Bruce Brooks
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Author Profile: Bruce Brooks
Bruce Brooks
Learning about Bruce Brooks
Motherly Business and the Moves to Manhood
Asylum for nightface; What hearts; The moves make the man (lesson plans)
Lesson Plan based on Bruce Brooks's "Everywhere"
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Citations from the ERIC Database
AN: EJ615195
AU: Brooks,-Bruce; O'Dell,-Katie; Jones,-Patrick
TI: Will Boys Be Boys? Are You Sure?
PY: 2000
SO: Voice-of-Youth-Advocates; v23 n2 p88-92 Jun 2000.
DEM: *Adolescents-; *Gender-Issues; *Males-
DER: Annotated-Bibliographies; Females-; Masculinity-
AB: Includes an essay that discusses the expansion of opportunities for girls, maintains that boys are still bound by more traditional roles, and considers masculinity and adolescence; and presents an annotated bibliography of fiction, nonfiction, magazines, and Web sites that would appeal to adolescent boys and many of their interests. (LRW)
AN: EJ504719
AU: Moore,-John-Noell
TI: "Motherly Business" and the Moves to Manhood.
PY: 1994
JN: ALAN-Review; v22 n1 p51-55 Fall 1994
DER: Characterization-; Content-Analysis; Literary-Criticism; Secondary-Education
DEM: *Adolescent-Literature; *Mothers-; *Novels-; *Parent-Child-Relationship; *Sons-
AB: Discusses three novels that focus on the mother/son relationship: Bruce Books' "The Moves Make the Man," Chris Crutcher's "Stotan!" and Walter Dean Myers' "Fallen Angels." Notes that all three deal with forms of combat, both physical and mental, with competition, and with a struggle to survive - a struggle that each novelist turns into a metaphor for living. (RS)
AN: EJ439221
AU: Brooks,-Bruce
TI: Imagination, the Source of Reading.
PY: 1992
SO: New-Advocate; v5 n2 p79-85 Spr 1992
DE: *Childrens-Literature; *Imagination-; *Reading-
DE: Elementary-Education; Publishing-Industry; Reading-Processes; Writing-for-Publication
AB: Argues that reading is a creative act of the individual imagination. Notes that, instead of recognizing that reading requires children to make something new, to take a leap, writers of children's literature are often tempted to make reading easy. (RS)
AN: ED334598
AU: Person,-Diane-Goetz
TI: Becoming a Nation of Writers: Writing as Literature.
PY: 1991
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Reading Association (36th, Las Vegas, NV, May 6-10, 1991).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Reading-Writing-Relationship; *Student-Motivation; *Writing-Attitudes; *Writing-Composition
DE: Childrens-Literature; Elementary-School-Students; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Letters-Correspondence; Picture-Books; Reading-Materials; Secondary-School-Students; Writing-Instruction
AB: Books that remind children and adolescents that writing is fun and that they can be writers not only confirm the reading/writing connection, but also demonstrate that reading can be a springboard to writing. Writing and receiving letters is very exciting to beginning readers, and there are many picture books that provide examples of how to write a letter, what to include, and how a person can organize his/her thoughts. "The Jolly Postman, Or, Other People's Letters" by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, "Frog and Toad Are Friends" by Arnold Lobel, and "Letter to Amy" by Ezra Jack Keats, for example, illustrate some of the purposes of writing with which young children are familiar: to express thanks and appreciation, to issue an invitation, and to express the writer's feelings. Bruce Brooks' "The Moves Make the Man" shows two adolescent boys advocating writing as a worthwhile activity, not something to be confined to school assignments. In this story, the reader is told what "equipment" is needed for writing, and that writing is an effective vehicle for sorting out thoughts, and for telling a story. Other stories such as "Dicey's Song" by Cynthia Voight and "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary illustrate that getting a response is another prime reason for writing. And Lois Lowry's "Rabble Starkey" teaches students how to improve their own writing by using a thesaurus. These and other books are good models for reminding students that writing is fun. (PRA)
AN: EJ347037
AU: McDonnell,-Christine
TI: New Voices, New Visions: Bruce Brooks.
PY: 1987
SO: Horn-Book-Magazine; v63 n2 p188-91 Mar-Apr 1987
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Authors-; *Characterization-; *Creative-Writing; *Literary-Devices
DE: Black-Youth; Interviews-; Literature-Appreciation; Novels-
AB: Recommends the young adult fiction of Bruce Brooks, who writes in the first person about a protagonist who is an adolescent black named Jerome. Offers the author's own thoughts about his novels and his viewpoint. (NKA)
AN: EJ329349
AU: Brooks,-Bruce
TI: In Collaboration with my Characters.
