Memoirs

Personal Expressive Writing

A memoir is one form of personal expressive writing.  
     Memoirs are focused on the significance of a relationship and are supported by memories of specific experiences.  It may focus on any individual person, place, animal or thing.  The success of the memoir lies in the writer's ability to provide the reader with an understanding of the importance of the relationship.

Author

Title

NSE Library Call Number
Ackerman Song and Dance Man E A
Baker Where the forest meets the sea E B
Cameron Stories Julian tells Easy chapter books
Cooney Hattie and the wild waves E C
Cooney Miss Rumphius E C
Crews Bigmama's  B CRE
Crews Shortcut E C
DePaola The art lesson E D
Fritz Homesick: My own story F FRI
Hendershot In coal country E H
Houston My great aunt Arizona B HUG
Johnson Lost E J
Lyon Come a tide E L
McLerran Roxaboxen E L
McCloskey Time of wonder E M
Miles Annie and the old one Easy chapter books
Mitchell Uncle Jed's barbershop E M
Polacco Babushka's doll E P
Polacco Chicken Sunday E P
Polacco My rotten, redheaded older brother E P
Polacco Pink and Say E P
Polacco The keeping quilt E P
Rylant The relatives came E R
Say Grandfather's journey E S
Van Allsburg The stranger E V
Viorst Rosie and Michael E V
Viorst The tenth good thing about Barney E V
Wilder Little house on the prairie F WIL
Wilhelm I'll always love you E W
Williams Three days on a river in a red canoe E W
Williams A chair for my mother E M


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