Language Arts - Volume 80, Issue 1, 2002

Students parallel the process of author Megan McDonald in conducting research and collecting information to provide ideas for the form and content of their writing.

Second language learners enthusiastically pursue their own questions in a journey of inquiry.

Research comes alive when students explore a range of alternate genres instead of writing the traditional research report.

Nonfiction actually contains a variety of textual genres that reflect the different processes within scientific inquiry.

The collaborative process of creating an award-winning nonfiction book is traced through interviews with the author, illustrator, editors, and designer.

Three books are reviewed that provide teachers with insights into the theoretical and practical aspects of students learning how to read and write nonfiction.

The Orbis Pictus Committee discusses the 2002 Award winning books and nine other nonfiction titles.

When the name Pinkney is mentioned in a group of teachers, librarians, or booksellers, there are often varied responses. Does Pinkney refer to the popular illustrator and author Jerry Pinkney? Or is it Gloria Jean Pinkney, Jerry’s wife, who wrote three successful books herself? Perhaps it links with Brian Pinkney, third child of Jerry and Gloria Jean. Then again Pinkney could also refer to Brian’s wife Andrea Davis Pinkney, a children’s book editor and author. Or the descriptor might be ascribed to Myles Pinkney, Jerry and Gloria Jean’s youngest son, who with his wife Sandra is the most recent Pinkney progeny to create books for children.

Presents a collection of letters, poems, and artwork by children in response to the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Tells how students throughout the United States picked up their pens, pencils, crayons, markers, and paintbrushes, and attempted to make sense of this most incomprehensible act. Available in print version only.