Overview: The Southeast is the native or adopted home to many of Americas most gifted and talented literary figures.  Their works span time, geographic and cultural barriers to capture diverse interests and ignite the imaginations of readers around the world.  In this activity, students lead GRITS favorite cub reporter on an investigation into the lives and works of famous literBEARY figures from their state.  These biographical sketches include student-generated text and digital pictures about each literary figure.

Click on a state below to see biographical portraits, including "literBEARY" portraits written by students during Gritzley's visits.

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