I got so involved in my artist autobiographical series that I actually forgot about the autobiography I’d written for school. So when the teacher handed mine back to me, I held it for a moment as if it were something brand new.
At last I opened it. And I couldn’t help smiling.
The teacher had given me a B –. “An A + for content and design, Claudia,” she’d written across the top of the first page. “Very impressive. But you still need to work on organization, grammar, and spelling. Keep up the good work!”
My parents would be pleased. I was pleased, too. But as I said, the grade wasn’t so important. I’d learned what I needed to know.
And when I was a famous artist, maybe I’d write another autobiography….
The author gratefully acknowledges
Nola Thacker
for her help in
preparing this manuscript.
About the Author
ANN M. MARTIN is the acclaimed and bestselling author of a number of novels and series, including Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor book), A Dog’s Life, Here Today, P.S. Longer Letter Later (written with Paula Danziger), the Family Tree series, the Doll People series (written with Laura Godwin), the Main Street series, and the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club. She lives in New York.
Copyright © 1995 by Ann M. Martin
Interior art and cover drawing by Angelo Tillery
Cover painting by Hodges Soileau
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First edition, 1995
e-ISBN 978-1-338-09278-3
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