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- Professional Books to help you develop lesson plans
- Books about Writing for Children and Young Adults
- Children’s Books Written in a Letter or Journal Format
- Books about Children's Authors
- Some Helpful Web sites
Books about Children's Authors:
Berenstain, S. & Berenstain, J. (2002). Down a Sunny Dirt Road : an Autobiography. New York: Random House.
In alternating chapters Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears, tell their own stories from early childhood until their marriage, then continue the tale together to the present day. (B Ber)
Byars, B. (1991). The Moon and I. New York: Simon and Schuster.
While describing her humorous adventures with a blacksnake, Betsy Byars recounts childhood anecdotes and explains how she writes a book. (B Bya)
Cleary, B. (1988). A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Follows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing. (B Cle)
DePaola, T. (1999). 26 Fairmount Avenue. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy. (B DeP)
Fritz, J. (1982). Homesick: My Own Story. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
The author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her childhood in China in the 1920's. (F Fri)
Krull, K. (2004). The Boy on Fairfield Street : How Ted Geisel Grew up to Become Dr. Seuss. New York : Random House.
Introduces the life of renowned children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, popularly known as Dr. Seuss, focusing on his childhood and youth in Springfield, Massachusetts. (B Seu)
Lester, H. (1997). Author: A True story. Boston : Houghton Mifflin.
Children's author Helen Lester describes her life from age three to adulthood and discusses how she writes.(B Les)
Myers, W.D. (2001). Bad Boy: A Memoir. New York: HarperCollins.
An autobiography of Walter Dean Myers. (B Mye)
Naylor, P. R. (2001). How I Came to be a Writer. New York: Aladdin.L
Details the career of one writer from stories composed in grade school through first published pieces to novels written to date. (B Nay)
Peet, B. (1989). Bill Peet: An Autobiography. New York: Scholastic.
The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work. (B Pee)
Waltz, J.M. (2005). Write Out of the Oven: Letters and Recipes from Children’s Authors. Portsmouth, NH : Teacher Ideas Press
Information about different children authors. (810.9 Wal)
Quotes:
Write what you want to read. The person you know best in this world is you. Listen to yourself. If you are excited by what you are writing, you have a much better chance of putting that excitement over to a reader.
1(McKinley, R. 2007)
If you would not be forgotten
As soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worth reading, Or do things worth the writing.
2(Benjamin Franklin, as quoted in Smith, L. (2006). John, Paul, George, & Ben – end page)
1McKinley, R. (2007). Quotes about Writing. Retrieved on April 24, 2007 from http://koti.mbnet.fi/pasenka/quotes/q-writ.htm#The%20reader
2Smith, L. (2006). John, Paul, George & Ben. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.