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Mentor Texts for Sensory Images

Once you start looking at mentor texts for creating sensory images, you will see that the possibilities are endless. This list will get you started.

• How Many Days to America? A Thanksgiving Story by Eve Bunting
• Butterfly House by Eve Bunting
  
  Eve Bunting does not have her own website, but an interview and biography are available at http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/bunting.



• An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant
• In November by Cynthia Rylant
  
  Cynthia Rylant does not have her own website, but an interview and biography are available at http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Cynthia-Rylant/20564573.



• Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
• Hello, Harvest Moon by Ralph Fletcher
  
  Ralph Fletcher offers "Tips for Young Readers" at his website: http://www.ralphfletcher.com/index.html.



• All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
  
  Patricia MacLachlan does not have her own website, but a biography is available at http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=12425.



• Bedhead by Margie Palatini
  
  Margie Palatini's website is packed with information and fun stuff, including book trailers: http://www.margiepalatini.com/.



• Hoops by Robert Burleigh
  
  Find more about Robert Burleigh at his website: http://robertburleigh.com/.



• Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss
  
  Find more information about Lloyd Moss at http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Lloyd-Moss/706964.



• Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
  
• Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey
  
  Dav's biography is available in cartoon or text at http://www.pilkey.com/.