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	robert_munsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Robert Munsch was born on June 11, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		When Robert Munsch was in elementary he wrote poems and read lots of books then he decided to become a Catholic Priest and studied Jesuit Priest for 7 years.
		Robert Munsch worked part time at an orphanage and a daycare he loved telling the children stories.
	tomps.haltonbe.on.ca /Bennedsen_site/robert_munsch.htm (259 words)

	CM Magazine: Teaching With Robert Munsch Books. Volume 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Given the popularity of Robert Munsch books in today's early years classrooms, this guide to the use of six Munsch titles will be a welcome addition.
		Munsch's rise to fame is re-told in a somewhat simplistic, unadorned manner, but it seems to cover the important highlights.
		The format which is used for each of the six stories includes: a summary, questions that teachers can use (before the reading, during the reading and after), and activities to extend and connect the experience of these stories to cross curricular areas of science, art, social studies and math.
	www.umanitoba.ca /outreach/cm/vol10/no12/teachingwithrobertmunsch.html (462 words)

	Scholastic Canada \| Robert Munsch :: Biography
		Robert Munsch likes to use kids he meets on his storytelling adventures in his books.
		Munsch has published dozens of books, which are sold around the world in many different languages.
		Munsch describes his stories as "middle of the road taboo." When he uses words like pee and underwear, "the kids go absolutely bananas." As for the parents, "Eighty percent think it's really neat; the other twenty percent ask, 'How could you?' Munsch and his wife live in Guelph, Ontario.
	www.scholastic.ca /titles/munsch/munschbiography.html (347 words)

	David's Father (Munsch, Robert N., Munsch for Kids.): Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		Munsch tests his books on classrooms of children many times, editing and changing them until they are just right to his test subjects.
		Munsch's punchline ("Wait until you meet my grandmother.") is solid, but when combined with the view of a large gorilla leg in a red pump towering over the two children it becomes hilarious.
		With Robert Munsch as a storyteller and Michael Martchenko as an illustrator you are guaranteed a delightful read with lively pictures to entertain the kids.
	www.mysqlwebhosting.biz /stuff-0920236642.html (1061 words)

	Robert_munsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fifteen popular Robert Munsch stories are under one cover, including "The Paper Bag Princess," "Stephanie's Ponytail," "David's Father," and other humorously bizarre tales.
		Robert Munsch at His Best : From the day we brought this book home, my son has been begging me to read him the stories over and over and over again.
		Robert Munsch can be on my guest list any time...
	books.mysic.ca /Author/Robert_Munsch (857 words)

	The Theology of Robert Munsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Munsch’s success is a testament to our affirmation of the worth and dignity of every person.
		Munsch left the Jesuits in 1970 having discovered that he no longer could believe all the things he was expected to espouse.
		Munsch happily claims, “I never learned to write.” He gives full credit to the children he meets for their creativity and their critiques.
	www.unitarianscalgary.org /Sermon_munsch.html (1699 words)

	CBC: Life And Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Born in Pittsburgh in 1945, Robert Norman Munsch was one of nine children raised in a large middle-class American family.
		It was there that Munsch and his wife ran a daycare centre in the back room of a church, and where he honed his skills as a storyteller.
		Munsch left the university to become a full time storyteller but success did not come overnight.
	www.cbc.ca /lifeandtimes/munsch.html (391 words)

	Scholastic.com \| AuthorsandBooks: Author Booklist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From the first time he stood in front of a group of children as a student teacher at a nursery school in 1972, his jaunty, animated presentation grabbed hold of the imaginations of his listeners and he hasn't let go since.
		Munsch describes his stories as "middle of the road taboo." When he uses words like pee and underwear, "the kids go absolutely bananas." As for the parents, "Eighty percent think it's really neat; the other twenty percent ask, 'How could you?' "
		Robert Munsch lives in Ontario, Canada, and continues to perform his own tales — often without advance notice — for day care centers, schools, and libraries.
	www2.scholastic.com /teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=66&collateralID=5247&displayName=Biography (261 words)

	Firefly Books - Robert Munsch
		Canada's best-selling children's author, Robert Munsch, is a subject of CBC's biography series airing on Tuesday, November 7, at 7:00 pm.
		Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Munsch studies for seven years to be a Jesuit priest before deciding to work with children instead.
		In 1975, Munsch and his wife, Ann, moved to Guelph, Ontario, where he became an associate professor family studies and teacher at the University of Guelph's preschool.
	www.fireflybooks.com /Kids/Munschbio.html (310 words)

