Reviews

Out of the Mold: Independent Voices Breaking Out of the Mold by Jane Yolen, Peter Sís, Virginia Hamilton, Lee Smith, Connie May Fowler, Clifton L. Taulbert, Annie Lamott, Amy Tan, Jerry Pinkney, Mark Gerzon, Paul Fleischman, Phillip Lopate, Richard Louv, Jill S. Perlstein, Jon Scieszka, Rosemary Wells, Terry Kay, Lynne Reid Banks, Sandra Kitt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Barry Lopez, David Nevin, David Holt, Rebecca Wells, Doug Marlette, David Guterson, John Egerton, David Chanoff, Nikki Giovanni

manwithanagenda's review against another edition

3.0

This is a neat little book, I wish I could find an image of the cover online...oh well. It is an anthology meant to support the Independent bookseller and has contributions from many established writers and artists, including some illustrations by Peter Sis, a poem from Jane Yolen, stories/essays by Lynne Reid Banks, John Scieszka, Amy Tan, Rosemary Wells...it is a deceptively slim volume.

Some of the contributors focus on the subject of the independent bookseller and book tours, others on inspiration and influence, others fill in gaps in their bibliography (notably Scieszka who delivers the 'missing' story from the Stinky Cheese man).

Go on, check it out.