Avi
Teacher Resource File

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Biography

Avi Home Page Visit with the author and learn about his books
Avi Biography, booklist, interview from Scholastic
Avi Author Profile From McDougal Littell
Avi From Educational Paperback Association
Avi From Children's Book Council
Avi From Kay Vandergrift
Avi From Internet Public Library
Avi From Carol Hurst's site
Avi From Simon Says

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Lesson Plans

The Barn
Book summary, resources from Carol Hurst
Beyond the Western Sea
Literature guide from Nancy Polette
People Helping People
Grade 4; unit plans; famous reformers and their causes;
immigration; Beyond the Western Sea in theme
bibliography; from Core Knowledge
Don't You Know There's a War On
Summary, teaching activities; from Scholastic
Ereth's Birthday
Grades 4 to 6; lesson plan, Internet resources; from
Texas Library Association
Animal Research
Space down for lesson plan; Grade 4; student research,
animals; uses Ereth's Birthday
No More Magic
Review, links to discussion questions at bottom of page,
from Random House
Study Guide. Nothing But the Truth
From McDougal Littell
Nothing But the Truth
Grade 5; Summary & activities; from EduPlace
Study Guide. True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
From McDougal Littell
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Literature guide from Nancy Polette
Who Was That Masked Man Anyway?
YRCA Sample Book Ideas
Research Project in Young Adult Literature
Colleg level but adaptable
The Caribbean Research Project
Includes Bright Shadow and Smuggler's Island

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Criticism

The Truth Will Not Set Your Free If You Never Have a Chance to Speak, or a Contradiction in Terms
Article by Kathleen Brooks, ALAN Review,
v23, no. 2, Winter 1996
Images of Women in Historical Young Adult Fiction: Seeking Role Models
By Jean Boreen, in ALAN Review, v. 26, no. 2,
Winter 1999
Avi
From Carol Hurst
Book Reviews. ALAN Review
Beyond the Western Sea. Book 2

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Bibliography

ISLMC Avi Bibliography

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ERIC Bibliography

Avi. ERIC Bibliography

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