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Author Study: Katherine Paterson

Description: Books by Katherine Paterson make a wonderful author study for middle or high school students. She's been recognized for her contribution to children's literature through the Hans Christian Anderson and Laura Ingalls Wilder Awards. #teachers #teens #kids


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Read for Your Life #2

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #16

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #18

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #12

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #9

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #1

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #3

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom

by Katherine Paterson

Newbery Medal author Paterson presents the story of Wang Lee, the young son of starving peasants in 1850's China. Seized by bandits and carried away from home during the Taiping Rebellion, Wang Lee meets Mai Lin when members of her undercover society save him from his captors.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Angels and Other Strangers

by Katherine Paterson

Aminister, trying to help a boy find his father, winds up in jail on Christmas Eve. A mother copes with the death of her infant. A father searches for his runaway son. A widower takes in an outspoken foster child who tests the limits of his generosity. In unexpected ways that illuminate the true meaning of the Christmas story, these people put aside their loneliness and sorrows and fears and rediscover the joy of life. These inspirational stories are parables for today, voicing hope, celebration, and the mysteries of the human heart.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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The King's Equal

by Katherine Paterson

A king, on his deathbed, declared his son as his heir but only after he is married to a woman who is equal top him in every sense - beauty, brains and wealth. Rosamund seems to be equal to him but before he marries her she has a condition.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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The Angel and the Donkey

by Katherine Paterson

In this story from the Hebrew Bible, a stubborn donkey delivers an important message from the angel and helps her master, a powerful curse-layer, save the Israelites from the King of Moab.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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A Midnight Clear

by Katherine Paterson

A collection of modern-day stories that portray the true spirit of Christmas in lives of the outcast, forgotten or ridiculed by society.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Come Sing, Jimmy Jo

by Katherine Paterson

When his family becomes a successful country music group and makes him a featured singer, eleven-year-old James has to deal with big changes in all aspects of his life, even his name.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Celia and the Sweet, Sweet Water

by Katherine Paterson

While journeying to find a remedy for her mother's illness, Celia and her grumpy dog Brumble encounter strange and threatening characters who have never known kindness.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Marvin's Best Christmas Present Ever

by Katherine Paterson

Christmas is coming and Marvin is worried. He wants to make the best Christmas present ever for his parents. His sister May always makes great presents; Marvin's are never as good. This year Marvin is determined to make not only the best present, but one that will last forever. Katherine Paterson's heart-warming story and Jane Clark

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

by Katherine Paterson

A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the drake for his colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks.

[This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 6-8 at http://www.corestandards.org.]

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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The Smallest Cow in the World

by Katherine Paterson

Though Rosie is the meanest cow in the herd, five-year-old Marvin is inconsolable when she is sold, and he and his family move to another dairy farm.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Marvin One Too Many

by Katherine Paterson

Marvin's first day at school does not go well. He feels that he is not wanted because his new teacher exclaims when meeting him, "One more? That is one too many!" He feels left out when the rest of his class learns to read before him, and that he cannot go to his parents for help as they are too busy with the dairy farm. This is an excellent book for all children who have trouble learning how to read, or who think they are on their own in life. With the help of his older sister and his parents, Marvin does learn how to read and fully participate in class. He feels better about himself and learns that his parents do have time to spend reading with him after all.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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The Wide-Awake Princess

by Katherine Paterson

In this amusing, eloquently told story, created by Katherine Paterson specifically for artist Vladimir Vagin to illustrate with his beautifully detailed watercolors, there was born a wise little princess who was different from everyone else. Miranda had been granted the gift of being wide awake all her waking hours. Thus, unlike those before her, she was able to see that the peasants of the kingdom were overworked and starving while the nobles lived in selfish luxury. Miranda, with confidence and determination, forms an innovative plan to help her people overcome their oppression, and in the process reveals the power of words to vanquish ignorance and bring about change.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Park's Quest

by Katherine Paterson

Park's mother won't answer questions about his father, who was killed in Vietnam. She finally agrees to let Park visit his father's family in Virginia; although he doesn't find what he expected.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Flip-Flop Girl

by Katherine Paterson

Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways -- one in silence -- but both with the help of Lupe, the flip-flop girl.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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The Field of the Dogs

by Katherine Paterson

Josh, who has just moved to Vermont with his mother, stepfather, and new baby brother, must deal with the bullying of a neighbor boy and discovers that his dog, whom he hears talking with other dogs, is also facing a bully of his own.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #15

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #19

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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Read for Your Life #21

by Katherine Paterson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing a monthly series of e-only essays to correspond with Katherine Paterson's two-year term as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The subjects of the essays include: writing and literature for young people, the wonder and imagination found within great books, common questions novice writers ask, and Katherine's own personal experiences throughout her historic career.

Date Added: 06/26/2017


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