AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR STUDY

Overview: Choose an author/illustrator from the list provided.  Read a selection of the author/illustrators body of work. Prepare a paper in which you provide:

(1) Biographical Information: This should be a very brief introduction to the author/illustrator, capturing a slice of relevant experiences that have impacted the body of work. (half page)

(2) Annotated Bibliography: (several about10 books)
Childrens Books:
Select the texts that you consider to represent the most depth and breadth of this author/illustrators work. Include complete bibliographical information for the selected texts (APA format).  Then, provide an original description for each book. Be sure to focus on both content and craft in your description.
Professional Articles:
Select 3 professional articles about or relating to your author/illustrator and annotate as with the literature above. The professional articles must be from peer-reviewed journals.

(3) Critical Content Analysis: *This section should make up the bulk of your research and should include the following:
a) an overview of the body of work, including an analysis of the author/illustrators style as well as common themes across the books. Equal weight should be given to the content and the craft. Notice any changes that occur over time.
b) develop the claims you make in part through a close examination of one or two books from the body of work. Draw upon literature from class and/or the field to support your analysis and speak in conversation with existing scholarship (2 pages)

(4) Additional References