Treasures

On her website, Jeanne DuPrau writes:

I didn't really set out to "be a writer." I just wrote. Reading and writing have always been my favorite things, though for a while I wanted to be a writer and an illustrator. I still have my very first book, which I wrote when I was about five years old. It's called Frosty the Snowman, has five pages, and is illustrated with red and green crayon.

From the thrift store: 

Phonograph recordings of the Monkees 1966 & The Frog Prince starring Kermit 1971.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkees

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_Prince_(story)

From the public library, selected by 9 yr old:

• My Side of the Mountain, coming of age book, main character 13 yr old Sam Gribley (1959) movie adapatation (1969)

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_side_of_the_mountain

• The Tale of Despereaux, great kid's castle & mouse tale (2004) movie (2008)

           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Despereaux

• City of Ember, Awesome book for children & adults by Jean DuPrau (2003), even better movie (2008)

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Ember