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Lloyd Alexander

Assistant pig-keepers, strong-willed princesses, complaining furry creatures, evil death lords.... Lloyd Alexander has created some of the most memorable fantasy characters in children's literature.

Sample the following internet sites and complete the activities for each one to learn more about the land of Prydain, the kingdom of Westmark, and other fanciful realms.

Lloyd Alexander
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-alexander-lloyd.asp

  1. When did Lloyd Alexander decide that he wanted to be an author?
  2. What 3 authors does he mention that he particularly read as a youth?
  3. Who does Lloyd Alexander say was one of his heroes? When he was playing as a child, what would he use as a shield and what would he pretend was a sword?
  4. When he couldn't afford to go to college, where did he work? How did he feel about his job?
  5. When he had saved some money and could finally afford college, how long did he stay there?
  6. After his short college stay, Lloyd joined the army. What were some of the jobs he had in the army?
  7. How did he end up in Wales? What did he like about Wales?
  8. Where in Europe did he go after Wales?
  9. Where did he end up going to college after the war? What did he do there besides go to college?
  10. When he returned to the United States and publishers were rejecting his novels, how did he support himself?
  11. How long did it take before he got a novel published?
  12. When he was doing research for Time Cat, what did he discover? What books resulted from this discovery?
  13. In what genre does Lloyd Alexander mostly write?

Lloyd Alexander
http://cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/lloydalexander.html

  1. According to this site, what answer did Albert Einstein give when asked how to develop intelligence in young people?
  2. What does Lloyd Alexander say nourishes the imagination?
  3. As a literary form, why does Lloyd Alexander like fantasy?

Lloyd Alexander
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/alexander.htm

  1. About how many books has Lloyd Alexander written?
  2. Where do he and his wife live?

American Library Association - Newbery
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbpast.html

  1. Which of Lloyd Alexander's books won the Newbery Award in 1969?
  2. Which of his books was a Newbery Honor Book in 1966?

Author: LINDA MOSBACKER - Email linda.mosbacker@slc.k12.ut.us