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Memoir writing is a growing phenomenon, and not just by celebrities and politicians. Everyone has a story to tell, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides hopeful writers with the tools they need to share their life stories with the world and become published authors.

With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions—along with helpful tips and advice on how to get published—Memoir Writing For Dummies shows you how to put pen to paper and hone the craft of writing a truly compelling memoir. You''ll get advice on how to explore your memories, map out your story, perfect your plot, setting, character, and dialogue, and so much more.

Packed with proven tips and writing tricks of the trade, Memoir Writing For Dummies gives you everything you need to ensure your life story is never forgotten.

Memoir writing is a growing phenomenon, and not just by celebrities and politicians. Everyone has a story to tell, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides hopeful writers with the tools they need to share their life stories with the world and become published authors.

With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions—along with helpful tips and advice on how to get published—Memoir Writing For Dummies shows you how to put pen to paper and hone the craft of writing a truly compelling memoir. You''ll get advice on how to explore your memories, map out your story, perfect your plot, setting, character, and dialogue, and so much more.

Packed with proven tips and writing tricks of the trade, Memoir Writing For Dummies gives you everything you need to ensure your life story is never forgotten.

Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies is your skeleton key to creating the kind of fiction that grips readers and compels them to keep turning pages (even if it''s well past their bedtime!)

You''ll start with the basics of creative writing—including character, plot, and scene—and strategies for creating engaging stories in different forms, such as novels, short stories, scripts, and video games. After that, get beginner-friendly and straightforward advice on worldbuilding, before diving headfirst into genre-specific guidance for science fiction, horror, and fantasy writing.

This book also offers:

The perfect beginner''s guide for aspiring writers with an interest in horror, fantasy, or science fiction, Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies is the first and last resource you need before you start building your next story about faraway lands, aliens, and fantastic adventures.

Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies is your skeleton key to creating the kind of fiction that grips readers and compels them to keep turning pages (even if it''s well past their bedtime!)

You''ll start with the basics of creative writing—including character, plot, and scene—and strategies for creating engaging stories in different forms, such as novels, short stories, scripts, and video games. After that, get beginner-friendly and straightforward advice on worldbuilding, before diving headfirst into genre-specific guidance for science fiction, horror, and fantasy writing.

This book also offers:

The perfect beginner''s guide for aspiring writers with an interest in horror, fantasy, or science fiction, Writing Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Horror For Dummies is the first and last resource you need before you start building your next story about faraway lands, aliens, and fantastic adventures.

Unlock your storytelling journey with expert guidance

Memoir writing isn’t just for celebrities and politicians. For anyone prone to self-reflection and ready to give shape to your memories and experiences, Memoir Writing For Dummies is your definitive guide. This book offers  a concrete roadmap for writing a captivating memoir. Get advice on exploring your past, mapping out your story, and perfecting your plot, setting, character, and dialogue. You’ll also find information on recruiting the help of AI and digital media for a more dynamic storytelling experience. Whether you’re an amateur author with a story to tell or a bestselling author trying out a new genre, Memoir Writing For Dummies will guide you every step of the way.

Everyone has a story worth sharing, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides would-be memoirists with the essential tools they need to share their life stories with the world and become published authors.

Unlock your storytelling journey with expert guidance

Memoir writing isn’t just for celebrities and politicians. For anyone prone to self-reflection and ready to give shape to your memories and experiences, Memoir Writing For Dummies is your definitive guide. This book offers  a concrete roadmap for writing a captivating memoir. Get advice on exploring your past, mapping out your story, and perfecting your plot, setting, character, and dialogue. You’ll also find information on recruiting the help of AI and digital media for a more dynamic storytelling experience. Whether you’re an amateur author with a story to tell or a bestselling author trying out a new genre, Memoir Writing For Dummies will guide you every step of the way.

Everyone has a story worth sharing, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides would-be memoirists with the essential tools they need to share their life stories with the world and become published authors.

They burp. They fart. They creak. They crack. Bodies make MUSIC!

A 2024 CBC Children’s Favorites Winner

A 2024 CBC Teacher Favorites Winner

A 2024 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner

“Yolen and Van Cleave give voice to bodily noises—from butts that “BOOM” to giggles and gasps—in a riotously silly poetry collection perfectly tuned to a toilet humor–loving audience.”—Publishers Weekly

“Funny, fact-filled, and succinct, this title will have broad appeal beyond the elementary aged audience it is intended for. A recommended first purchase.”—School Library Journal

And let's face it: kids love every note! In Body Music, bestselling authors Jane Yolen and Ryan G. Van Cleave bring their trademark wit to fifteen hilarious poems that celebrate the sounds of the human body, from sniffles to snaps, sneezes to wheezes, hiccups to yawns, and more! Each poem is illustrated with bright, lively artwork and is accompanied by scientific facts that answer questions like: What is a knuckle crack? Why do we sneeze? and What makes a tummy rumble? Funny and secretly educational, Body Music has it all: science, history, language arts, and farts!

From the book:

What Is Body Music?:

It can be accidental sounds, responses to pain, surprise, fear. But there are also folk traditions of many different countries that use body percussion, which is the art of using the body to create vibrations and sounds. Examples of body percussion include West Africa’s hambone, Ethiopian armpit music, and the hand clapping in Spanish Flamenco.

