Katherine Paterson is the Newbery Medal-winning author of Jacob Have I Loved and Bridge to Terabithia. In this interview, she talks about her childhood, raising a family, the challenges and joy of writing historical fiction, the importance of families reading aloud together, and much more. Watch the interview to learn more about her and read a short biography about her life. Includes an interview transcript and a selected list of her books.

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children's literature, bridge to terabithia, katherine paterson

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Additional Tags

children's author, newbery medal winner, reading rockets, historical fiction writer, elementary authors p - r

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional