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Inside Story
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Inside Story offers a step-by-step guide for both young students and teachers on how to plan, draft, and write stories creatively. This book breaks down the key elements necessary for storytelling, guiding young writers through the process of making a start, planning, writing, and editing their...
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Description
Inside Story offers a step-by-step guide for both young students and teachers on how to plan, draft, and write stories creatively.
This book breaks down the key elements necessary for storytelling, guiding young writers through the process of making a start, planning, writing, and editing their stories.
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ISBN: 9781742036670
Publisher: Wild Dog Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 April 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: Wild Dog Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Guy Holt
DIMENSIONS
Width: 198.0mm
Height: 129.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Sue Lawson is an award-winning author. Her books have won the Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature and have been short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards. Guy is a freelance illustrator and designer with over 30 years experience working in UK, Germany, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and Australia. He specialises in technical graphics for a range of publishers and direct clients. He has produced artwork for many Wild Dog book titles.
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