Subject Expert
James Rosenzweig
Contact:
Office phone: 509-359-4262
Email me by clicking the button above, or by sending a message to jrosenzweig@ewu.edu
Email me by clicking the button above, or by sending a message to jrosenzweig@ewu.edu
Subjects:Children's & YA Literature, Education
Databases
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Something About the Author (Gale Literature)Biographical or autobiographical information for authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books.
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TeachingBooks.netA combination of original author interviews, readings and videos with a structured portal to open-access Web sites on children's literature and literacy.
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Teachingbooks.net Blog with Writers/IllustratorsYou can search these entries.
Interviews
These sources include short video interviews.
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Reading Rockets Video InterviewsOver 70 interviews and an Author Study Toolkit with more resources.
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Scholastic- Author InterviewsOver 200 author interviews for grades K-12
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How to Write a Children's BookGuide to writing children's books
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Nancy Pearl Book Lust Author VideosNancy, from Seattle interviews youth authors and more- includes Alexie, Meyer, Stead and local authors too.
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NBC's Writers Speak to KidsWeb talks by authors.
Internet Lists
Doing open web search through Google and Yahoo can help find the author's website and other information about the author.
Toolkit
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Reading Rockets Author Study ToolkitStep by step process with objectives for author study.
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One Approach to Author StudyIncludes general questions