Janie Writes a Play

Jane Yolen's First Great Story

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Pub Date Feb 11 2025 | Archive Date Feb 11 2025

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Based on a true story to the beginning of the storied career of children’s book author Jane Yolen, written by her very own daughter.

Janie Yolen loves to read, write, dance, and sing. So when her teacher announces Janie's elementary class will perform a play, Janie is thrilled. There's just one problem . . . the play is boring. With the support of her teacher and classmates, Janie rewrites the play, resulting in a hit class musical.

An inspiring and funny look at how a writer became a writer, told by another prolific author--Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Jane's own daughter!
Based on a true story to the beginning of the storied career of children’s book author Jane Yolen, written by her very own daughter.

Janie Yolen loves to read, write, dance, and sing. So when her...

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ISBN 9781623543273
PRICE $18.99 (USD)
PAGES 32

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My daughter and I cherished this sweet story! It was so fun to watch Janie and the process of her writing her play. It got my daughter excited to write a story. So cute!

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I received an ARC of this children's book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an adorable book. The pictures were really cute and so was the story!

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She saw stories everywhere and needed to write them!

Thank you, Charlesbridge, for the ARC.

This is such a beautiful and inspiring story written on Jane Yolen who wrote more than 4 hundred books!

The writing, the illustrations, the cover and everything is just PERFECT!

This book will bring out the writer in you. No famous author was born writing perfect books from the very beginning!

Lots to learn from this book and it is so DARN PRETTY! Artist, you nailed it!

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This is a cute biography that celebrates the beginning of Jane Yolen's career as a writer, written by her own daughter. A celebration of creativity and writing.

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Thank you so much to Charlesbridge and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

Janie is an imaginative girl, she loves creating stories in her mind and writing them all down. When her school play is dull, with no plot line she creates her very own play and the teacher puts it on, bringing her the first success of her career.

This was adorable her imagination was so free and wild, she would mix so many things based on what she would see and made these wonderful stories out of it. I really liked that everyone around her supported her with her stories and imagination, helping to encourage her with her dreams.

The illustrations were absolutely beautiful, I loved seeing her vibrancy and her full on imagination come to life with each of the pages. This was a wonderful story and I loved reading about her young life that helped stem her future career as a writer.

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Janie Writes a Play
Jane Yolen's First Great Story
by Heidi E. Y. Stemple
Pub DateFeb 11 2025
Charlesbridge
Biographies & Memoirs| Children's Nonfiction



Charlesbridge and Netgalley sent me a copy of Janie Writes a Play for review:


This is a true story about the beginning of the storied career of children's book author Jane Yolen, written by her own daughter.


Janie Yolen enjoys reading, writing, dancing, and singing. So Janie is thrilled when her teacher announces her elementary class will perform a play. There is only one problem with the play. It's boring. With the support of her teacher and classmates, Janie rewrites the play, resulting in a hit class musical.


I give Janie Writes A Play five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

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A lovely, beautifully illustrated story about children's book author Jane Yolen, penned by her daughter. Will inspire readers 5-8 and anyone who wants to write.

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Beautifully illustrated! A fun book to introduce biographies to students. well-written story that motivates children to pursue what makes them tick!

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See my full review at https://michelleardillo.com/2024/09/03/book-review-janie-writes-a-play-by-heidi-e-y-stemple-and-illustrated-by-madelyn-goodnight/.

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This is a fantastic biography book that celebrates the beginning of Jane Yolen's career as a writer, written by her own daughter Heidy Y. Stemple. This book is a celebration of creativity and writing skills. I like that the teacher Mrs. Jiler was very supportive of the young girls with talents.The illustrations are colorful with a lot of kids and events from the past in the home of Jane or in the school. I really enjoyed reading this book from the NetGalley about the beginning of writing od Jane Yolen!

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Follow Janie as she goes about her day imagining stories, and rewrites her class play. A good title that speaks to creative writing and creativity, and fostering individuality.

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Love it! Engaging picture book biography of Jane Yolen focusing on her life long love of writing and the first play she wrote and performed at her school. A winner. We will be purchasing copies.

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I recommend this book on three shelves in my True Story Bookshop:
📕 True Stories~Women’s History
📕 True Stories~Book People
📕 True Stories~Stage and Screen
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I requested this for you daughter. We like tonread before bed time. This was such a cute book. She's falling in love with reading just like me and this book was great for that.
This boom shows how Janie speaks up and uses her imagination and writes her own play. This gives confidence and inspires little children ti be more creative.

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