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50 Years of ERIC
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Bishop, Rudine Sims – Language Arts, 2009
This article features the acceptance speech given by the author at the NCTE Elementary Section Get-Together on November 15, 2007, where she received the 2007 Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts Award. In this speech, the author shares some of the observations she has made about the African American children's literature published in…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, African American Children, Profiles, Speeches
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Bishop, Rudine Sims – Language Arts, 2002
Presents a conversation with Dorothy Watson, the 2002 Outstanding Educator in the Language Arts recipient. Hopes that this profile will provide insight into Dorothy Watson and her intellectual foundations, her humaneness, and her passion for teaching and learning. (SG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Language Arts, Teacher Attitudes
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Bishop, 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
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Bishop, 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
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Bishop, Rudine Sims – Language Arts, 1993
Presents a profile of the artist Pat Cummings. Discusses her background, African-American writers and artists, children's literature, her artistic media, influences on her work, and her current work. (RS)
Descriptors: Artists, Black Literature, Black Youth, Children
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Bishop, 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
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Bishop, 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
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Bishop, 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