Author Study Resources

Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)

Kindergarten	Grade 1	Grade 2
Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
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Content Standard 2.0: Literature - Students interpret and analyze the meaning of literary works from diverse cultures and authors by applying different critical lenses and analytic techniques. MCPS Indicators - Evaluation of Literary Works - 2.(grade level).4 - i.e., 2.3.4 = 3rd grade; Characteristics of Literary Genres - 2._.1; Comprehension, Interpretation and Analysis of Text - 2._.2; Comparison of Literary Forms From Diverse Cultures - 2._.3

 

Kindergarten Rosemary Wells Author's own page Teacher Resource Page Interview of Rosemary Wells (with audio track) Lesson Ideas Eric Hill About the Author Book list with synopses Pat Hutchins Author's own page Teacher Resource Page Biographical informartion and synopses Donald Crews Story by the author about how he writes Book list with synopses Charlotte Zolotow Official Page Biography Book list with synopses Tana Hoban Biography and Bibliography Bulletin of Children's Literature Book list with synopses Back to Author Study Matrix

Grade One Arnold Lobel Author Information from publisher Featured Author: Arnold Lobel Teacher Resource File Four poems by Arnold Lobel put to music Ezra Jack Keats Author information from publisher Teacher Resource File The making of a Keats picture book Keats in a preschool classroom - MCPS (Springbrook HS Career Child Development Program - grant from Keats Foundation) Eric Carle Author's website Eric Carle FAQ Teacher Resource File Scholastic - Carle Author Study Featured Author: Eric Carle Lois Ehlert Author Information from publisher The garden books of Lois Ehlert Kevin Henkes Author's website Featured Author: Kevin Henkes Book list with synopses Teacher Resource Page Mark Brown PBS Page about Marc Brown including Q & A MCPS elit author study - Discovering Marc Brown Get to Know the Author Publisher's site - Authur Authur character masks - PBS Authur character bookmarks - PBS Arthur electronic postcards - PBS Back to Author Study Matrix

Grade Two Maurice Sendak Author biography PBS American Masters - biography includes video interview Synopses of numerous books by Sendak LA Times article - Oct., 1993 James Marshall Publisher's Biographical information Featured Author: James Marshall James Marshall Interview Teacher Resource Page Vera Williams Author biography in the own words - (scroll down page) Author's talk and readings (with video) Teacher Resource Page Faith Ringgold Author's own page Artist's Profile Story Quilt lesson Gail Gibbons Author's own page Book list with synopses Information on numerous titles Jan Brett Author's own page - richest author site on the web Animal masks from stories Send Jan Brett a letter Tomie dePaola Tomie dePaola - site by 'fan' /former employee Autobiographical sketch Interview with author About the author News article, including writing tips from the author Ann Cameron Author's own page includes FAQs and ideas for teachers Author information Random House author biography Publisher's synopsis for each title Back to Author Study Matrix

Grade Three Barbara Cooney Author biography in her own words Author Information Tribute to Barbara Cooney Her craft Bill Peet Biographical information Memorial tribute - A Man of Many Talents Beverly Cleary Author's site Author Profile Cleary Sculpture Garden - Portland, Oregon Author study - MCPS Interview William Steig Author's site Interview - Boston Globe 6/22/97 Synopses of several books Cynthia Rylant Autobiographical information Autobiographical letter to students Publisher's synopsis for each title Spotlight on Cynthia Rylant Joanna Cole Biographical Information Meet the Author - about the writing process and biographical information Autobiographical information Synopses and reviews - over 100 books by Cole Nikki Giovanni Interview with Nikki Giovanni Biographical information and ideas on writing Information on numerous poetry books Q and A with students Chronology of her work Description of bookstore appearance Leo Lionni Bibliographical information Lionni answers questions about writing NY Times review of his autobiography Lionni author study - (posted for 1st grade, but well designed) Back to Author Study Matrix