PY: 1986
SO: Horn-Book-Magazine; v62 n1 p38-40 Jan-Feb 1986
DE: *Awards-; *Childrens-Literature; *Fiction-
DE: Characterization-; Literature-Appreciation; Personal-Narratives
AB: The winner of the l985 Boston Globe-Horn Book award for fiction discusses the "help" he gets from the wills and identities of the characters he creates. (EL)
 Different Peoples Of The World |
Other resources from Doucette Index: K-12 Literature-Based Teaching Ideas
Brooks, Bruce
The moves make the man
See pp.129-134:
Ammon, Bette D.
Handbook for the Newbery Medal and Honor books, 1980-1989 (Hagerstown, Maryland: Alleyside Press, 1991)
Brooks, Bruce
The moves make the man
See pp.150-152:
Hurst, Carol Otis
Using literature in the middle school curriculum (Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Publishing Inc., 1999)
Brooks, Bruce
Midnight hour encores
See pp.3619-3628:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 7 (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Brooks, Bruce
No kidding
See pp.3728-3733:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 7 (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Brooks, Bruce
Asylum for nightface
See pp.4444-4451:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 9 (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1989)
Resources from Academic Search Premier (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Talking with Authors.
Source: Publishers Weekly, 02/14/2000, p98, 4p
Author(s): Marcus, Leonard S.
Abstract: Interviews some well-known children's book writers about their childhoods and their vocation. Bruce Brooks; Karen Cushman; Russell Freedman; E.L. Konigsburg.
Title: Bruce Brooks on ice.
Source: Horn Book Magazine, May/Jun98, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p319, 4p, 3bw
Author(s): Heppermann, Christine
Abstract: Features novel writer Bruce Brooks and his works. Number of commercial books produced by Brooks within a year; His style in writing; Information on Brook's book "Boys Will Be.'
Title: Bruce Brooks.
Source: Book Report, Nov/Dec95, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p32, 4p, 6bw
Abstract: Profiles novelist Bruce Brooks who won a Newbery Honor award. Recommendation of the book "The Moves Make the Man'; Admittance of the debt to librarians; Personal background; Proposal from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; Result of intellectual vigor that Brooks devotes to every page he writes.
Title: Chitchat.
Source: Mothering, Fall94 Issue 72, p54, 6p, 3bw
Author: Brooks, Bruce
Abstract: Presents an excerpt from the book "Boys Will Be Boys," by Bruce Brooks on taunting in childhood.
Title: Everywhere and The World That Jack Built.
Source: Teaching PreK-8, Nov/Dec91, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p96, 2p, 1chart, 3c
Author: Hurst, C.; Clark, L.; et al
Abstract: Reviews a children's novel and picture book, which suggests classroom activities to do with them. "Everywhere' written by Bruce Brooks; "The World That Jack Built' by Ruth Brown.
Title: Bruce Brooks.
Source: Publishers Weekly, 7/27/90, Vol. 237 Issue 30, p214, 2p, 1bw
Author: Marcus, L.; Steinberg, S.
Abstract: Presents an interview with author Bruce Brooks who has written three highly acclaimed young adult novels, and whose new book is a nature book about birds. "On the Wing: The Life of Birds from Feathers to Flight'; Childhood; Other works; Protagonists of his novels; Career; Background.
Resources from OCLCís WorldCat (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: Speaking for ourselves, too: more autobiographical sketches by notable authors of books for young adults
Author(s): Gallo, Donald R.
Publication: Urbana, Ill.: National Council of Teachers of English
Year: 1993
ISBN: 0814146236 (paper)
Abstract: Eighty-nine notable American and English authors of books for young adults describe their life and work.
Title: The moves make the man [by] Bruce Brooks: teacher guide.
Author(s): Troy, Anne. ; Green, Phyllis. Publication: Palatine, IL.: Anne Troy and Phyllis Green
Year: 1988
ISBN: 1561371041
Abstract: Suggests activities to accompany the reading of The moves make the man.
Title: The moves make the man [by] Bruce Brooks: teacher guide.
Author(s): Troy, Anne. ; Green, Phyllis.
Publication: Palatine, IL.: Anne Troy and Phyllis Green
Year: 1988
ISBN: 1561371041
Title: The Moves make the man (audio-visual material)
Publication: Westminster, Md.:; Random House/Miller-Brody,
Year: 1985
Abstract: "A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship."
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