Read about this prolific writer of such titles, Seven Spools of Thread, The Ghost of Sifty-Sifty- Sam, The 100th Day of School, Picking Peas for a Penny, and more at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 22 Daniel Minter
Read about this artist-illustrator at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 20: Ashley Bryan
Read about this award winning author, illustrator, and poet at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 19 James Ransome
Read about this award winning illustrator of such books like Uncle Jed’s Barbershop, Visiting Day, and more at The Brown Bookshelf.
Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison!
Toni Morrison was born February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. For more information about this award-winning author, click on the following links:
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/m/toni-morrison.html
http://www.biography.com/people/toni-morrison-9415590
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5262
For lesson plans and ideas for using Toni Morrison’s book, Beloved, click on Thinkfinity, and type in Beloved in the search box.
28 Days Later Day 18: Jasmine Richards
Read about this author and her debut book, The Book of Wonders, at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 17 Arna Bontemps
Read about this award winning author at The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 16: Tololwa M. Mollel
Read about the author of My Rows and Piles of Coins, on The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 14 Ann Tanksley
Read about this wonderful illustrator on The Brown Bookshelf.
28 Days Later Day 12 Authors: Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams
Read about these this dynamic mother daughter team on The Brown Bookshelf.
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