Smack Dab in the Classroom by Dia Calhoun: Better Author Reports.

When I was a kid, we were required to do reports on the authors of our favorite books. I often thought the questions my teachers wanted us to answer were boring. So here are a few questions I 'd have found more interesting.

If the author were lying in a hammock, what would she daydream about?If the author could take a trip anywhere in the world (or universe) where would she go and why?If the author could choose between waltzing in a glittering ballroom, or riding a horse through the hills, which would he choose and why?What do you think the author's favorite childhood book was, and why?If you could do one thing with the author what would it be, and why?If the author could only hang one object on the wall of his house, what would it be and why?You get the idea. How I would have loved to have answered questions like those, questions that engaged me imaginatively with the author. And how I would love to answer such questions, now, as an author myself.

Happy Imagining!