Michael o tunnell biography of alberta

          Tunnell was born on June 14, , to Billie Bob Tunnell and Mauzi Chupp..

          Michael O. Tunnell

          American children's writer and educator (born 1950)

          Michael O. Tunnell (born June 14, 1950) is an American children's writer and educator.

          He was the department chair of children's literature at Brigham Young University (BYU), but recently retired.

          Michael O. Tunnell, a professor of children's literature in BYU's David O. McKay School of Education, is the author of 12 books for children.

        1. Tunnell was born in and grew up in Alberta, Canada.
        2. Tunnell was born on June 14, , to Billie Bob Tunnell and Mauzi Chupp.
        3. For the work, Tunnell harkened back to some of his own childhood memories of growing up in Alberta, Canada, and the warm, dry wind—the chinook—that blows off.
        4. The Story of ourselves: teaching history through children's literature.

          5. He has published several books on children's literature, especially on the work of Lloyd Alexander.[1] Tunnell is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[2]

          Biography

          Tunnell was born on June 14, 1950, to Billie Bob Tunnell and Mauzi Chupp.[3] Although he was born in Nocona, Texas, he was raised in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

          When he was a teenager, his family moved back to the United States to Vernal, Utah.[4] Beginning at a young age, he was an avid reader.[2] He was raised by his grandparents, and his grandmother would read to him every day.

          He began studying law in college, until he visited an elementary school one day for h