Share authentic depictions of the experiences of authors and illustrators, allowing students to see themselves in professionals' accounts.

• Listen as Rukhsana Khan shares the inspiration and cultural influence for King for a Day.
• Reflect on opportunities to "...handle words and images in an interesting way" in daily language by reading this in-depth written interview with Gary Soto.

Build background knowledge and preteach using author movies and book readings.

• Provide students with insight into the complexity of Rosa la Bayamesa's and Cuba's struggle through a decades-long war by sharing Margarita Engle's Meet-the-Author Recording.

Create a language-rich environment using paired texts to provide additional context for new information.

Extend understanding and provide perspective and information with Meet-the-Author Recordings:

• Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
• 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy, Thomas Gonzalez, and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah

Develop vocabulary and teach academic language with vocabulary resources for the books you teach.

• Integrate ready-to-use vocabulary lists that include definitions, model sentences from the book, and audio pronunciations in the study of Persepolis.
• Explore additional vocabulary lists to support instruction.