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Peer reviewedBishop, Rudine Sims – Language Arts, 1997
Profiles Eloise Greenfield. Reveals that Greenfield's early love of music echoes in both the form and content of her poetry and prose. Notes that her poems are marked by strong rhythms, expressions of emotion, and a strong sense of children, their voices, and the waystations on their journey through life. (SR)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Poetry
Peer reviewedBishop, Rudine Sims – Language Arts, 1992
Presents a profile of Patricia McKissack, giving insight into the forces that shape her work and beliefs behind it. (MG)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Interviews, Writing Processes
Peer reviewedBishop, Rudine Sims – Language Arts, 1990
Shares excerpts from an interview with George Ella Lyon who is a poet, playwright, teacher, and author of both adult and children's books. (MG)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Interviews, Writing for Publication
Peer reviewedBishop, Rudine Sims – Language Arts, 1990
Interviews Walter Dean Myers about his childhood years, his interests in writing and reading, and his accomplishments as an author of children's literature. (MG)
Descriptors: Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedBishop, Rudine Sims – Language Arts, 1993
Profiles J. Patrick Lewis, a college professor and a writer of children's literature. (RS)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Interviews
Peer reviewedBishop, Rudine Sims – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Focuses on recently published children's books by and about Blacks. Provides an overview of current African American authors and artists writing for elementary school children and examines themes, issues, and trends in their work. Discusses the role of literature in literacy development and its place in home and classroom activities. (AF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Authors, Black Community, Black Culture
