The document provides directions for researching the author Sharon Creech on the Britannica School Edition database, with the goal of answering questions about her Newbery Medal-winning book, birth year, when she became interested in telling her own stories, the name of her first children's book and its publication year, and the name of her first book published in the United States.

1. Author Investigation
“Sharon Creech”
Directions:
1.Go to calslibrary.webs.com
2.Choose the database: Britannica School Edition
3.Search for the author Sharon Creech
4.Answers the questions below:
1) What book did Sharon Creech win the Newbery
Medal for?
2) When was Sharon Creech born?
3) When did she become interested in telling
stories of her own?
4) What was the name of her first book for
children?
5) When was her first book published?
6) What was the name of Creech’s first book
published in the United States?