Two of her biographies are included in the contract. We have others of her biographies but I especially like these two because they are very relevant to my students' lives.
They are:• The Boy on Fairfield Street (the story of a young Ted Geisel aka Dr Seuss)
• The Boy Who Invented TV (the story of Philo Farnsworth)
Some quotes I would share with my students from Kathleen's own biography would be ...
"When I was fifteen, I was fired from my part-time job at the library. The reason? Reading too much--while I was supposed to be working."
"As a child I thought books were the most important thing in the world, and that perception is actually more intense now. I’m grateful, for so many reasons, to be able to work in a vital and exhilarating field: preserving literacy. One of the benefits of the writing life is that I can't be fired. Especially for reading too much."
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