6-8 Writing

These books about writing are available at the library. Hope this helps.

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary










The Wanderer by Sharon Creech










Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo










Insectlopedia: Poems and paintings by Douglas Florian










The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein










Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse










A View from Saturday by K. L. Konigsburg










Ruby Electric: A novel by Theresa Nelson










Salting the Ocean, 100 Poems by Young People by Naoimi Shihab Nye (editor)









A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck










Falling Up by Shel Silverstein










A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein










Where the Sidewalk Ends: The poems and drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel SilversteinThese books are at Needles library:
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DicCamillo
Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
A View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
Ruby Electric: A novel by Theresa Nelson
Salting the Ocean, 100 Poems by Young People by Naomi Shihab Nye (editor)
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends: The poems and drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein

You can request most of these book from the ILN:
(Books in blue are not available.)
William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance by Kathi Appelt
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Jennifer Armstrong
Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel by Avi
Journey to Ellis Island: How My Father Came to America by Carol Bierman
Colibri by Ann Cameron
Tomorrowland: Ten Stories About the Future by Michael Cart (compiler)
Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents by Sarah Conover (adapter)
Frenchtown Summer by Robert Cormier
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography by Chris Crutcher
Hist Whist and Other Poems for Children by E. E. Cummings
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
Salsa Stories by Lulu Delacre
I'm Nobody! Who Are You? Poems of Emily Dickinson for Children by Emily Dickinson
When I Was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up, Volume 1 by Amy Ehrlich (editor)
When I Was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up, Volume 2 by Amy Ehrlich (editor)
A Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
Mind's Eye by Paul Fleischman
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Great Frog Race and Other Poems by Kristine O'Connell George
Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems by Kristine O'Connell George
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Cool Melons Turn to Frogs: The Life and Poems of Issa by Matthew Gollub (translator)
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield
A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840 by Barbara Greenwood
Jazmin's Notebook by Nikki Grimes
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
The Music of the Dolphins by Karen Hesse
Ten Hispanic American Authors by Christine Hill
Maples in the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty by Minfong Ho
Walking on the Boundaries of Change by Sara Holbrook
Why Do They Hate Me? Young Lives Caught in War and Conflict by Laurel Holliday (editor)
A Stranger Came Ashore by Mollie Hunter
How to Write Poetry by Paul B. Janeczko
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez
Knock at a Star: A child's introduction to poetry by Dorothy and X. J. Kennedy
Just One Flick of a Finger by Marybeth Lorbiecki
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Ann M. Martin
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
A Face in Every Window by Han Nolan
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye
What Have You Lost? by Naomi Shihab Nye (editor)
Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill
In My Hands: Memories of a holocaust rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
East by Edith Pattou
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
If by Sarah Perry
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
Let It Shine! Stories of black women freedom fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney
New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
After Hamelin by Bill Richardson
Growing Up Native American by Patricia Riley (editor)
Shakespeare: His Work and His World by Michael J. Rosen
Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem renaissance by Jack Rummel
God Went to Beauty School by Cynthia Rylant
The Heavenly Village by Cynthia Rylant
The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant
Island Boyz: Short stories by Graham Salisbury
Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka
Quotations for Kids by J. A. Senn (compiler)
Sierra by Diane Siebert
The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
Neighborhood Odes by Gary Soto
Knots in My Yo-Yo- String: The autobiography of a kid by Jerry Spinelli
Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley
Popcorn by James Stevenson
My Season with Penquins: An Antarartic journal by Sophie Webb
Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin
Good Luck Gold and Other Poems by Janet Wong
A Suitcase of Seaweed by Janet Wong
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
The Lost Garden by Laurence Yep
Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen


