Sam Swope
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For the Kentucky businessman, see Sam Swope (businessman).
Sam Swope is an author and the 2006 Thurber House children's writer in residence.[1]
Works by Swope include I Am a Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories, a memoir recounting three years Swope spent teaching writing students at a Queens, New York, public school.[2] I Am a Pencil won a 2005 Christopher Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, The Bechtel Prize, and was "named one of the best books of 2004 by Publishers Weekly."[3]
Swope has reviewed books for the New York Times.[4]
Books
- I Am a Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories ISBN 978-0-8050-7851-0
- The Araboolies of Liberty Street ISBN 978-0-374-30390-7
- The Krazees ISBN 978-0-374-44090-9
- Gotta Go! Gotta Go! ISBN 978-0-374-42786-3
- Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants ISBN 978-0-374-33670-7
References
- ↑ "Factiva Search". Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ↑ Bohjalian, Chris. "Putting young lives to paper / Children's author takes a detour to teach writing at an immigrant-heavy New York grade school". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ↑ "Sam Swope - Biography". Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ↑ Swope, Sam (2006-12-03). "Peter Pan Books - Books - Review - New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
External links
- http://www.samswope.org/
- "Young Writers in Queens: 'I Am a Pencil' : NPR". Retrieved 2008-06-23.
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