Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (E. L. Konigsburg)
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Biography: The Many Views of E. L. Konigsburg
Lesson Plan on "From the Mixed-up Fiels of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" (lesson plan 1)
Lesson Plan on "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" (lesson plan 2)
Lesson Plan on "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" (lesson plan 3)
Lesson Plan on "From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" (lesson plan 4)
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (lesson plan 5)
With Bert & Ray by William (lesson plan)
View from Saturday (book discussion guides)
View from Saturday (lesson plan 1)
View from Saturday (lesson plan 2)
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Citations from the ERIC Database
AN: EJ567320
AU: Hendershot,-Judy; Peck,-Jackie
TI: "The View From Saturday": A Conversation with E.L. Konigsburg, Winner of the 1997 Newbery Medal.
PY: 1998
SO: Reading-Teacher; v51 n8 p676-80 May 1998
DE: *Authors-; *Books-; *Childrens-Literature
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Interviews-; Writing-for-Publication; Writing-Processes
AB: Presents an interview with E.L. Konigsburg, acclaimed author of books for middle-school children. Discusses her writing, her many award-winning books, and her latest success, the 1997 Newbery Medal winner "The View From Saturday." (SR)
AN: ED188218
AU: Rees,-David
TI: The Marble in the Water: Essays on Contemporary Writers of Fiction for Children and Young Adults.
PY: 1980
AV: The Horn Book, Inc. Park Square Building, Boston, MA 02116 ($14.95 cloth, $9.95 paper)
NT: 211 p.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Cross-Cultural-Studies; Elementary-Secondary-Education; English-Literature; Literary-Criticism; United-States-Literature
DE: *Adolescent-Literature; *Authors-; *Childrens-Literature; *Fiction-
AB: The purposes of this collection of 15 essays on specific works of fiction for children and adolescents are threefold: to explore some of the similarities and differences in fiction for children in England and the United States; to point out some of the qualities of American literature that are of particular interest to children in England and to reveal which authors are, or are not, successful in that country; and to call attention to certain writers whose work has been ignored and others whose work has been overpraised. The authors whose works are considered are: Penelope Farmer, E. L. Konigsburg, Paul Zindel, Philippa Pearce, Alan Garner, E. B. White, Doris Buchanan Smith, Ursula K. Le Guin, Rodie Sudbery, Beverly Cleary, Mildred Taylor, Paula Fox, Nina Bawden, Jill Paton Walsh, Robert Cormier, Jill Chaney, Judy Blume, and Penelope Lively. (FL)
AN: ED120681
AU: Block,-Ann, Ed.; Riley,-Carolyn, Ed.
TI: Children's Literature Review: Excerpts from Reviews, Criticism, and Commentary on Books for Children and Young People. Volume 1.
PY: 1976
AV: Gale Research Co., Book Tower, Detroit, Michigan 48226 ($25.00 cloth)
NT: 213 p.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DE: Biographical-Inventories; Elementary-Education; Literature-Reviews
DE: *Authors-; *Book-Reviews; *Books-; *Childrens-Literature; *Literary-Criticism; *Literature-
AB: This is the first volume of a semiannual children's literature review reference series, each volume of which will present criticism of about 40 authors and will include excerpts from more than 45 books and from various issues of about 35 periodicals. A short paragraph following each author listing identifies the author by nationality, principal genre, and major awards received. The three sections following the biographical comment are: general commentary dealing with major themes; excerpts pertaining to individual titles, arranged chronologically under those titles; and locator or index citations for additional material which might be of interest to researchers. The cumulative indexes include an author, critic, and title index. The authors included in this volume are: Aiken, Alcott, Alexander, Anglund, Armstrong, Bond, Burton, Byars, Cameron, Corvett, Dahl, DeAngeli, DeJong, Dubois, Fitzgerald, Fitzhugh, Fleischman, Fox, Geisel, George, Glubok, Hamilton, Hentoff, Hunt, Deats, Konigsburg, Lee, L'Engle, Lindgren, Milne, Morrow, O'Dell, Potter, Quarles, Raskin, Selsam, Sendak, Singer, Sterling, Sutcliff, White, and Wojciechowska. (MKM)
AN: EJ002888
AU: Konigsburg,-Elaine
TI: Winner of the Newbery Medal for 1968, Says..
PY: 1969
JN: Instr; 78; 8; 67, 72
DE: Content-Area-Reading; Reading-Comprehension; Reading-Habits; Reading-Instruction; Recreational-Reading; Story-Reading
DE: *Books-; *Childhood-Interests; *Childrens-Literature; *Fiction-; *Reading-
AB: Foreword to a
SERIES: "National Library Week, April 20-26.^
AN: EJ016058
AU: Konigsburg,-Elaine-L.
