http://www.readingrockets.org/books/authorstudy
The toolkit contains :
- 10 reasons to do an author study
- How to do an author study
- Set a purpose and goals
- Choose an author
- Read and respond to the books
- Research the authors
- Culminating projects
- Author study resources
How about focussing on a particular author or illustrator - maybe one a week, or a few a term, selected by the teacher, librarian or students, and spending time reading their books closely, visiting their website if there is one, sharing favourites amongst the titles, identifying common themes or styles... It would mean that over the course of a year students would be exposed to a wide range of literature in more depth than reading a single title as well as taking part in regular book discussions about literature and becoming part of the wider children’s literature community...
“It may be that children’s books will always be only a modest province in the Republic of Letters… but remember that it controls the port of entry.” Jill Paton Walsh, author
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