GENERAL INFORMATION Name: Laura Daberko School: Boulevard Elementary School Workshop Location: Kent State University Companion Content Pathfinder: Meet Author Marcia Schonberg Grade Level: 4th Grade Subject Area: Language Arts and Math Specific Topic: Author Study- Marcia Schonberg Content Information This pathfinder is designed to help teachers prepare for an upcoming author visit. It contains general information about preparing for an author. More specifically, it contains activities and resources for the visiting author, Marcia Schonberg. The focus will be on Ohio since this is an Ohio author that mostly writes nonfiction books about different aspects of Ohio. Dewey Number: 977.1 Sch Subject Headings: Regionalism-- Ohio -- Juvenile Literature Ohio -- Geography-- Juvenile Literature English language--Alphabet--Juvenile Literature Counting--Juvenile Literature Ohio--Description and travel Ohio--History--Juvenile Literature Animal communities--Ohio--Juvenile Literature Plants--Ohio--Juvenile literature Indians of North America--Ohio--Juvenile Literature Ethnology--Ohio--Juvenile Literature Ohio--Biography--Juvenile Literature BOOKS (NON-FICTION) Schonberg, Marcia. All Around Ohio. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. Schonberg, Marcia. B is for Buckeye. Chelsea, MI: Sleepingbear Press, 2002. Schonberg, Marcia. Cardinal Numbers: an Ohio Counting Book. Chelsea, MI: Sleepingbear Press, 2002. Schonberg, Marcia. Ohio History. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. Schonberg, Marcia. Ohio Plants and Animals. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. Schonberg, Marcia. Ohio Native Peoples. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. Schonberg, Marcia. People of Ohio. . Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. Schonberg, Marcia. Uniquely Ohio. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES B is for Buckeye: A Teacher's Guide Contains activity ideas from A to Z using Ohio Learning Outcomes. Sleeping Bear Press WEB SITES (FOR TEACHERS) Discover Ohio Dawn Lesley Stewart: Preparing for an author visit Preparing your class for a visit Marcia Schonberg: Biographical Information Enchanted Learning - Ohio Ohio kids WEB SITES (FOR STUDENTS) Infohio.org Sirs Discover: Country Facts- Ohio (see librarian for username and password) World Almanac for Kids Online Learn quick facts about Ohio Infohio.org Sirs Discover "Ohio" Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Infohio.org Encyclopedia Britannica "Ohio" Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia Online School Edition