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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Noah Mc Cullough

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about author and Scholastic Kids Press reporter Noah McCullough. Links to a list of his books and a video interview are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Patricia Hermes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about author Patricia Hermes. Links to her website, an interview, and a list of her books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Paula Danziger

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about author Paula Danziger. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Rafe Martin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Rafe Martin. Links to an interview and a list of his books are also available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Stan Berenstain

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about author Stan Berenstain. Links to an interview and to a list of his books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Tony Di Terlizzi

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about award winning author Tony DiTerlizzi. Links to an interview and a list of his books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Fredrick and Pat Mc Kissack

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Read this biography to learn about authors Fredrick and Pat McKissack. Links to an interview and a list of their books is also available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Lucia M. Gonzalez

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about award winning illustrator Diane Goode. Links to an interview and to a list of her books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Gary Soto

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides Gary Soto's brief autobiography in which he discusses his writing. Also the transcript to an interview with Soto is given along with book reviews by students.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: George Ancona

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about illustrator George Ancona. Links to an interview and to a list of his books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Karen Hesse's Biography

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out more about the Newbery awardwinning author Karen Hesse when you explore this resource. Provides a biographical description, a booklist and an interview transcript.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Nikki Giovanni

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this biography to learn about poet Nikki Giovanni. Links to an interview and a list of her books are available.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Patricia Polacco's Biography

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Visit this website for a first-person biography on author Patricia Polacco. The site also includes the transcript of an interview with Polacco, a bibliography (with summaries) of her works, and a link to her official website.
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Other

Book Page: Judith Viorst: All in the Family

For Students 3rd - 5th
An interview with Judith Viorst. In it, she talks about how her book Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days evolved from the tumultuous experience of having her now grown son Alexander, his wife, and...
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The Book Report

Kids reads.com: Karen Hesse

For Students 3rd - 8th
KidsRead.com offers a brief biography and interview with, 1998 Newbery Winner, Karen Hesse.
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The Book Report

Kids reads.com: Brian Jacques

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site gives you a biography of Brian Jacques as well as an interview with him about his writing.
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Other

Dr. Isaac Asimov Talks With Slawek Wojtowicz

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated interview with Asimov dates from 1988. It gives some biographical detail as well as insight into Asimov's working habits and reading tastes.
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The Book Report

Teen reads.com: Interview With Robert Cormier

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting chat with Robert Cormier, this page includes his views about censorship, good and evil in books, and his writing process.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: What Kind of Screen Time Parent Are You? Take This Quiz and Find Out

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An article and a quiz for parents on technology use by parents and kids. Includes a short interview with author Anya Kamenetz who wrote "The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life." [5 min.]
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Vocabulary.com

Beverly Cleary Turns 100!

For Students 3rd - 6th
This site contains a list of 10 words from an interview with the author Beverly Cleary who discussed reflections about her life and written works. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings,...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fried Green Tomatoes & Cultural Crossroads

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Having read Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, young scholars will conduct research through an interview with an elderly person from the community (a field trip to local nursing home facility) to determine the...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anniina's Toni Morrison Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides information and critiques on Morrison's work as well as biographies, bibliographies, and interviews with Toni Morrison.
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Other

Joan Aiken: Wolves and Alternate Worlds

For Students 6th - 8th
This is short biography & an excerpt of an interview with children's author Joan Aiken. She speaks about her influences, ideas, and future writings.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Eric Carle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.