1. Russell Freedman Michal-Ann Golay Alicia Henriquez Aradhana Mudambi

2. Biography Born on October 11, 1929 San Francisco Not great in school Won a city wide essay contest in Jr. High Majored in English Literature at UC Berkley Served in the Armed Forces

3. Entrance Into Writing Worked as a reporter/editor Mid-1950’s, worked as a publicist 1961 – First Book: Teenagers Who Made History

4. Some Themes Non-Fiction Historical eras Animal lives and behaviors

5. Some Books Two-Thousand Years of Space Travel, Holiday House, 1958 Teenagers Who Made History, Holiday House, 1961 Jules Verne, Holiday House 1967 Dinosaurs and Their Young, Holiday House, 1983 Cowboys of the Wild West, Ticknor and Fields, 1983 Rattlesnakes, Holiday House, 1984 Indian Chiefs, Holiday House, 1987 The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, 1991 An Indian Winter, Holiday House 1992 Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, 1993 Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor, 1994 Out of Darkness, The Story of Louis Braille, Clarion Books, 1997

6. Awards Newberry Honor, 1992, 1994 Newberry Medal, 1998 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nonfiction Honor Book, 1984 Orbis Pictus Honors Book, 1995, 1991 Golden Kite Award,1991, 1994 Utah Children’s Information book Award Nominee 1996-1997

7. One Last Award 2007 National Humanities Medal

8. Teacher Resources Russell Freedman Teacher Resource File http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/freedman.htm Lincoln: A photobiography Lesson Plan http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/linc/linctg.html Eleanor Roosevelt Lesson Plan http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/Roosevel.htm Immigrant Kids Lesson Plan http://www.queensmuseum.org/education/ps144/curricula/lct-immigrantkids.html The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane Lesson Plan http://www.maslibraries.org/infolit/samplers/wright.html Interview with Russell Freedman http://www.childrensliteratureconnection.org/resources-rf-interview.htm Immigrant Kids Resources http://daily-tangents.com/BOB/BookLink/L/L_immig.shtml The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College – Author Resources http://www.astal-ric.org/russellfreedman.htm (bio, bibliography, awards, reviews, summaries, suggested teaching activities)

9. ..More Resources Bookfest 01- Russell Freedman BookTalk http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3428 Good Conversation! A Talk with Russell Freedman. video or DVD. 21 min. Tim Podell Prods. (goodconversations.com). 2007. ISBN 1-58543-043-8....The End…