Sam Swope Explained

Sam Swope is an author and the 2006 Thurber House children's writer in residence.

Works by Swope include I Am a Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories, a memoir recounting three years Swope spent teaching writing students at a Queens, New York, public school.^[1]

I Am a Pencil won a 2005 Christopher Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, The Bechtel Prize, and was "named one of the best books of 2004 by Publishers Weekly."^{[2] [3]}

Swope has reviewed books for the New York Times.^[4]

Books

• I Am a Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories;
• The Araboolies of Liberty Street;
• The Krazees;
• Gotta Go! Gotta Go!;
• Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants;

Notes and References

1. News: Putting young lives to paper/Children's author takes a detour to teach writing at an immigrant-heavy New York grade school. The San Francisco Chronicle. 2008-06-23. Chris. Bohjalian. 2004-08-01.
2. Web site: Sam Swope bio. 2008-06-23.
3. Web site: Young Writers in Queens: 'I Am a Pencil': NPR. . 2008-06-23.
4. News: Peter Pan Books. The New York Times. 2008-06-23. Sam. Swope. 2006-12-03.