Twenty-six poets, from Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple to Charles Waters and Marilyn Singer, cheer, wail, and salute the classroom in this silly tribute to school.

Calculators and erasers, school buses and pop quizzes, recess and a school vacation countdown—nothing about the school day (or school year) is out of bounds in this poetry collection from today’s best children’s poets.

The Poets

Micha Archer

Cate Berry

Cynthia Cotton

Audrey Day-Williams

Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Matt Forrest Esenwine

David Griswold

Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs

Jarret Keene

Alethea Kontis

Jane Kurtz

Irene Latham

Lynn Marie

Linda Elovitz Marshall

Eileen Meyer

Diane Ochiltree

Casey Robinson

Michelle Schaub

Marilyn Singer

Ruth Spiro

Heidi E.Y. Stemple

C. M Surrisi

Ryan G. Van Cleave

Charles Waters

Kay Winters

Jane Yolen

A joyful collection of Eve Merriam’s beloved poetry packed with sound, rhythm, and wordplay.

Poetry is meant to be savored, and this playful collection invites young readers to jump right in.

In How to Eat a Poem, Eve Merriam delivers a lively feast of language where words twist, tumble, splash, and sing. Riddles, counting poems, and sound driven verses bring everyday moments to life, from spaghetti that winds and winds to rain that goes drip drop and machines that swish swash.

Perfect for reading aloud, shared laughter, and classroom discovery, these poems build a child’s ear for language while celebrating the sheer fun of words. A fresh, irresistible invitation to taste poetry one delicious bite at a time.

A fast-paced, interactive adventure series for kids, featuring death-defying moments in history. This time featuring the Titanic!

The sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912, remains the most famous maritime disaster in history. Young readers make decisions and determine their own survival by joining twelve-year-old Alexander Hale aboard the doomed ocean liner in Decide & Survive: Titanic.

Don't forget: YOU, the reader, are in the driver's seat! This time it's 1912, and you're twelve-year-old Alexander Hale, a first-class passenger on the maiden voyage of the world's most celebrated ship. Along the way, you can chase a crew boy through the hidden corridors below decks, uncover a conspiracy hidden in a leather satchel, open the locked gates trapping steerage passengers below, or help the wireless operators send one last distress signal. But when the iceberg looms ahead, every choice matters, and not every path leads to a lifeboat!

With each page turn YOU decide which way the story unravels. This book like no other—to be used in a variety of ways—challenges puzzle-solving readers and ignites a love of history for life. The perfect gift or educational book, slyly written as an interactive narrative adventure, will delight and enthrall avid and reluctant readers with its energy and excitement.

As an added educational bonus, extensive backmatter includes a timeline, information about class divisions aboard the Titanic, survival rates by ticket class, profiles of real people from the disaster, surprising facts, details about the maritime safety laws the sinking changed forever, and a bibliography.

Step inside a bustling beehive and discover is secrets through flaps, wheels, touch-and-feel spots, and more!

What does a bee see when it flies from flower to flower? How does a queen rule an entire colony? And just who makes all that honey? Find out in The Interactive Beehive, a fully immersive look at the inner workings of a beehive.

Look inside a bee's body, spin wheels to watch a bee grow from egg to adult, reveal hidden chambers inside the hive, make a bee dance the "waggle" dance, touch sticky honeycomb, and lift countless flaps and other interactive elements that put you right in the middle of the action.

As you explore, you'll uncover how bees make honey, communicate through dancing, care for their young, and help pollinate the plants that make our world bloom. Every page is packed with surprises, fascinating facts, and hands-on discoveries.

The Interactive Beehive is your all-access pass to one of nature's most incredible communities. Get ready to think, explore, and buzz with excitement!

Dazzling and vivid, this collection includes twenty-five of William Shakespeare's most beloved poems, each illustrated with stunning, full-color collage artwork.

In this gorgeously crafted collection of poems, you’ll find twenty-five of Shakespeare’s most beloved sonnets and excerpts, each brought to life in stunning, full-color collage illustrations. With helpful definitions, critical commentary, and thought-provoking questions for each poem, The Illustrated Shakespeare is the most accessible—and beautiful—introduction to Shakespeare available! Passages include:“All the world’s a stage”“To be, or not to be, that is the question”“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”“Blow, blow, thou winter wind”“Full fathom five thy father lies”“The quality of mercy is not strained”and many more!

Eve Merriam's beloved poems tenderly hold our hearts in this timeless collection of bedtime poetry.

Eve Merriam's beloved poetry tenderly holds our hearts in this timeless collection of bedtime poetry. Gorgeous illustrations and dreamy stanzas lull even the liveliest little one off to sleep. 

"You be the tree, I'll be the pears, carry me, carry me, up the stairs."

Starry Blankets: Poems for Bedtime is perfect for lap reading or snuggling under the covers,  includes more than twenty of Merriam's most known and most loved poems. Selected from across her long career, this collection is a great introduction to this icon in children's poetry.

Nice and Tight

You be saucer,

I’ll be cup,

piggyback, piggyback,

pick me up

You be tree,

I’ll be pears,

carry me, carry me

up the stairs.

You be Good,

I’ll be Night,

tuck me in, tuck me in

nice and tight.