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Dinah Johnson | National Book Month
Dinah Johnson | National Book Month
Episode 9

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Dinah Johnson is a children's book author and a professor of English who specializes in African-American children's literature. In Dinah Johnson's book, All Around Town, we experience the lives of...
Johannes Gutenberg | National Book Month
Johannes Gutenberg | National Book Month
Episode 9

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In the middle of the 15th century, a German man named Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press. Also, Europeans learned how to print books on paper. These two inventions made it easier to create...
Look Over Your Notes | National Book Month
Look Over Your Notes | National Book Month
Episode 9

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Now sit down in a quiet place and look over your notes. Do you have any questions? Your question can be based on any of your observations. Why did the butterfly go to one flower and not another? Why...
An Early Printing Press | National Book Month
An Early Printing Press | National Book Month
Episode 10

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Printed books were much cheaper to make, so many more people bought books and learned to read. The ideas written in books spread quickly across Europe. The world was never the same once lots of people...
Dinah Johnson's Books | National Book Month
Dinah Johnson's Books | National Book Month
Episode 10

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Books by Dinah Johnson: Quinnie Blue Sunday Week All Around Town Sitting Pretty: A Celebration of Black Dolls Learn more on Dinah Johnson's website.
Facts & Notes | National Book Month
Facts & Notes | National Book Month
Episode 10

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To answer your inquiry, you will have to find more information. Here are some ways to do more research. Visit the area you observed earlier and study it a little closer. Now that you have your...
Ching Yeung Russell | National Book Month
Ching Yeung Russell | National Book Month
Episode 11

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It is difficult enough to write a book in English, but can you imagine being able to write in two different languages? Author Ching Yeung Russell was born in China and her first stories were written...
Sitting Down To Write | National Book Month
Sitting Down To Write | National Book Month
Episode 11

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Have you answered your question? After April and Anthony are satisfied with their answers, they finally sit down to write. Like other stories, a story based on facts can have a main character, a...
April's First Line | National Book Month
April's First Line | National Book Month
Episode 12

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Here is an example of how April turned her facts and notes into a story... Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale begins with the line, "Deep in the desert, under the sand, the spadefoot toad waits...
What Can You Write About? | National Book Month
What Can You Write About? | National Book Month
Episode 14

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You probably have some ideas about your story now. Look at your field notes and the rest of your research. What in the world can you write about? For more information on April Pulley Sayre's books...