Bookpeople
by Sharron L. McElmeel
illustrated by Deborah L. McElmeel
Published by Libraries Unlimited

Bookpeople: A First Album

Bookpeople: A Second Album

Bookpeople is an introduction to authors and illustrators of children's books (and) will be useful to both teachers and librarians planning author focus units. --School Library Journal

The combination is an elusive ideal for which teachers and librarians who seek to bring together children and books have long been searching. --School Library Media Quarterly

Both volumes are useful tools for introducing children to "bookpeople" and for encouraging further reading. --Booklist

Photos, biographical information, and suggestions for integrating author focus units into every corner of the curriculum. The first album focuses on authors and illustrators of picture books: Verna Aardema, Aliki, Jim Aylesworth, Marc Brown, Eve Bunting, Gail E. Haley, James Marshall, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Judith Viorst, and Jane Yolen are some of the authors covered. The second album concentrates on authors popular with intermediate readers, such as: Lloyd Alexander, Betsy Byars, Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger, Richard Peck, and Betty Ren Wright. Suggestions for sharing literature through journal writing are also given in the second album.

Bookpeople: A First Album ©1990, ISBN 0-87287-720-5; op

Bookpeople: A Second Album ©1990, ISBN 0-87287-721-3

Bookpeople: A Multicultural Album

This is a superb source for the teacher who wishes to use trade books rather than text-books to teach reading, but who does not necessarily know what is available or how to use it. It is also a find for the librarian looking for excellent multicultural books. -- KLIATT

This book provides enough material to ensure that your whole curriculum is multicultural. -- Teaching K-8

(This book) features 15 children's authors and illustrators. The activities are designed to promote growth in students' ability to read, think critically, write, and express ideas through a variety of channels. -- Library Talk

Bookpeople: A Multicultural Album gives suggestions on incorporating multicultural understanding and appreciation as an integral part of the classroom and library. -- EMIE BULLETIN (Ethnic Materials and Information Exchange Round Table); American Library Association (ALA)

Imaginative teachers and media specialists will be able to build on the suggestions presented here. Bookpeople will be a valuable addition to both classrooms and media centers. --American Reference Books Annual

Includes authors/illustrators: Mitsumasa Anno, Donald Crews, Mem fox, Paul Goble, Jamake Highwater, Nicholasa Mohr, Laurence Yep, Julius Lester, Ashley Bryan, Yoshiko Uchida, Patricia McKissack, Ann Cameron, Pat Cummings, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, and Brian Pinkney. ©1992 ISBN 0-87287-953-4.

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