Discussion Guide

Young Adult Book Discussion Kits Young Adult Book Discussion Kits are available to library patrons for use by home and community discussion groups, as well as teachers in the classroom setting. Each kit contains a set of thirty identical soft-cover books accompanied by a book discussion guide. The guides feature information about the author, reviews of the book, discussion questions, suggested further readings, and other pertinent information. Each kit is packaged in a canvas tote bag and may be borrowed for six weeks. Young Adult Book Discussion Kits may be reserved and sent A Reader’s Guide to to the library branch of your choice for pick up. If you would like to Juvenile Book reserve a kit, please stop by your local library branch or call 574- Discussion Kit 1611 . The kits may also be reserved through our website The David www.lfpl.org . A list of all the kits may be found in the LFPL cata- Macaulay Collection log by typing Book Discussion Kit Young Adult at the title prompt. Xtreme Reads Xtreme Reads Xtreme Reads Children’s & Young Adult Services 301 York Street Xtreme Reads Louisville, KY 40203 Xtreme Reads 502-574-1620 Information for this flyer was partially gathered from the following re- Young Adult Book sources: Discussion Kits Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2004. http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/macaulay/macaulaybio.shtml David Macaulay’s is a very pro- He spent time working as an What the Critics Say… lific children’s illustrator. His 6. David Macaulay says Black and interior designer, middle school teacher, works range from meticulous White is comprised of four stories, and college professor before breaking “Macaulay’s books on architecture architectural drawings to witty or maybe it is really about one into the world of children’s literature. are by now an institution in them- stories with cartoon-like draw- story ? What story or stories do His first book Cathedral was published selves…” ings. This kit includes four ex- you think are being told in Black in 1973 and won him a Caldecott Honor ~School Library Journal amples of the different types of and White ? award in 1974. work for which Macaulay has His work has continued as he “What David Macaulay can draw — 7. Angelo is a man who learns to become known. Black and produces quality children’s literature that churches, cities, pyramids —he does love a pigeon, and the pigeon loves White is his Caldecott-winning focuses on architecture, explaining the better than any other pen-and-ink him right back. Not many people book, which tells four different mechanisms that make things work, and illustrator in the world.” have pigeons for a pet. What un- stories that the reader soon finds stories that use both visual and written ~Time usual animal might you like to out are all related in some way. prompts to create an interactive have for a pet? Why? Shortcut uses the idea of how experience for the reader. “There is a sense of wonder in David cause and effect can change a He has won numerous awards Macaulay’s work. It’s fresh and 8. David Macaulay likes to experi- story. Rome Antics follows the for his books including the Caldecott genuine.” ment with sequencing of stories. flight of a pigeon, shown in dif- Award in 1991 and two Caldecott ~Washington Post Sequencing is the order in which a ferent perspectives as it flies to honors. He has also been named story occurs. Every story has a deliver a special message. An- multiple times the New York Times Ten Discussion Questions: beginning, middle and end. Why gelo is a touching tale of two Best Illustrated Books list. do you think David Macaulay likes unlikely friends. Macaulay says, “There are things 1. In Rome Antics , Macaulay uses to play with the order of the story? I think people have a need to know…I only one color other than black and want them to look around more – to pay white in the book. Why do you think 9. In many books by David Macau- he did that? How did the color red About the Author attention to the world around them, to lay, buildings play an important make the book special? part of the story. His grandfather take an extra moment to look at things, to and father’s careers influenced David Macaulay was think about things.” 2. What do you think the note “YES” what he drew and wrote. What do born on December 2, 1946 in from the pigeon to the man meant in your parents do at work? If you Burton-on Trent, England. Rome Antics ? were a writer and illustrator, how When he was eleven years old, would you include what they do in his family moved to the United 3. If you say it fast enough, “Rome your stories? States and settled in Bloomfield, Antics” sounds like Roman- New Jersey. As a child and Awards and Recognition tics.” Can you think of any other 10. Shortcut is about cause and young adult he drew constantly puns in Macaulay’s work? effect; how one action can change and enrolled at the Rhode Island 1991 Caldecott Medal, Black and an entire sequence of events. In 4. What is your favorite story within School of Art and Design after White Shortcut Albert puts his jacket on the book Black and White ? What do graduating from high school. He 2006 MacArthur Fellows “Genius the sign, making Sybill think she is you like about it? earned a Bachelor’s degree in Award” taking the shortcut into architecture and spent time 1978 Caldecott Honor, Castle town. What would have happened, studying in Rome. 1974 Caldecott Honor, Cathedral 5. What’s black and white and red all do you think, if Albert had not over? What’s black and white and placed his jacket there? read all over? .

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