Around the world in 35 names
Let TeachingBooks.net help make a geography lesson come to life … Now you can connect countries all over the world to real-life book creators! Do this simply by using our Author Name Pronunciation Guide.
There are several advantages to sharing these short audio clips with your students:
- Students get to hear authors and illustrators who may (or may not) have accents different from their own.
- Everyone learns the correct pronunciations for names that are sometimes difficult to say.
- You can make a natural bridge from a geography lesson to a literature study — and vice versa.
Below is a short list of authors/illustrators — and the countries with which their names are associated. The origins of these names take us around the world…
Ashley Bryan (Antigua and Barbuda)
Janet Tashjian (Armenia)
Mem Fox (Australia)
Mitali Perkins (Bangladesh)
Gail Sidonie Sobat (Canada)
Ed Young (China)
Ying Chang Compestine (China, Italy)
Leyla Torres (Columbia)
Peter Sís (Czech Republic)
Naomi Shihab Nye (Denmark/Norway)
David Almond (England)
Brian Jacques (France)
David Bouchard (French Canada [Métis])
Cornelia Funke (Germany)
Lisa Papademetriou (Greece)
Polly Horvath (Hungary)
Shenaaz Nanji (India)
Charles Ghigna (Italy)
Mariko Tamaki (Japan)
Linda Sue Park (Korea)
Brian Lies (Luxembourg)
Shaun Tan (Malaysia, England/Ireland)
Yuyi Morales (Mexico)
Margriet Ruurs (The Netherlands)
Ifeoma Onyefulu (Nigeria)
Lise Lunge-Larsen (Norway)
Ibtisam Barakat (Palestine)
Bob Raczka (Poland)
Vladimir Radunsky (Russia)
Janet McNaughton (Scotland)
Adrian Fogelin (Sweden)
Tololwa M. Mollel (Tanzania)
Dennis Foon (Ukraine)
Chris K. Soentpiet (United States/Hawaii/Korea)
Sherman Alexie (United States/Spokane)
Did you enjoy your trip?
Posted by Carin Bringelson, MLS, Information Manager
5 Responses to “Around the world in 35 names”
February 3rd, 2009 saat: 9:51 am
Absolutely amazing idea and use of this collection, Carin. Personal. Informative. Curricularly centric. And about favorite books and authors.
February 3rd, 2009 saat: 11:19 am
Hello, I LOVE this Around the World in 35 names… What a beautiful idea. My name is listed under Palestine, which is correct, and I am thrilled. I’ve used this service so much during last year, referring students and teachers to TeachingBooks.net for the correct pronunciation of my name.
With sunshine and all the best,
Ibtisam Barakat.
February 4th, 2009 saat: 8:00 am
Fabulous! I have already posted this web link to both of my class websites. I especially like how Shaun Tan’s name origin and his accent clearly show different country roots.
February 27th, 2009 saat: 3:14 pm
In our growing collaborative community of educators, one educator recently inspired me to point out that author/illustrator Giora Carmi has a name with origins in Israel. Listen to his lovely name pronunciation on our site:
http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronounce.cgi?aid=1330
Do you know of other authors whose names come from around the world? Explore all of the 600+ Author Name Pronunciations at http://www.teachingbooks.net/hello . Then leave a comment!
February 9th, 2010 saat: 3:12 pm
Mina Javaherbin recently recorded her Author Name Pronunciation, explaining that her name is from Iran.
http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronounce.cgi?aid=12304
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