‘And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#1)
Sure you may know your children’s authors and illustrators, but can you name them from reading their Twitter bios? Test your skills below.
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All credit for this post idea goes to Laura Given (@LibLaura5) – she gave it to me (thanks, Laura!).
Scoring
If you can name the author or illustrator after reading the bio only – 3 points
If you can name the author or illustrator after reading the bio and one clue – 2 points
If you can name the author or illustrator after reading the bio and two clues – 1 point
#1
Bio: I make books for children and their adult slaves
Clue 1: Location: Brooklyn
Clue 2: Flight of the Dodo is his first picture book
Click here to reveal the answer
#2
Bio: Writer, illustrator, plant admirer, music adorer, student of dogs, dance apprentice, story-maker, compulsory reader, daydreamer, creator.
Clue 1: One of her favorite books is La Increíble y Triste Historia de La Candida Erendira y su Abuela Desalmada by Gabriel García Márquez
Clue 2: One of her first books is Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Click here to reveal the answer
#3
Bio: husband, father, author, illustrator, speaker, producer, radio personality, advocate, amateur bowler
Clue 1: Location: Northampton, MA
Clue 2: His first book is called Goodnight, Monkey Boy
Click here to reveal the answer
How’d you do?
Filed under: Twitter Bios
About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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@StudioJJK for #3! I know that one!
This is a great idea – could also do it with students. Sorry to day that I needed the clues for all three.
Great idea @100scopenotes… I was excited to know #1!
I’m going to use this with my students for their specialist teacher’s blogs.
Cheers!
This is so fun! Extra points if you recognize their pixelated avatar?!
That’s definitely a point bonus!
Got all three of ’em. This probably means I don’t need to spend any additional time on Twitter…
Good idea! How many points if I know the first one from the picture? Sorry to say 0 points on the other two.
9 points; I knew them all based on their pictures. This was a fun post!
“Clue: lives in Brooklyn” oh sure, that’s a great clue! Only about 37,000 authors and illustrators live in Brooklyn! 🙂
I have one for you: “There’s two kinds of bayonet fighters; the quick and the dead.” Guess who!
Clue #1: Shy
Clue #2: Doesn’t act like it.
I got two out of three! I have to agree with Paula–living in Brooklyn is not a revealing clue! 🙂