	Encyclopedia: Robert Munsch
		Robert Norman Munsch CM (born June 11, 1945) is a Canadian children's author.
		Guelph (2003 population 115,872, metropolitan population 138,975) is a city located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, roughly 100 kilometres west of downtown Toronto along Ontario provincial highway 401.
		Love You Forever is a short book written by Robert Munsch and published in 1986.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Robert-Munsch (574 words)

	Circling With Robert Munsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Robert Munsch was chosen because his stories readily lend themselves to interpretation and exploration.
		Robert Munsch chose several different words to express how the words, "Mortimer, be quiet!" were to be spoken.
		Munsch combines his humor and repetition with some of the real issues in life to create a very touching story.
	www.stf.sk.ca /teaching_res/library/teach_mat_centre/tmc/P11233/P11233.htm (5096 words)

	Éditions Scholastic - Auteurs et Illustrateurs - Robert Munsch
		Robert abandonne donc ses études et trouve un emploi à plein temps dans une garderie.
		Robert Munsch décide par la suite de démissionner de son poste à l'université pour se consacrer entièrement à l'écriture et à la lecture de ses histoires.
		Robert Munsch est l'auteur qui vend le plus de livres pour les jeunes au Canada.
	www.scholastic.ca /editions/auteurs/munsch.htm (510 words)

	Lesson Exchange: Robert Munsch author study (Elementary, 4 Blocks)
		(Robert Munsch's website, www.robertmunsch.com, is an excellent place to learn more about the author and to find out where his story ideas come from.
		Munsch also has a collection of poems he wrote, especially for kids.
		Explain that Munsch is a storyteller first, before he is a writer.
	www.teachers.net /lessons/posts/1518.html (931 words)

	Robert Munsch Visits Sault College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Munsch has generously granted permission at no cost to Sault College to translate some of his work into Ojibwe.
		Munsch will join us for this very special day,” said Carolyn Hepburn, Ojibwe language initiatives co-ordinator at Sault College.
		Munsch’s books are known and loved by millions of people.
	www.saultc.on.ca /depts/CorpPubAffairs/News/newsrelapr2204.htm (256 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For Robert Munsch of Guelph, Ontario, adult comment is fine, but the people he really listens to are children because they help him write his books.
		Munsch’s success lies in his deep and sensitive understanding of children and in his patience in creating oral versions of his stories and retelling them to groups of children sometimes for two or three years to test their response and participation before he ever writes his books.
		Munsch also designs his stories so that they mean different things to different people.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume5/290-291.htm (724 words)

	Review Robert Munsch - Computer Toaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Well-written, as is usual for Robert Munsch, and the illustrations are beautiful.
		One day Shelley went into her room and there were socks on the floor, socks on the bed, socks on the dresser, socks on the walls and socks everywhere.
		yes this is my favorite munsch book of all time.....such a cute story...i love munsch....he's a genius just as seuss....the two have quite different styles of writing..but they get the point across...something good has always been my favorite though....
	computertoaster.com /reviews/authorsearch_Robert%20Munsch/mode_books/first_21 (398 words)

	Robert Munsch
		Robert Munsch is a very popular children's author who has written books such as Love You Forever and The Paper Bag Princess.
		She heard Robert telling his stories to children at the daycare and encouraged him to get his books published.
		However, when she went in to see him he told her to come back when she looked more decent, so the princess decided not to marry the prince after all because of how selfish he was.
	www.elmhurst.edu /library/courses/edu/fiene/munsch.html (615 words)

	Robert Munsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Robert Munsch lives in Guelph, Ontario in Canada.
		Robert Munsch's stories have strong-willed, quick-thinking kids as characters.
		Robert Munsch took the time to write me a note and send me a book!
	coe.west.asu.edu /students/dcorley/authors/Munsch.htm (270 words)

	You LOOK like a real prince, but YOU ARE A BUM. \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This page lists Munsch as a famous person with depression and is copyright 2001, so I think this has been known for a while.
		Robert Munsch gives readings at my kids' school all the time (we' live in the same town he does).
		Robert Munsch is most definitely in my top 10 favourite children's authors.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/37782 (797 words)

	Robert Munsch -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Robert Munsch -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Robert Norman Munsch (A radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei) CM (born June 11, 1945) is a (A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) Canadian children's author.
		Munsch was born in (A city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh) Pittsburgh, (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) Pennsylvania.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_munsch.htm (324 words)

