Imagination is usually found in dreams or in young children. Particularly Jane Yolen, this becomes reality when she composes fantasized books. As her emotions go through a roller coaster, her books carry on the same mood. Yolen produces stories with a fictional tone that reflects her life through advanced education, family journeys as a soldier’s daughter, and her desire to read. As for starters, Jane Yolen's influence was first surrounded by her family. Her father was a soldier, so she stayed with her grandparents until the death of her grandfather. Years later cancer brought her mother to her death, in which gave Yolen the opportunity to express her grief and yearn for cherished moments back in her books, such as The Bird of Time and Cards …show more content…
Her mother took her school after school for the best there was. Her expectations were so meticulous that they even put a false address to register to a school until caught. In a year, Yolen was in approximately a dozen schools. Jane began to have a heart towards reading at a very young age. Once she was stable in one school Jane Yolen read the whole first semester’s worth of reading over night. Nevertheless her love for reading shot her up to the second grade. By this, she desired to achieve greatly, and through her fortitude she was introduced to writing, “Yolen wrote the lyrics and music for the school musical, in which everyone was a particular vegetable.” (Jane Yolen, Vol. 22). An evaluator couldn’t agree more, one of the main prerogatives of, “early educational experiences…. have greatly influenced her writing.” (Jane Yolen, Vol. 22). By this Yolen achieved the position as a secretary three years in a row and skill to memorize student names allowed her to create character names. Each accomplishment was a step to greater achievement for her even by sixth grade “her talent for reading, writing, music, and leadership was apparent, and she was tested for one of the New York special schools for gifted students. She was accepted to Hunter, an all-girl's school” (Jane Yolen, Vol. 22). Reading may have been one great impact