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Study an Author Study an Author


Why Study an Author?

Reading, writing, and talking about authors helps generate interest in books written by those authors. Studying authors also helps students understand where writers get ideas for their books and strengthens connections between reading and writing.  Exploring author web sites is also one of my favorite pastimes! I have put together a list of author web sites that are definitely worth taking a look at. Many of these sites tell where authors get their writing ideas or other information about the writing process.Try creating author profiles that tell what you learned about these writers. Sometimes just hearing about other authors ideas can spark a new idea for your own writing. Have fun!

Great Author Web Sites:

 

   Author

 

 

  Sample Title

 

    Web Site

 

David Adler

Cam Jansen series         

www.davidaadler.com

Avi

Poppy

www.avi-writer.com

Judy Blume

Freckle Juice

www.judyblume.com

Betsy Byars

The Summer of the Swans

www.betsybyars.com

Janet Stevens

The Great Fuzz Frenzy

www.janetstevens.com

Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones

The Baily School Kids Books

www.baileykids.com

Jean Fritz

What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

www.waldsfe.org/Authors/fritz.htm

Gail Gibbons

Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs

www.gailgibbons.com

Paul Janeczko

That Sweet Diamond: Baseball Poems

www.pauljaneczko.com

Kathleen Krull

A Woman for President

www.kathleenkrull.com

Mary Pope Osborne

Magic Tree House books

www.marypopeosborne.com

Katherine Paterson

Bridge to Terabithia

www.terabithia.com

Dav Pilkey

Captain Underpants

www.pilkey.com

Patricia Polacco

Thank you, Mr. Falker

www.patriciapolacco.com

Shel Silverstein

A Light in the Attic

www.shelsilverstein.com

William Steig

Shrek

www.williamsteig.com

Jane Yolen

Dinosaur Dances

www.janeyolen.com

Chris Van Allsburg

The Polar Express

www.chrisvanallsburg.com










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