![]() ![]() ![]() She talks about writing and her unconventional methods of doing so in such a way that kids and teachers who are convinced that writing must be a lock-step process may have some second thoughts. Her obsession about the snake, Moon, leads her to one of the most hilarious passages I've read in any book. Mostly it's about her overwhelming curiosity and passion for knowing. It will make you laugh, remember and cry.) and her current life, but the book is so much more than an autobiography. Here we get glimpses of her childhood, (Don't miss the chapter about Miss Harriet, her first grade teacher. ![]() The second best way to get to know this warm and funny lady is through her memoir The Moon and I (Messner, 1992 ISBN 0688137040. Talking with her, you instantly become aware of her candor, accessibility and ability to laugh at herself. This article by Carol Otis Hurst first appeared in the October 1996 Issue of Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Newsletter.įor our author study this quarter, let's take the wonderfully prolific author Betsy Byars. ![]()
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