InDepth Study

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Author Dan Gutman

• In-Depth Study
• By Allison McMartin
• LIS 5183
• July, 2008

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All About Dan

• born in NYC on Oct. 19, 1955
• Rutgers University alumnus
• married Nina in 1983
• two children Sam Emma

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His Career Begins

• magazine articles and humorous essays
• screenplays
• first book ideas brought hundreds of rejection
  letters
• started Video Games Player magazine in 1982

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Adult Title(s)

• It Aint Cheatin If You Dont Get Caught
• a book about baseball

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Children's Titles

• nonfiction books about baseball, skating, and
  gymnastics were first
• They Came From Centerfield was the first
  childrens novel he wrote
• this became his passion

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Books That Have Won Awards

• The Million Dollar Shot
• The Million Dollar Kick
• Honus Me
• Jackie Me
• Babe Me

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Books That Have Won Awards

• Back in Time With Thomas Edison
• Virtually Perfect
• Miss Daisy is Crazy!

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Weird School Series

• Mr. Klutz is Nuts! (2)
• Mrs. Roopy Is Loopy! (3)

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Science Fiction

• The Get Rich Quick Club
• Qwerty Stevens Stuck in Time With Benjamin
  Franklin
• A Baseball Card Adventure Satch Me

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Picture Book

• Gutmans very first picture book
• Casey Back at Back

Illustrated by Steve Johnson Lou Fancher
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Three Other Titles I Read

• The Kid Who Ran For President
• The Million Dollar Shot
• The Homework Machine

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Relation to Curriculum

• The Kid Who Ran for President
• government and the election process
• Satch Me
• Black History Month/Celebration

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Relation to Curriculum

• The Homework Machine, The Million Dollar Shot,
• Qwerty Stevens Stuck in Time With Benjamin
  Franklin
• Inventions Inventors (Science)

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Relation to Curriculum

• The Homework Machine
• read Shel Silversteins poem by the same name
• students can design their own homework machine
• The Homework Machine video

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Themes Emphasized to Children

• good conquers evil (The Million Dollar Shot,
  Qwerty Stevens, Satch Me)
• never give up (Satch Me, Qwerty Stevens, Casey
  Back at Bat, The Million Dollar Shot, The Get
  Rich Quick Club)
• humor is important (all books read)
• freedom (most all of the books read)

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Emphasized When Talking to Parents

• Creative/Reader-Friendly
• books written imaginatively
• allow children to escape and have surreal
  experiences
• free of foul language and inappropriate remarks

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Emphasized When Talking to Parents

• Historical Elements
• factual, historical information in both Satch
  Me and Qwerty Stevens Stuck in Time With
  Benjamin Franklin

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References

• Dan Gutmans Web Site. http//www.dangutman.com/
• Scholastic.com
• http//content.scholastic.com/browse/media.jsp?id
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