Playing on the phrase, "The author and you"--a commonly taught reading comprehension strategy--this new series will assist the teacher and teacher librarian in understanding the underlying purposes of the author as they prepare learning activities for their students. The series (and this book) focuses primarily on books for the elementary age child (K-6) and features insights into the author's background, purposes, and goals in writing his books. By furnishing an overview of the author's works, the books in the series give teachers the big picture. Each book features personal information about the author, including insight into why he or she writes a particular type of book, plus ideas that will assist teachers in lesson plan lesson plans and/or activities for each of the author's featured books. These lessons stress the particular interest of the author and the "author and you (the teacher)" will be able to build a collaborative instructional relationship using the material provided.