Thursday, March 27, 2008

Help With Pronunciation

Here's a helpful Web site to help with the pronunciation of author's names:
http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi The authors and illustrators pronounce their own names and tell stories about their names. The featured authors are children's and YA authors. Helpful Hint: When I am unsure of the pronunciation of an author, a character, or a place name and I know I might need it in a book discussion, I check out the audio version and fast-forward to the parts I need.

1 comment:

South County Reg. Libr. said...

Laura,
This is the best idea yet. Names the likes of Eoin Colfer and Hanan Shaykh have left me feeling stupid... Thank you for this blog.
Tina Preston YA/SC