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Scholastic

Scholastic: Nikki Grimes Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the 2003 Coretta Scott King award winner Nikki Grimes when you explore this resource. Also provides a booklist for this author and a biography.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Russell Freedman Biography

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover more about the author Russell Freedman when you visit this site. This resource provides a biography, an interview transcript, a booklist and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Jane Yolen Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover more about the award-winning Caldecott author Jane Yolen when you explore this site. This resource provides a biography, interview transcript, booklist and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Natalie Babbitt's Biography

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Avi

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discover more about the young adult fiction writer Avi when you visit this site. This online resource provides links to lesson plans, autobiographical information and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Hugo Cabret

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore this great site about Hugo Cabret. Choose from different topics such as learning about the author, chapter summaries, activities, and much more.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Paul Fleischman

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Web English Teacher offers a group of resources for teaching and learning about author Paul Fleischman.
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Other

Paul Fleischman's Official Website

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Have you ever wanted to know more about the life and work of Paul Fleischman? Use this site to learn more about this famous children's author.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Pioneer Values in Willa Cather's My Antonio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The objective of this site is to guide students through a self-directed exploration of pioneer life in reference to the book, "My Antonio." Students will have an opportunity to work on combining the study of history and literature...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Willa Cather Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Check out this informative resource to learn more about this famous author. This site features links to several other sites dedicated to Willa Cather's life and work.
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Betsy Byars: Techniques and Themes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teachers with classes reading the works of Betsy Byars will find information on this prolific author's craft.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: A Year Down Yonder

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This resource features a lesson plan for teaching the book A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck. This resource includes links to an author biography and interview.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Betsy Byars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This resource site for the work of the children's author Betsy Byars features e-notes, activities, and lesson plans for classes reading Keeper of the Doves, The Summer of the Swans, and Trouble River.
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Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Fair Weather"

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site gives a short summary of Richard Peck's "Fair Weather." You will also find research and literature links related to the book.
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Other

Judy Blume: Official Site

For Students 1st - 9th
Site maintained by Judy Blume herself, and includes biographical information, personal reflections, a book list, and more. A good place to get to know the author better.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Teaching resources, lesson plans, study guides, and other resources cataloged for easy access by language arts teachers. The majority of resources deal with reading and literature, although there are also sections on grammar, writing,...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Teaching resources, lesson plans, study guides, and other resources cataloged for easy access by language arts teachers. The majority of resources deal with reading and literature, although there are also sections on grammar, writing,...
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Other

Jewish Women's Archive: Judy Blume

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a biographical account of the life and works of best-selling children's author, Judy Blume.
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TES Global

Blendspace: 7th Grade Literature Circle Author Research

For Students 6th - 8th
A seventeen-part learning module with links to images and information about adolescent authors Sharon Draper, Christopher Crowe, Joseph Bruchac, Susan Campbell Bartole, Jerry Spinelli, and Seymour Reit.
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Other

Nancy Polette: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" Literature Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the world of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." This site is filled with interactive technology activities.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This teacher resource includes a review of Lois Lowry's Number the Stars, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.
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University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska, Lincoln: Willa Cather Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
The Willa Cather Archive is a vast collection of material that allows for the study of Cather's life and writings. Included are writings, letters, biographical information, images, audio and movie clips, teacher resources, and digital...
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Other

Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"

For Students 6th - 8th
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Madeleine L'engle's Biography

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A first-person biography of Newbery Award winning author Madeleine L'Engle. L'Engle discusses her childhood, her personal life, and her writing.