Chris Van Allsburg Author Study
Use the following websites to answer the questions below:
Chris Van Allsburg Official Website Author Spotlight- Chris Van Allsburg About the Author - Houghton Mifflin Books Scholastic- Chris Van Allsburg Biography Reading Rockets- Exclusive Interview Chris Van Allsburg KidsReads.com - Author/Illustrator Chris Van Allsburg An interview with the Author- Chris Van Allsburg ThinkQuestnyc- Chris Van Allsburg
When and where was Chris Van Allsburg born? What were his parents’ names? Who were his siblings? What were the names of his pets? What were his favorite subjects in school? Where did he go to high school? Where did he go to college? What did he study in college? When did he graduate? Where did he go to graduate school? What did he study? What did he do in 1975? What is his wife’s name? When did they get married? What are his children’s names and when were they born? Where does Chris Van Allsburg currently live? What was his first published book? When? He won two Caldecott Medals for _________________________ in ________ and __________________________ in ___________. Which of his books were made into movies? When? What other awards has he won? For what books? Who was Fritz? Fritz was inspired by what?
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Chris Van Allsburg Author Study Worksheet   (Created in Microsoft Word)