Different Writing Styles

Letters

  • Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Barbara Nichol, illus. by Scott Cameron. Lester, 1993 (3+)
  • The China Year, Emily Cheney Nevill. HarperCollins, 1990(5-8)
  • Dear Annie, Judith Caseley. Greenwillow, 1991 (1-4)
  • Dear Daddy…, Philippe DuPasquier. Bradbury, 1985 (1-3)
  • Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary. Morrow, 1983 (5-7)
  • Dear Mr. Sprouts, Errol Broome. Knopf, 1993 (4-6)
  • George Shrinks, William Joyce. Harper & Row, 1985 (1-3)
  • The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters, Janet & Allan Ahlberg. Little, Brown, 1986 (1+)
  • Onion Tears, Diana Kidd, illus. by Lucy Montgomery. Orchard, 1991 (3-6)
  • Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea, Vera B. Williams. Greenwillow, 1988 (2+) (postcards)

Diary/Journal

  • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank. Doubleday, 1952 (5+)
  • The Burning Questions of Bingo Grown, Betsy Byars. Viking Penguin, 1988 (5-8)
  • Catharine Called Birdy, Karen Cushman. Clarion, 1994 (5+)
  • Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary. Morrow, 1983 (5-7)
  • The Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal 1830-1832, Joan Blos. Scribner’s, 1979 (5+)
  • Hey World, Here I Am!, Jean Little, illus. by SueSue Truesdell. Harper & Row, 1989 (4-7)
  • My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George. Dutton, 1988 (1959)(4-7)
  • An Owl in the House: A Naturalist’s Diary, Bernd Heinrich. adapted by Alice Calaprice, Joy Street, 1990
  • Strider, Beverly Cleary. Morrow, 1991 (6+)
  • Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe, Vera B. Williams. Greenwillow, 1981 (2-5)
  • Z for Zachariah, Robert O’Brien. Atheneum, 1975 (5+)
  • Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo, Zlata Filipovic. Viking, 1994 (5+)

Etc.

  • Anastasia Krupnik, Lois Lowry. Houghton Mifflin, 1979 (4-6) (lists and poetry)
  • Germy Blows the Bugle, Jones. Arcade, 1990 (5-7) (newspaper)
  • Hey World, Here I Am!, Jean Little, illus. by SueSue Truesdell. Harper & Row, 1989 (4-7)(poetry)
  • Libby on Wednesday, Libby Snyder. Delacorte, 1990 (5+) (writing groups)