My Weird Writing Tips

With more than 10 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! The ability to put thoughts into writing is an essential skill vital to success in school--from elementary school through college. Bestselling author Dan Gutman helps kids master this important skill with his fun, informative writing guide, My Weird Writing Tips . Dan offers tricks for spelling hard words, understanding the difference between similar words like "its" and "it''s," and conquering grammar stumbling blocks like commas and apostrophes. He also teaches readers how to write an engaging story, in line with the grades 2-5 Common Core goals for writing a narrative. With illustrated appearances from A.J. and Andrea, stars of his bestselling My Weird School series, and with his trademark wacky sense of humor, Dan makes learning the writing and storytelling basics so fun kids will forget they''re learning.

About the author

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 36 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.
Jim Paillot lives in Arizona (another weird place) with his weird wife and two weird children. Isn’t that weird? You can visit him on his weird website at jimpaillot.com.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Gutman, Dan Paillot Gutman, Gutman Dan
• Assisted by: Jim Paillot (Illustration), Paillot Jim (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2013
• EAN: 9780062091062
• ISBN: 978-0-06-209106-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 8 mm
• Series: My Weird School; My Weird School
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Languages; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Reading Skills, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Activity Books / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: School & Education, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Games & Activities / Word Games, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Language Arts / Journal Writing, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Humor / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Reference / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Language Arts / Vocabulary & Spelling, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Language Arts / Grammar