TI: Language: The Perimeter of the Suburbs
PY: 1969
JN: Claremont-Coll-Reading-Conf-33rd-Yearbook; 120-29
DE: Cultural-Awareness; Cultural-Isolation; Expressive-Language; Social-Adjustment
DE: *Books-; *Childrens-Literature; *Language-Role; *Middle-Class-Culture; *Sociolinguistics-; *Suburban-Environmen.
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Other resources from
Doucette Index: K-12 Literature-Based Teaching Ideas (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
See pp.46-65:
Malloch, Jean
Books alive, a literature-based integrated program: teacher's guide 5 (Toronto, Ont.: Doubleday Canada, 1986)
Konigsburg, E.L.; Haley, Gail E., Mercer Mayer, Gary Parker and Laurel Schindelman (illus.)
Altogether, one at a time
See pp.39-43:
Jenkins, Christine
Novel experiences: literature units for book discussion groups in the elementary grades (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1991)
Konigsburg, E.L.
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and me, Elizabeth
See pp.91-96:
Jenkins, Christine
Novel experiences: literature units for book discussion groups in the elementary grades (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1991)
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
See pp.429-435:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C: Beacham Publishing, 1989)
Konigsburg, E.L.
Journey to an 800 number
See pp.710-716:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 2 (Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Konigsburg, E.L.
A proud taste for scarlet and miniver
See pp.1071-1076:
Beetz, Kirk H.
Beacham's guide to literature for young adults, Vol. 3 (Washington, D.C: Beacham Publishing, 1990)
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
See p.102:
Laughlin, Mildred Knight
Readers theatre for children: scripts and script development (Englewood, Colorado: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990)
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
See pp.119-120:
Hurst, Carol Otis
Long ago and far away...: an encyclopedia for successfully using literature with intermediate readers (Allen, Texas: DLM, 1991)
Konigsburg, E.L.
See pp.230-231:
Hurst, Carol Otis
Long ago and far away...: an encyclopedia for successfully using literature with intermediate readers (Allen, Texas: DLM, 1991)
Konigsburg, E.L.
Father's arcane daughter
See pp.85-87:
Polette, Nancy
Exploring books with gifted children (Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1980)
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
See pp.71-74:
Somers, Albert B.
Response guides for teaching children's books (Urbana, Ill.: National Council of Teachers of English, 1979)
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
See pp.134-137:
Thompson, Gare
Teaching through themes (New York: Scholastic Professional Bookd, 1991)
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
See:
Brienne-Kramer, Deborah
From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Scotts Valley, Calif.: Wings for Learning. A Sunburst Company, 1991)
Konigsburg, E.L.
The view from Saturday
See pp.4944-4953:
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, Vol. 247 Issue 7, 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: A Novel Carnival.
Source: Mailbox: The Intermediate Edition, Dec98/Jan99, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p50, 2p
Author(s): Beatty, Sandy
Abstract: Presents an activity in which intermediate students created a carnival based on the book `From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,' by E.L. Konigsburg. How to organize a carnival; Details on the booth was were created and planned by the students; Information on how the activity improved students' reading.
Title: From architects to sculptors.
Source: Mailbox: The Intermediate Edition, Jun/Jul96, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p27, 1/4p, 2 diagrams
Author(s): Nash, Elise
Abstract: Presents instructions on making a floor plan, through the use of a copy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's floor plan. Reference to E.L. Konigsburg's book `From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.'; Activity outlined for students.
Title: E.L. Konigsburg's The Second Mrs. Giaconda: An update.
Source: Book Links, Mar96, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p56, 6p, 2c, 1bw
Author(s): Scales, Pat
Abstract: Focuses on E.L. Konigsburg's book `The Second Mrs. Giaconda' and the assistance it gives to students in relation to renaissance studies. Setting the scene; Research; Discussion; Bibliography; Bibliography material; Audiovisual resources. INSETS: Renaissance festival; A conversation with the writer; Book watch.
Title: The rite of reading.
Source: Booklist, 6/1/95, Vol. 91 Issue 19/20, p1765, 1p
Author(s): Konigsburg, E.L.
Abstract: Discusses the differences of television and books. Impact of television on children's experiences; Reach of television compared to books; Advantage of books over television; Reading as a rite.
Resources from OCLCÅfs WorldCat (materials available via libraries or bookstores)
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg: teacher guide Author(s): Troy, Anne. ; Konigsburg, E. L. ; From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Publication: San Antonio, TX: Novel Units, Inc.
Year: 1999
ISBN: 1561372269 (pbk.)
Abstract: "New ways to teach reading, writing and the love of literature."
Title: Pages & stages: the art of E.L. Konigsburg
Author(s): Konigsburg, E. L. ; Johnson, Nadine.
