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Author Spotlight


Sponsored by Houghton-Mifflin, this site includes information about several different authors. Each Author Spotlight includes book summaries, author articles and biographies, classroom connections Internet links,and an interview.

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/index.html
















Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com


Beverly Cleary
http://www.beverlycleary.com


Ted Arnold
Read an interview with the award winning author and illustrator of the Huggly books. See what he is currently working on and a step by step description of how he illustrates his funny stories. Also, see some wonderful artwork by children or print out and color your own pictures!

http://www.geocities.com/~teddarnold


Avi
Read to find out if Avi is this popular author's real name! This site includes background information about the author as well as notes about many of his books. Teachers, be sure to click on the Gift for Teachers to learn how to get audio tapes of some of his stories on tape

http://www.avi-writer.com

Robert Munsch
Read about Robert Munsch and his books, read poems, see artwork and writings by children, email Robert Munsch, see and read about the classrooms he has visited, and even listen to several stories read to you by Robert Munsch himself!

http://www.robertmunsch.com


Leo Lionni
A project done by primary students at the Beal Early Childhood Center in MA. Includes biographical information, a list of books, teacher resources and child friendly directions for creating your own mouse like Lionni.

http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/Beal/
Curriculum/media/Lionni/leolionni.html


Mary Pope Osborne
Visit the Official Magic Tree House site and preview new books in the series, work on your writing techniques in the Writer's Club, print out activities, or play the Time Slider Challenge. Site also includes teacher resources.

http://www.marypopeosborne.com/index.htm

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/
magictreehouse/

The Official Patricia Polacco Website
You will find background information, a quarterly newsletter, pictures of where Patricia Polacco works and how she goes about writing a book, pages you can print to color, quizes and puzzles. Great information for young readers and writers!

http://www.patriciapolacco.com/index.htm


Cynthia Rylant


This page offers excellent information about Cynthia Rylant's life and how she became a writer. It also includes a photo scrapbook.

http://www.cynthiarylant.com


Rosemary Wells
In addition to biographical information this site includes activities for students to do both on and off the computer in the Fun with Max and Ruby section and teacher and parent and parent resources in the For Parents and Teachers section.

http://www.rosemarywells.com

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