NO MAP, GREAT TRIP

In this extraordinary memoir, Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reflects on growing up with his award- winning father, Sid Fleischman, and details his own path to becoming a writer. An excellent choice for aspiring authors, language arts classrooms, and for fans of Gail Carson Levine's Writing Magic, Jack Prelutsky's Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry, and Ralph Fletcher's A Writer's Notebook.

Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reflects on his childhood and choices and how growing up with a father who was an award-winning author helped to shape and inspire his own writing career. The Fleischman home was extraordinary, and readers will feel like a part of the family in this humorous and aspirational chronicle. Part memoir, part travelogue (young Paul travels from California to Maine by himself), part writing book, and part reflection on art, craft, and creativity, this memorable and inspirational book is the perfect gift for aspiring writers, for language arts teachers, and for industry gatekeepers.

Paul Fleischman is the award-winning author of the Newbery Award-winning Joyful Noise and the classroom classic Seedfolks, as well as many other acclaimed and beloved titles. His books are taught and performed in classrooms across the country. His father (and Greenwillow author) Sid Fleischman also won the Newbery Medal (for The Whipping Boy), making them the only father/son Newbery pair in history.

Includes writing tips and prompts and black-and-white photographs throughout.

Paul Fleischman grew up in Santa Monica, California, the son of children's book author Sid Fleischman. Drawing on history, music, art, and theater, his books have often experimented with multiple viewpoints and performance. He received the Newbery Medal in 1989 for Joyful Noise; a Newbery Honor Award for Graven Images; the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Bull Run; and was a National Book Award Finalist for Breakout. He lives on the central coast of California.