A Jane Yolen Resource Page

Need information about the author Jane Yolen? This is the place to look. Teachers, students, librarians and fans, I've made this site especially for you. Best wishes, Jeanne Mayo (Graduate student at Western Maryland College in Westminster, Maryland)

Biographical Information:

Born February 11, 1939. Married to Prof. David Stemple- She has 3 children, and 3 grandchildren. She lives in Massachusetts and Scotland.
Penguin/Putnam Biography Page- http://www.penguinputnam.com/cgi-bin/to_catalog.cgi?section=catalog&page=yreader/authors/294_biography.html

Hobbies-
Jane has said that her hobbies include, "Everything but cookbooks, sportsbooks, and hardscience" Though she is particualry fond of music, antiques, politics, all things Scottish, and of course traveling.

Her Work
Over 180 books… of all kinds.
Complete List of Works- http://www.inkspot.com/author/a-yolen.html

Interviews on Line
Interview for Reality Talk-on air- http://realitybreak.sff.net/archive/yolen.htp
This is an interview from the radio show in November of 1993. In the interview she discusses her Here There Be Series,
playing and singing music, and the imprint she edits.

Interview for Inkspot- http://www.inkspot.com/feature/yolen.html
Jane answers questions about getting started as a writer, how she writes, and questions about how she handles rejection and censorship.
She also discusses who her favorite author's are.

Interview for AARP- http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/july98/interview.html
In this interview from the summer of 1998 Jane discusses reading to aloud to all children. She also discusses her writing life
and the manuscript Gray Heroes.
Interview in Locus- http://www.locusmag.com/Issues/1997/08/Yolen.htm
From August 1997 an interview in which she discusses the Books of Great Alta and other issues about writing

Jane Answers FAQ- http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Yolen.html
From the Internet Public Library this site includes questions frequently asked by students.

Lesson Plans on-line

encounter.gif (16809 bytes) A lesson plan in which students work with the story Encounter to write their own endings and then study aboriginal art to creat their own symbols that summarize the story. http://connectingstudents.com/literacy/encountr.htm

owlmoon.gif (5648 bytes) A lesson on Day and Night from the Collaborative Lesson Archive. For students in grades 2-4. Introduces students to the concepts of diurnal and nocturnal using Owl Moon.
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/LESSONS/1.html

This site offers two lesson plans for the study of the story and owls for students in grades 1-3. Each is a comprehensive lesson plan with links to follow up and extension activites on the web.
Lessons from TeacherView: Owl Moon http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/smith84.html

Reviews on-line
Birdwatch http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/birdwatch.html

whatsnew.gif (541 bytes) The Official Jane Yolen Web Site (Created by her husband) is in the works. We will link to it as soon as it is up and running!!!

Comments and questions and new links to add can be sent to the creator of this page at the email address below.
jeanne_mayo@fc.mcps.k12.md.us
This page was last updated on September 8, 1999.
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	A lesson plan in which students work with the story Encounter to write their own endings and then study aboriginal art to creat their own symbols that summarize the story. http://connectingstudents.com/literacy/encountr.htm
	A lesson on Day and Night from the Collaborative Lesson Archive. For students in grades 2-4. Introduces students to the concepts of diurnal and nocturnal using Owl Moon. http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/LESSONS/1.html
	This site offers two lesson plans for the study of the story and owls for students in grades 1-3. Each is a comprehensive lesson plan with links to follow up and extension activites on the web. Lessons from TeacherView: Owl Moon http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/smith84.html