Grade Four Bette Bao-Lord Interview - 5/90 after writing Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic Biography - Notable immigrants Phyllis Reynolds-Naylor Biography and FAQs Biographical and describes how Reynolds-Naylor writes Biographical information and book synopses "Facts about Phyllis" Lynne Cherry Background information written for students Author Information - including environmental suggestions for students Interview w/ author about the environment Synopses of books Author profile regarding environmental issues Lynne Cherry - as artist-in-residence at Princeton U. Eloise Greenfield Biography and synopses of selected works Author history and synopses of selected works Interview with Eloise Greenfield (1993) NCTE Award of Excellence for Poetry (1997) - artist's profile (PDF file) Listing of author's works Patricia Polacco Author's site Biography and FAQs Autobiographical information and synopses of books Teacher resource page Article - Time for Kids online Patricia Polacco - A Woman's Voice of Remembrance Lesson plan - compares Patricia Polacco's family to that of the student Lee Bennett Hopkins Biographical Sketch Brief Biography Lee Bennett Hopkins on "The Power of Poetry" Lee Bennett Hopkins is Still the "Little Kid from Newark" Byrd Baylor Biographical information and synopses of books Book reviews Byrd Baylor - naturalist Synopses of books Southwest Children's Literature - by title ---book reviews and lesson ideas Seymour Simon Author's site Brief biography Biographical information Synopses of books Eve Bunting Brief biography Autobiographical information Interview with Author - written for students Synopses of books Letter to readers Book reviews and activities Back to Author Study Matrix

Grade Five Jean Fritz Biography and synopses of selected works Autobiographical information Biographical information and books listed by century Interview with author Review/Appreciation Yoshika Uchida Unable to find quality information at this time Amazon book list by Uchida Japan Resource list - do a find on "Uchida" to locate info on The Dancing Kettle and Other Japanese Folk Tales and The Two Foolish Cats Chris Van Allsburg Bibliographical information, book synopses and classroom connections The World of Chris Van Allsburg Interview for students Acceptance speech for Caldecott Medal (1986) - The Polar Express Biographical information Virginia Hamilton Author's site (posted prior to her death in Feb., 2002) Biographical information and synopses of books Teacher Resource Page Message from Virginia Hamilton and biographical information Virginia Hamilton Conference - established at Kent State U., Ohio Journal Writing with Virginia Hamilton Betsy Byars Publisher's biographical information Biographical information and synopses of books Betsy Byars: Techniques and Themes Patricia Lauber Unable to find much quality information at this time Brief Biography Hurricanes - summary, features, teaching ideas (opens as pdf file) Amazon book list by Patricia Lauber Lauber Papers Ralph Fletcher Author's own page Publisher's synopses of three titles Review of Poetry Matters Tips for young writer's - from author's website Langston Hughes The Academy of American Poets - bibliography and poetry selections America's Story Collection (Library of Congress) Biographical Information Teacher Resource Page Modern American Poetry - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Hughes Timeline - PBS (interactive and text versions) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - Harlem 1900-1940 Hughes readings by Ossie Davis - (select ".ra" format for Real Audio on MCPS computers) Back to Author Study Matrix

General Author listings - numerous authors Internet School Library Media Center - Index of Children's and Young Adults' Authors and illustrators Authors at Random House - including Marc Brown, Leo Lionni, Faith Ringgold Educational Paperback Association - biographies of their top 100 children's authors Children's Book Council - Author Illustrator Archives The Children's Author Web Guide - extensive list of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults Autobiographies: Children's Author's & Illustrators (alphabetical listing by author) Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - including Byars, Carle, Cooney, Fritz, Hamilton, Henkes, Hutchins, Marshall, Reynolds-Naylor, Simon ATN Book Lists (librarian recommendations by by genre, author, theme, values etc.) Hall Kids Illustrators.com - reviews and synopses of books by author Random House's Teacher's Guides (by title) Random House's online catalog by author with book synopses Scholastic's author study Perfection Learning Author's site Learning About authors - alphabetical (Vandergrift - Rutgers) Author's addresses for letter writing List of author's birth dates by month KidsRead.com Back to Author Study Matrix

Samples of author studies from other schools Shows story element matrix - Waiau ES, Hawaii Highlights Authors for the year - Oswego City School District, NY Preparing to do author studies Author Study outline - (opens as a pdf document of 4 pages)  Integrated Literature Units by Title - UNC Charlotte Back to Author Study Matrix to resource index - The Richard Montgomery Cluster

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