Peter Geiger Roop

Background

Roop, Peter Geiger was born on March 8, 1951 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel Morehead and Dorothy (Danenhower) Roop.

Education

Bachelor, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1973; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, Colorado School Mines, 1973-1982; postgraduate, Westminster College, Concordia, 1973-1982; Master of Arts in Children's Literature, Simmons College, Boston, 1980.

Career

Teacher, Kington (England) County Primary School, 1976-1977; instructor adult education, University of Wisconsin -Fox Valley, Menasha, 1982-1983; teacher, Appleton (Wisconsin) Area School District, since 1973. Children's literature consultant District of Columbia Heath Company, 1985-1987. Educational consultant PerfectionLearning Company, since 1987, Book Links Magazine, American Library Association, since 1990.

Educational writer Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1988-1989. Teacher consultant Learning Magazine, 1988-1992. Golden Kite award judge Society Children's Book Writers, 1991.

Past mem.external advising committee The Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin. Educational consultant, past board member Friends of Mosquito Hill Nature Center.

Works

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  • Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves

    (A fictional recreation of the life of Ahyoka, a young Che...)

  • I, Columbus : My Journal :1492-1493

    (Christopher Columbus had a dream―to reach the fabled land...)

  • THE HMONG IN AMERICA; WE SOUGHT REFUGE HERE

    (This book is about the struggles and cultural adaptations...)

  • Seasons of the Cranes

    (Follows a family of whooping cranes through a year, in a ...)

  • Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (1st Avenue)

    (Introduce young readers to history through the stories of...)

  • Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie: Novel-Ties Study Guide

    (Use Novel-Ties ® study guides as your total guided readin...)

  • Capturing Nature: The Writings and Art of John James Audubon

    (A beautiful first-person adventure story through nature. ...)

  • Keep the Lights Burning Abbie

    (Book by Roop, Peter)

  • KEEP THE LIGHTS BURNING, ABBIE
  • Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie: Novel-Ties Study Guide by Peter & Connie Roop (2007-01-01)
  • Manten las Luces Encendidas, Abbie = Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (Yo Solo Biografias) (Spanish Edition)
  • (Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie ) Author: Peter Roop Oct-1994
  • Educational Psychology and Classroom Practice: A Partnership/Teacher Magazine Reader

Membership

Past board of trustees Appleton Public Library. Delegate to China People to People, 1995. Member National Education Association (advisory panel educational materials), National Council Teachers English (chair elementary section nominating committee 1992-1993, Orbis Pictus nonfiction awardcom.

1988-1992, Orbis Pictus Nonfiction award nominee 1991), Wisconsin State Reading Association (special recognition award 1987), Wisconsin Regional Writers Association (past president), National Association Young Writers (past treasurer, vice president).

Connections

Married Constance Betzer, August 4, 1973. Children: Sterling, Heidi.

Father:

Daniel Morehead Roop

Mother:

Dorothy (Danenhower) Roop

Spouse:

Constance Betzer

child:

Sterling Roop

child:

Heidi Roop