Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Author Study: Book Cover Rubric
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an author study reproducible. A rubric is provided to help assess an author study project.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Author Study Letter Rubric
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a rubric. Each student will write a letter to an author of choice, and afterword, this rubric may be used to assess each letter.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Lewis Carroll
This site features the author Lewis Carroll including a biography and the full text of four children's novels: Alice in Wonderland (Illustrated), Alice's Adventures Under Ground, The Hunting of the Snark, and Through the Looking-Glass.
Other
Almost Completely True Adventures of Dav Pilkey
Author-illustrator Dav Pilkey tells his life story in his amusing comic strip form. The biography must be downloaded and is in PDF form.
CPALMS
Cpalms: What's So Great About Kevin Henkes?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will serve as researchers of author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. With prompting, students will read three books by Kevin Henkes. They will recall information from the text to...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Formal Letter for Author Study
This Daily Teaching Tools lesson explains how to write a business letter to an author. It also provides a rubric.
Other
Career Spotlight: Illustrator
This interview reveals how one illustrator has found success and gratification in her career.
Axelson Academy
Axelson Academy: The Roles of the Author and the Illustrator in Literature
This video resource explains the roles that authors and illustrators have in literature.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Video Interviews With Top Children's Authors and Illustrators
A large collection of video interviews, along with biographical profiles, with well-known children's authors.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Wide Awake Pleasure Book by American Authors and Artists
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Wide Awake Pleasure Book: Gems of Literature and Art by American Authors and Artists (c1887), a collection of illustrated stories.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Little Ones' Welcome by Favorite American Authors
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Ones' Welcome by Favorite American Authors (1886), featuring illustrated stories and poem.
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental: Meet the Authors and Illustrators: Pam Munoz Ryan
This site includes an interview with Pam Munoz Ryan, a famous author of many children's picture books and historical fiction books. Read reviews of some of Pam Munoz Ryan's books by chidren.
Harold D. Underdown
Sample Illustrator Guidelines
A list of typical and sample guidelines a publisher may provide for potential submissions. Made specifically for illustrators.
Harold D. Underdown
Getting Out of the Art File: Tips for Book Illustrators
An excellent resource for illustrators to format their work in order to get the attention of a publisher. Intended for children's literature, but may also apply to other genres.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: An Author Study: Christopher Paul Curtis
This five-day lesson will introduce the students to the author of the novel as the beginning of a unit. The students will conduct research to obtain biographical information about the author and read/analyze summaries and critiques of...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Henry Cole
Watch while noted children's book illustrator Henry Cole talks about how his teaching background and lifelong love of nature make illustrating his perfect job. Discover the process Cole follows to illustrate a picture book.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the short story collection Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Other
Bud Plant Illustrated Books: Lynd Ward
Lynd Ward is profiled, considered a master American book illustrators, especially for his woodcut novels God's Man, Mad Man's Drum, Sons Without Words, and Vertigo.
Other
Anna Grossnickle Hines:author and Illustrator
This is the author's own personal website. Explores her life, her books and fun activities to do for young children
Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers
Canscaip: Members Directory
An extensive list of Canadian children's authors and illustrators can be found here. Most have links to biographical information and author/illustrator websites.
Other
The John Bianchi Web Site
This author-illustrator homepage features reviews, a bibliography, a biography, and how to schedule an author visit.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Natalie Babbitt's Biography
General biography of the author, written from her point of view. Includes a list of Babbitt's published works, and a photograph of the author, plus links to interview transcripts.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Author Study Motivates Kids to Learn and Grow as Readers
A teaching resource with a instructional activity on completing an author study with students. Includes links to free downloadable samples, requirements, rubrics, and more to use along with this unit.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Author Study Motivates Kids to Learn and Grow as Readers
A teaching resource with a lesson on completing an author study with students. Includes links to free downloadable samples, requirements, rubrics, and more to use along with this unit.
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