Popular Nonfiction Authors for Children: A Biographical and Thematic Guide

by Margaret Coggins, Jane H. Imber, Flora R. Wyatt

Overview

Introduce students to some of today's best nonfiction authors and their writing-and promote nonfiction reading to young learners! Engaging biographical sketches of 65 current nonfiction authors (some of them award winners) are accompanied by selective, annotated bibliographies for further reading. In addition, author photos and an author message to students enhance the experience. Biographies outline the childhoods of the authors, how they became writers, and how they go about their work. A detailed subject index allows you to plan thematic units of study and to assist students in finding reading material that matches their interests. A diversity of current authors and subjects are represented in this useful work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563084089
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/15/1998
Series:	Popular Authors Series
Pages:	207
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

About the Author

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Editorial Reviews

Gr 5 Up-This volume introduces 65 writers of nonfiction, such as Seymour Simon, Laurence Pringle, Bruce McMillan, Kathryn Lasky, Gail Gibbons, James Cross Giblin, Franklyn Branley, Jean Fritz, and Aliki. The criteria for inclusion requires that individuals are living and have more than one informational book currently in print. The fields of folklore, poetry, and drama are not included. The two-to-three page entries begin with headings that provide birthdays and addresses and a black-and-white photo, followed by biographical essays that discuss the authors' early lives and careers. Each subject has provided a "Message to Students" that ranges in length from one sentence to half a page and generally encourage youngsters to read, write, and think. The annotated bibliographies include several of the featured writers' books. In addition to the author/title index, a subject index lists the authors under specific topics, e.g., "Frontier and Pioneer Life," "Pets," and "African Americans." Although the preface states that the essays are primarily for teachers, they are accessible and interesting to children as well. This book will be a useful addition to collections that are heavily used for author studies. Although this information is available in sources such as Something about the Author (Gale), this title offers an inexpensive alternative.-Priscilla Bennett, State University of West Georgia

School Library Journal

The authors culled their list of favorite contemporary nonfiction authors from years of teaching and serving an elementary school audience. Biographical sketches of 65 authors include information from phone interviews and other sources, a photograph, the author's personal message to students, and a selected bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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