	Let’s Learn About Robert Munsch
		Robert Munsch is one of the greatest story-tellers out there.
		Well, this is exactly what Robert Munsch does.
		You will find out if these sites talk about the author’s different books and/or other work, where he lives, and if there are any fun games for you to take part in.
	www.uvm.edu /~litblock/webquest/munsch.html (349 words)

	Annick Press - Authors & Illustrators - Robert Munsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Munsch is bursting with ideas-though he says it sometimes takes him years to get a good story.
		Munsch has gained wide international recognition for his books and records.
		Robert Munsch may be available for storytelling concerts, keynote speaking engagements, and school visits.
	www.annickpress.com /ai/munsch.html (439 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Andrew's Loose Tooth at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Robert Munsch writes books from a child’s point of view.
		Robert Munsch is probably my family’s favourite author.
		If you’ve ever seen or heard Robert Munsch reading his books, you know that he reads his stories, fast, with a sense of urgency in his voice.
	www.epinions.com /content_43735486084 (804 words)

	ABC Media Room
		Robert Munsch nommé président honoraire de la Journée de l'alphabétisation familiale 2004
		Robert Munsch est l'auteur de 35 livres pour enfants, dont La Princesse à la robe de papier, L'Habit de neige et Je t'aimerai toujours, qui s'est vendu à plus de 18 millions d'exemplaires en Amérique du Nord.
		Munsch a publié son premier livre, Mud Puddle, en 1979, et a vendu depuis plus de 31 millions de livres traduits dans une dizaine de langues.
	www.abc-canada.org /media_room/news/fld2004_r1f.shtml (567 words)

	Robert Munsch - Canadian Children’s Author - Canadian Culture
		Robert Munsch has written thirty-five books over the years, to the great delight of little ones everywhere.
		Most, if not all of Munsch’s story ideas come from talking to the kids he reads to.
		Munsch is working on two other books gleamed from children, especially for children.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art15330.asp (313 words)

	"Tracy's Book Nook - Children's Author - Robert Munsch"
		Robert Munsch is a storyteller who has written many books, including Alligator Baby, Love You Forever and The Paper Bag Princess.
		He has told this story for a long time, and he always uses the name of a kid in the audience who has a loose tooth.
		The boy in this book is his own son, Andrew, who always hated it when grown-ups messed around with his loose teeth.
	www.tracysbooknook.com /authors/authors_kids/robert_munsch.html (78 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: I Have to Go! (Munsch, Robert N., Munsch for Kids.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This was the first of the many Robert Munsch books I have given my grandchildren.
		Children love humor about things they think are a bit taboo (don't we all?) and this delightful and very true to life story never fails to bring gales of laughter to both the girls and me. My personal favorite line is from grandma.
		My reading buddie is in kindergartenand he loved the book!I like it when he says "i have to go pee, and grandpa, do you have t go pee, well so do I!"I like it when robert munsch...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0920303749?v=glance (1142 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Munsch More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Six fabulous stories by Robert Munsch: Alligator Baby; Andrew’s Loose Tooth; Get Out of Bed; Mmm, Cookies!; and Ribbon Rescue; plus an all-new never before- published Munsch tale, are gathered in an oversized hardcover gift edition at an amazing price.
		Also included is bonus material that tell how the stories came to be, and information about Robert Munsch and all the illustrators of the stories.
		ROBERT MUNSCH is Canada’s best-selling author, with over 40 children’s books including Smelly Socks, Zoom!, Lighthouse and Love You Forever.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0439961351 (196 words)

	"book me" - Robert Munsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"I got it backwards!" is Munsch's reply to questions about how he became a children's author.
		Munsch is bursting with ideas -- though he says it sometimes takes him years to get a good story.
		Robert Munsch studied to be a Jesuit priest, but then decided to work with children instead.
	www.grace-notes.com /rmunsch.html (191 words)

	CBC Arts: Munsch reading highlights local literacy day events
		TORONTO - Popular Canadian children's author Robert Munsch captivated a Toronto class of Grade 2 students Wednesday with his usual animated storytelling, an event organized in conjunction with UNESCO's International Literacy Day.
		Reading stories aloud to children is one of the best ways to get them interested in reading, Munsch said.
		Munsch's reading tour, which will also visit elementary schools in the Ontario cities of Burlington, Guelph and Hamilton, is one of the many activities taking place as part of the literacy day, which often stretches out to the rest of the week.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2004/09/08/Arts/munschliteracy040908.html (336 words)

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