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GENRE MEET THE AUTHOR

Realistic fiction has KEN ROBERTS

characters and events that are Like Mr. Winston, Ken
like people and events in real Roberts is a librarian.
life. As you read, look for: He also writes books
and plays and is a
a setting that is familiar to storyteller. “I am good
most readers at many things,” he says, “but a
characters who have feelings master at none, really.” Some-
that real people have times he works on many projects
challenges and problems that at once. At other times he reads
might happen in real life quietly by the fireside.

MEET THE ILLUSTRATOR

ANDY HAMMOND

Andy Hammond has been a
busy cartoonist for more than
thirty years. He works in
pen and ink and watercolor,
often finishing his work on
the computer. His favorite
cartooning jobs are the ones
that let him use his own style
and allow his sense of humor to
run free.

260 ELA RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.6, RL.4.10, RF.4.4a, RF.4.4b