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MEET THE AUTHOR: Dorothy Love
Video Description
Do you dream of being a writer? Do you have a vivid imagination and love to make up interesting stories and elaborate tales? Dorothy Love knew she was a writer from a very young age. Download the free video interview below and learn all about the wonderful books Dorothy has written and the books she likes to read herself.
Do you remember on the video when Dorothy Love says that she always knew she was a writer. “A writer who hadn’t been published yet, but still a writer.”
Questions & Extended Learning Activities
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Children's Book Council
Maybe you’d like to be a published writer too. First you need a story. The Children’s Book Council’s famous authors like Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events) and Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House Series) give you the first few lines to get you started and then you finish the story. Click here for their story starters.
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Stone Soup
Do you have a completed story that you’re really proud of? Send it to Stone Soup, www.stonesoup.com, a magazine written for and by kids. Look at their contributor guidelines for submission and send in your story. Also take a moment and listen to other young authors read aloud.
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Creative Kids
Creative Kids is the nation’s largest magazine by and for kids. The magazine bursts with games, stories, and opinions for and by kids ages 8–14.
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New Moon
Calling all girls! New Moon is a magazine uniquely created by girls 8-14 filled with fiction, poetry, artwork, science, articles about the lives of girls and women around the globe. For their submission guidelines click here:
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Dorothy Love
Visit Dorothy Love's website to learn more about her books and her life as a writer.
Recommended Books
- The Puppeteer's Apprentice (Aladdin Historical Fiction)
- Author : D. Anne Love
- ASIN : 0689844255
- Semiprecious
- Author : D. Anne Love
- ASIN : 0689856385
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series)
- Author :
- ASIN : B0009X7664
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