Cam Jansen
Biographies
Holocaust Books
Andy Russell
Math Books
A moving picture book biography of the Yankee great and his courage.
We Remember The Holocaust (Holt, publisher)
The Number on My Grandfather's Arm (UAHC Press, publisher)
A Hero and the Holocaust: The Story of Janusz and His Children (Holiday House, publisher)
Child of the Warsaw Ghetto (Holiday House, publisher)
Hiding From the Nazis (Holiday House, publisher)
An award winning picture book -- historical fiction
It's 1932. The Great Depression has made jobs scarce and money hard to come by. But life isn't terrible. America still loves baseball and two boys are about to discover that with some creativity, hard work, and a little help from the Babe himself, they can do their part to help out their own teams!
The story of the first woman to swim the English Channel
An award winning picture book biography
THE ANDY RUSSELL SERIES
Funny books for readers who have graduated from the Cam Jansens and other "First Chapter" books.
Books for young readers
Cam Jansen, the girl with the photographic memory, has been solving mysteries and helping children learn to love reading for almost twenty-five years.
Address for a free Cam Jansen Teacher's Guide, An Educator's Guide to David A. Adler's Picture Book Biographies, and other classroom materials, all with permission to make copies.
Address for fan letters and other correspondence.
Free, 24 page Educator's Guide to The David A. Adler Picture Book Biographies published by Holiday House, Inc.
24 page Teacher's Guide for use with the Cam Jansen Mysteries in your classroom is available. Pages may be reproduced for your students.
Along with the Cam Jansen Teacher's Guide, several pages for your classroom will be sent including "Writing Magic," "Create Your Main Character," "Choose a Setting for Your Story," "Let's Get Organized," "Your First Sentence," "The Rewrite Process," (Five versions of the first paragraph of a published book in the order they were written, suitable for use as a transparency, so children can see that writers DO rewrite), "The Editorial Process," (The first paragraph of the very first Cam Jansen as it was submitted for publication and how it looked after all the rewrites and editorial suggestions, also suitable for a transparency), and "Sentence Structure." All pages may be reproduced.
For a free Cam Jansen teacher's guide (pages may be reproduced for classroom use) and other materials, please send a stamped, self-addressed 9" X 12" envelope (12 oz. -- $3.08) to:
David Adler--Cam Jansen
P.O. Box 121,
Hewlett, NY 11557
Please, send fan mail and all other correspondence to:
David A. Adler,
P.O. Box 121,
Hewlett, NY 11557.
For a response, please include a stamped, self-addressed business-sized envelope (1 oz. --- 45c)with all fan mail.
Seven writing lessons free for use and reproduction along with teacher's guide are available.
"Writing Magic" sheet included in teacher's materials.