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Author Interviews - Coggle Diagram

- - - - While growing up in California Patricia encountered many colors, ideas and religions
  - - - This Teacher paid for her special intervention reading help which helped her catch up to her classmates and be successful
- - - - Children wished for books about children like them, which is where Beverly Clearly gained her inspiration when she began writing.
    - - From letters from students, teachers, and children who enjoyed her books
      - Hearing of children who didn't enjoy reading and how her books changed that experience for them
    - - John Newberry medal
      - Newberry Honor Books
      - Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
      - Regina Medal
      - Silver Medallion
      - 35 Statewide awards
    - - Sympathy to struggling readers
      - Spend much time in the library, librarian gave her the idea to write stories for boys and girls
      - 3rd grade was a turning point when she began to enjoy reading
    - - Based on typical experiences of children, not typical of what you would read in a book.
      - only child children, children of divorce, children with younger siblings, or mischievous high-strung children
    - - Her mother read aloud to her and her father each night from a variety of genres