William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance by Kathi Appelt
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Jennifer Armstrong
5 Avi Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel
6 Bierman, Carol Journey to Ellis Island: How My Father Came to America
7 Cameron, Ann Colibri
8 Cart, Michael (compiler) Tomorrowland: Ten Stories About the Future
9 Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw
10 Clements, Andrew School Story, The
11 Conover, Sarah (adapter) Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents
12 Cormier, Robert Frenchtown Summer
13 Creech, Sharon Heartbeat
14 Creech, Sharon Love That Dog
15 Creech, Sharon Wanderer, The
16 Crutcher, Chris King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography
17 Cummings, E. E. Hist Wist and Other Poems for Children
18 Danticat, Edwidge Behind the Mountains
19 Danziger, Paula P.S. Longer Letter Later
20 Delacre, Lulu Salsa Stories
21 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie
22 Dickinson, Emily I'm Nobody! Who Are You? Poems of Emily Dickinson for Children
23 Ehrlich, Amy (editor) When I Was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up, Volume 1
24 Ehrlich, Amy (editor) When I Was Your Age: Original Stories About Growing Up, Volume 2
25 Fleischman, Paul Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, A
26 Fleischman, Paul Mind's Eye
27 Fleischman, Paul Whirligig
28 Florian, Douglas Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings
29 Fuqua, Jonathon Scott Darby
30 Gaiman, Neil Coraline
31 George, Kristine O'Connell Great Frog Race and Other Poems, The
32 George, Kristine O'Connell Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems
33 Gerstein, Mordicai Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The
34 Giff, Patricia Reilly Pictures of Hollis Woods
35 Gollub, Matthew (translator) Cool Melons Turn to Frogs: The Life and Poems of Issa
36 Greenfield, Eloise Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems
37 Greenwood, Barbara Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840, A
38 Grimes, Nikki Jazmin's Notebook
39 Herriot, James All Creatures Great and Small
40 Hesse, Karen Music of the Dolphins, The
41 Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust
42 Hill, Christine Ten Hispanic American Authors
43 Ho, Minfong Maples in the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty
44 Holbrook, Sara Walking on the Boundaries of Change
45 Holliday, Laurel (editor) Why Do They Hate Me? Young Lives Caught in War and Conflict
46 Hunter, Mollie Stranger Came Ashore, A
47 Janeczko, Paul B. How to Write Poetry
48 Jimenez, Francisco Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, The
49 Kennedy, Dorothy Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry
50 Kennedy, X. J. Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry
51 Konigsburg, E. L. View from Saturday, A
52 Lamb, Charles Tales from Shakespeare
53 Lamb, Mary Tales from Shakespeare
54 Lorbiecki, Marybeth Just One Flick of a Finger
55 Martin, Ann M. P.S. Longer Letter Later
56 Mathis, Sharon Bell Hundred Penny Box, The
57 Nelson, Theresa Ruby Electric: A Novel
58 Nolan, Han Face in Every Window, A
59 Nye, Naomi Shihab 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
60 Nye, Naomi Shihab (editor) Salting the Ocean, 100 Poems by Young People
61 Nye, Naomi Shihab (editor) What Have You Lost?
62 O'Neill, Mary Hailstones and Halibut Bones
63 Opdyke, Irene Gut In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
64 Park, Barbara Mick Harte Was Here
65 Pattou, Edith East
66 Paulsen, Gary My Life in Dog Years
67 Peck, Richard Year Down Yonder, A
68 Perry, Sarah If
69 Pierce, Tamora Trickster's Choice
70 Pinkney, Andrea Davis Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
71 Prelutsky, Jack New Kid on the Block
72 Richardson, Bill After Hamelin
73 Riley, Patricia (editor) Growing Up Native American
74 Rosen, Michael J. Shakespeare: His Work and His World
75 Rummel, Jack Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
76 Rylant, Cynthia God Went to Beauty School
77 Rylant, Cynthia Heavenly Village, The
78 Rylant, Cynthia Van Gogh Cafe, The
79 Salisbury, Graham Island Boyz: Short Stories
80 Scieszka, Jon Squids Will Be Squids
81 Senn, J. A. (compiler) Quotations for Kids
82 Siebert, Diane Sierra
83 Silverstein, Shel Falling Up
84 Silverstein, Shel Light in the Attic, A
85 Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
86 Smith, Robert Kimmel War with Grandpa, The
87 Soto, Gary Neighborhood Odes
88 Spinelli, Jerry Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid
89 Stanley, Diane Leonardo da Vinci
90 Stevenson, James Popcorn
91 Webb, Sophie My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal
92 Werlin, Nancy Black Mirror
93 Wong, Janet Good Luck Gold and Other Poems
94 Wong, Janet Suitcase of Seaweed, A
95 Woodson, Jacqueline Locomotion
96 Yee, Lisa Millicent Min, Girl Genius
97 Yep, Laurence Lost Garden, The
98 Yolen, Jane Dragon's Blood