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Someone Like Me

By Patricia MacLachlan & Chris Sheban
Someone Like Me by Patricia MacLachlan & Chris Sheban digital book - Fable

Publisher Description

If you were a little girl
who listened to stories
over and over and over;
and who read books
every night,
every day,
even as her mother led her across the street,
You might be me,
a writer.

Follow a little girl in acclaimed writer Patricia MacLachlan's semi-autobiographical picture book, Someone Like Me. Filled with gorgeous and thoughtful illustrations by Chris Sheban, learn what it might take to grow up to become a writer.

A Neal Porter Book

8 Reviews

3.5
“I want so badly to love this book but it’s relatable for so few people with its specific, though lovely details. I understand the purpose of the text, but it’s hard to connect. It does bring a sense of intrigue as each page, I hoped for some way to connect. The illustrations are soft and appropriate for the text but not my style.”
“I loved the illustrations in this one. It is a wonderful encouragement for any child who enjoys reading and writing.”
“This book could have been written about me — what a beautiful little read!”

About Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan (1938-2022) was the award-winning author of many novels for children, including the Newbery Medal and Scott O’Dell Award-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall, which was adapted into a Hallmark television movie starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken. She co-wrote the teleplay for the film as well as for two sequels, Skylark and Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter’s End, based on her novels.

Honored with a Christopher Award and a National Humanities Medal among many others, MacLachlan was also the author of Baby, Waiting for the Magic, The Truth of Me, and the picture books Someone Like Me (illustrated by Chris Sheban), and The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse (illustrated by Hadley Hooper).

Chris Sheban has been awarded three gold and three silver medals from the Society of Illustrators. Some of the books he has illustrated are I Met a Dinosaur by Jan Wahl, Catching the Moon by Myla Goldberg, and What To Do With a Box by Jane Yolen. Someone Like Me is his first book with Roaring Brook Press.

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