Who is an author and what do they do?

Today in our morning circle we held a brief discussion about what the children think an author does. We explained that all authors have their own writing style and some authors have particular topics they write about and have their own writing styles. We then proceeded to look/read though some library books together and listened for the general writing style of the author( words that repeat, rhyming words etc).

When we opened the classroom for free play the children continued to work on their own books in our writing center. When we authors finish writing and illustrating our books we will put them in our very own library.