You have been selected as a private investigator to research the life of Gail Gibbons, America’s leading non-fiction author. First, you are going to work as a detective to find out where Gail Gibbons was born, what she did as a child, what was her first job and why she began to write children’s books. Next, you will check out her family. Then you will select reviews of her most recent books to investigate. Finally, you will chose a book to read from her "other books" list. At the end of this investigation you will invent a book that you would like Gail Gibbons to write, give it a title and design a cover for the book.

So pick up your spyglass and get ready to begin your adventure.

You are entering the world of Gail Gibbons, author of over one hundred children’s books including The Great St. Lawrence Seaway, Beacons of Light: Lighthouses, and Sunken Treasure. You will meet Gail Gibbons, her family and home, and review several of her books. Click on the spyglass below to print out your first mission data sheet.

You are now ready to collect information. Click on the picture of Gail Gibbons to go to her site where you’ll begin your investigation.

You are about to embark on Mission 2: Meeting Gail Gibbon’s Family. Click on the spyglass below to print out Mission Data Sheet 2.

Get ready for Mission 3: Investigating Gail’s most recent books. Click on the spyglass below to print out Mission Data Sheet 3.

Click on the picture of Gail Gibbons to return to her site to review her most recent books.

Are you prepared for Mission 4- Gail Gibbons Other Books? Click on the spyglass below to print out Mission Data Sheet 4.

Click on Gail’s picture to go to her site and view the other books she has written.

Congratulations, you have successfully completed this investigation. You have earned the title of "Senior Investigator". You have discovered the author Gail Gibbons and have uncovered many of her books. The culminating experience of this mission is to select a subject that you would like Gail Gibbons to research, write about and illustrate as a possible future book.

Click on the "Senior Investigator" below to print out your final project sheet to complete this case.

Remember, you must choose a subject or book that Gail has not yet written. Click on Gail’s picture below to review the books she has already written.

Final instructions: You should have Mission Data Sheets 1, 2, 3, 4-

( Parts 1 and 2), and the Final Project, making a packet of six sheets altogether. Please hand this completed case file to your Senior Case Coordinator, alias- your teacher.