Happy Birthday to Phyllis Reynolds Naylor!

The author of the 1992 Newbery winner Shiloh is celebrating a birthday today. I found these incredible stats about her work on the Simon & Schuster web site!

• Books written: over 125
  
• Stories & articles written: about 2,000
  
• Number of rejection slips from publishers: 10,443
  
  Wow! Now let that be a lesson to all you aspiring writers out there. Even outstanding writers get rejected. Take heart and keep on writing.

To learn more about this terrific author, visit the sites below.

• Simon & Schuster: Alice - The Alice web site is fantastic and contains information about the Alice series, info on the author, a list of appearances and much more!
  
• The Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  
• Meet Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  
• A Recent Interview with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  
• Featured Author: Phyllis Naylor
  
• Spotlight on Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  
• IPL Kidspace Interview (1996)

Finally, if you will be teaching Shiloh this year, here are some resources that may help.

• Scholastic Bookfiles: Shiloh
  
• Shiloh Discussion Guide
  
• Glencoe Literature Library Study Guide for Shiloh
  
• Readers' Theater Script for Chapter 5
  
• Book Club Lesson Plan for Shiloh
  
• Lesson Plans for Shiloh

Thank you Ms. Naylor for Shiloh and all your other wonderful creations. Happy Birthday!