Another way to enrich your leisure reading is by doing personal creative projects such as an author study or an illustrator study. Read on to learn more!
An Author Study researches the life and work of a children's or young adult book author or illustrator.
This guide suggests strategies and resources to help complete this project.
Resources can be found in the Curriculum Materials Center, as well as throughout the Library, or online. Click on the next tab for Online Resources.
Here's a few of the Library's biographical works on various children's authors and illustrators.
The boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss by 
A girl from Yamhill: A memoir by 
Talking with Artists by