Publication: Jacksonville, Fla.: Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Year: 1999
ISBN: 0915135094
Title: A literature unit for The view from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
Author(s): Dabney, Colleen. ; Konigsburg, E. L. ; The view from Saturday.
Publication: Westminster, CA: Teacher Created Materials
Year: 1999
ISBN: 1576903486
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E.L.Konigsburg)/The westing game (Ellen Raskin): curriculum unit
Author(s): Palisin, Victoria. ; Konigsburg, E. L. ; Raskin, Ellen. ; Westing game
Publication: Rocky River, Ohio: Center for Learning
Year: 1998
ISBN: 1560775254
Title: E.L. Konigsburg
Author(s): Hanks, Dorrel Thomas.
Year: 1995
Description: on 1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. In: Twayne's women authors on CD-ROM.
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Author(s): Bacall, Lauren,; 1924- ; Cole, Marcus. ; Konigsburg, E. L.
Publication: [Los Angeles]:; Hallmark Home Entertainment
Year: 1995
Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (92 min.):; sd., col. ;; 1/2 in.
PUBLISHER: 35023; Hallmark Home Entertainment;
ISBN: 157492043X:; Other: 0772935023
Abstract: A girl and her younger brother run away from home and take up residence at the Metropolitan Museum where they come across a beautiful and mysterious statue. Determined to discover its maker, they first have to find the statue's former owner, the reclusive and mischievous Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and then sort through her incredibly mixed-up files.
From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: reproducilbe activity book.
Author(s): Konigsburg, E.L. ; From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
Publication: Logan, Iowa: Perfection Learning Corporation
Year: 1994
ISBN: 1563122138
Title: Talktalk: a children's book author speaks to grown-ups
Author(s): Konigsburg, E. L.
Publication: New York, NY: Atheneum
Year: 1995
ISBN: 0689319932:; LCCN: 94-32341
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: teacher guide.
Publication: East Moline, IL: Lingui Systems
Year: 1993
ISBN: 1559993723
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg: teacher guide Author(s): Troy, Anne. ; Konigsburg, E. L. ; From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.; Green, Phyllis.
Publication: Palatine, IL: Novel Units
Year: 1991
ISBN: 1561372269 (pbk.)
Title: From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E. L. Konigsburg
Author: Brod, Sandra. ; Tuck, Patricia. ; Konigsburg, E. L. ; From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
Publication: [Topeka, Kan.]: Econo-Clad Books
Year: 1990
Description: 32 p.: p., ill. ;, 28 cm. +, 1 book of same title (162 p.: ill. ; 20 cm.)
ISBN: 0940589087 (series)
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg: teacher guide Author(s): Roettger, Doris.
Publication: Logan, Iowa: Perfection Form
Year: 1990
ISBN: 0895982749 (pbk.)
Title: A literature guide to The mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: by E.L. Konigsburg Author(s): Francis, Christine Doyle.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass: Book Wise, Inc., c1990.
Year: 1990
ISBN: 094306919X
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Author(s): Konigsburg, E. L. Publication: Costa Mesa, Calif.:; Pied Piper Productions
Year: 1990
Description: 1 videocassette (26 min.):; sd., col. ;; 1/2 in. +; 1 teacher's guide, c1980 (4 p. ; 28 cm.)
Abstract: Tells the story about a girl who runs away with her brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The children investigate a mystery surrounding a statue by Michelangelo.
Title: From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg, a study guide Author(s): Tretler, Marcia. ; Konigsburg, E. L. ; From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.; Friedland, Joyce. ; Kessler, Rikki.
Publication: [Roslyn Heights, N.Y.]: Learning Links
Year: 1987
Title: Profiles in literature [E.L. Konigsburg].
Author(s): Field, Carolyn W.,; 1916- ; Weiss, Jaqueline Shachter.
Publication: Norristown, Pa.:; Distributed by J. Shachter Weiss
Year: 1983
Description: 1 videocassette:; sd., col. ;; 1/2 in.
Abstract: Interviews with author and Newbery medal winner E. L. Konigsburg.
Title: E.L. Konigsburg
Author(s): Weiss, Jaqueline Shachter. ; Konigsburg, E. L. ; Field, Carolyn W.,; 1916-
Publication: Norristown, Pa.:; J.S. Weiss
Year: 1983 Description: 1 videocassette (30 min.):; sd., col. +; 1 discussion guide.
Abstract: E.L. Konigsburg is interviewed by Carolyn Field and Jaqueline Shachter Weiss. She tells about family experiences that led to her winning of the Newbery medal for the book entitled from the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and her Newbery honor book entitled Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth. This author-illustrator also discusses her approach to book illustration.
Title: E. L. Konigsburg interview
Publication: [Verdugo City, Calif.]:; Pied Piper
Year: 1980
Description: 1 sound cassette.
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