play, resulting in a hit class musical.
An inspiring and funny look at how a writer became a writer, told by another prolific author--Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Jane's own daughter!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Stemple pays tribute to her mother, author Jane Yolen (b. 1939), with this tightly written tale of Yolen's debut as a school-age playwright. Centering on how "Janie loved a great story," scenes paint the subject's days as filled with reading and writing, while she anticipates the start of school play rehearsals. That initial excitement fizzles upon a read of the script, but Yolen's writerly instincts kick in, and she draws on everyday experience to craft an original work whose performance achieves a standing ovation. With texturized coloring, Goodnight's large-scale digital artwork moves between cheerful depictions of the mundane and Yolen's imagination-infused perceptions. An author's note concludes. Ages 5–8.
