No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer's Road to Page One by Paul Fleischman

No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer's Road to Page One by Paul Fleischman

Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reflects on his childhood with his award-winning father, Sid Fleischman, and details his own path to becoming a writer in this memorable book that is part memoir, part travelogue, and part reflection on craft and creativity.

No Map, Great Trip is an excellent choice for aspiring authors, language arts classrooms, and fans of Gail Carson Levine's Writing Magic.

Acclaimed author Paul Fleischman considers how growing up with a father who was an award-winning author helped to shape and inspire his own career. Paul and Sid Fleischman are the only father-son Newbery Medalists in history, and life in the Fleischman home was extraordinary. Readers will feel like part of the family in this humorous and aspirational chronicle.

Paul Fleischman is the author of the Newbery Award-winning Joyful Noise and the classroom classic Seedfolks, as well as many other acclaimed and beloved titles. His books are taught and performed in classrooms across the country.

Part memoir, part travelogue (young Paul travels from California to New Hampshire by himself), part writing book, and part reflection on art and creativity, this inspirational book includes black-and-white photographs, as well as writing tips and prompts just right for budding authors. No Map, Great Trip is a great gift for young writers, language arts teachers, and fans of Jack Prelutsky's Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry and Ralph Fletcher's A Writer's Notebook.

Discover the real-life adventures and creative lessons that shaped a Newbery Medalist:

• Father-Son Story: Go inside the extraordinary home of Paul and Sid Fleischman, the only father and son in history to both win the Newbery Medal.
• Hands-On Creativity: Learn how building a shortwave radio, running a hand printing press, and exploring the world are the best training for a writer.
• An Author's Journey: Follow a young Paul Fleischman on a cross-country bicycle trip and into an eighteenth-century New Hampshire house with no electricity.
• The Writing Process: Get practical, actionable tips on everything from brainstorming and research to finding your own voice, straight from the author himself.

For Joyful Noise, Paul Fleischman received a Newbery Medal, and for Graven Pictures, he received a Newbery Honor. He's also the author of the middle-grade novels Bull Run and Seedfolks, as well as the young adult novel The Mind's Eye. In northern California, he lives with his wife.