![]() ![]() The American flag inappropriately displayed on cases of beer in a grocery store inspired Ryan to write The Flag We Love (Charlesbridge, 1997). An orphan who runs away and in order to survive, poses as a stableboy only to become a renowned stagecoach driver!” “Just relying on the facts alone, I couldn’t have asked for a better ‘bare bones’ outline. While researching California Here We Come (Charlesbridge, 1997) Ryan stumbled across Six-Horse Charley, a female stagecoach driver from the 1800’s. arranged to take Eleanor for a flight over Washington, D.C.” ![]() ![]() Putnam, were invited to spend the night at the White House.That night, still in formal dresses and white gloves, Amelia and G.P. “On April 20, 1933, Amelia and her husband, G.P. ![]() “Pretending, daydreaming, putting on plays in the backyard-that type of play for a young child is the best foundation for being a writer.” Although Ryan still daydreams, she’s learned to harness her wandering imagination and turn wisps of ideas, fragments of news clippings, and obscure historical references into riveting stories for children.Īmelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride (Scholastic, 1999) began as a tiny reference to Amelia Earhart’s and Eleanor Roosevelt’s night flight over the nation’s capital. As a child, Pam Muñoz Ryan retreated to her imagination to fight boredom, an exercise that has served her well as a writer. ![]()
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