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Deborah Hopkinson and YOU
Deborah Hopkinson
Book Code: LU2784
ISBN: 1-59158-278-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-278-6
112 pages, photos
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 10/30/2007
List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects:
Series Title: The Author and YOU
Description: Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson grew up in Massachusetts and after college moved to Hawaii where she worked as a college development administrator while nurturing her writing career. In this 9th book of the Author and YOU series, Hopkinson shares her curiosity and the manner in which that curiosity leads to investigation and research and then to her many fiction and nonfiction stories. The author discusses each of her books, providing the back story, the impetus for the book, and the research activities that brought each of the stories to young readers. The particular emphasis of this book is the writing of books for young readers within a historical context and how to use primary source documents in that effort. The author has a well-developed Web site with lesson plans for her books already in place. Her books are particularly valuable in school libraries as many are set in a historical context. She also has several biographies in her portfolio and is well known in that context to school librarians. Grades K-6.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by Sharon Coatney and Sharron L. McElmeel
  • Part One: So Many Stories to Tell - Meet Deborah Hopkinson
  • Chapter 1: Nose in a Book
  • Chapter 2: History Must be Seen: Writing about the Past
  • Chapter 3: An Author's Process: Writing and Revision
  • Part Two: So Many Worlds to Explore: Discover Deborah Hopkinson's Books
  • Chapter 4: The Underground Railroad and the Civil War
  • Chapter 5: Windows to the Past: Historical Fiction Picture Books
  • Chapter 6: Young People in the Tumult of History
  • :Chapter 7: Real People, Real Lives
  • Chapter 8: Bluebirds in the Garden: Two Picture Books Celebrating the
  • Chapter 9: Biographies of Memorable People
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography and Awards
  • Index
  • About the Author
LC Card Number: 2007013541
LCC Class: PS3558
Dewey Class: 828
PDF Catalogs:
LU Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf
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