Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1896-12-05
Data di morte: 1995-12-06
1995-12-05 (Wiki)
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA
Luogo di residenza: Tesuque, New Mexico, USA
Istruzione: New Mexico Highlands University
Attività lavorative: teacher
materials specialist, Institute of Inter-American Affairs
writer
memoirist
Premi e riconoscimenti: Regina Medal (Catholic Library Association|1963)
Distinguished Service Award (Bureau of Indian Affairs|1962)
Breve biografia: Ann Nolan Clark was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She graduated from New Mexico Normal School (now New Mexico Highlands University, NMHU) with a degree in education. In 1919, she married Thomas Patrick Clark with whom she had a son.

She began her career teaching English at NMHU. In the early 1920s, she took a job with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs as an elementary school teacher for children of the Tesuque Pueblo people, a position she held for 25 years. When she saw that the school had scarcely any instructional material geared toward Native Americans, she began writing children's books that incorporated the voices and stories of her students. Her book In My Mother's House, illustrated by Pueblo artist Velino Herrera, was named a Caldecott Honor book in 1942. She wrote about this work in her memoir Journey to the People, published in 1969.

In 1945, she transferred to the Institute for Inter-American Affairs, which sent her to live and travel for five years in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Those experiences led her to write books such as Magic Money, Looking-for-Something, and Secret of the Andes, which won the 1953 Newbery Medal. Clark wrote 31 books in her career, including some for the Haskell Foundation and the Haskell Indian Nations University at Lawrence, Kansas. In 1962, she received the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Distinguished Service Award.

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Secret of the Andes di Ann Nolan Clark

Story of a young man living in the Andes with his mentor, and how he learns the ways of the Incas. Mildly interesting, with lots of spiritual and mystic elements. Some portions of the story were rather vague, unclear, and so not satisfying to me.

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fuzzi | 14 altre recensioni | Apr 1, 2024 |

In My Mother's House di Ann Nolan Clark

Lovely illustrations, particularly of the horses!

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Eurekas | 7 altre recensioni | Apr 27, 2023 |

Blue Canyon horse di Ann Nolan Clark

The rhythm of the free verse is peaceful, not at all the sing-songy pace of so many children's books which attempt to be poetry. This is a book any adult would be happy to read aloud. In fact, this is a book any adult could read for their own enjoyment.
The mare is the main character, and we can feel with her a love of freedom. The young, unnamed boy has a minor role, but his sadness, his wise patience, and his final courage and happiness give us more range for connection. It is set in an unnamed canyon in desert country; the young boy tends a garden of corn, squash, and beans. His skin matches the earth (yes, could be just an artifact of the sparse color palette, but also affirming for the reader whose own skin is not a blank white).
The only word I have trouble with is 'master', to describe the relationship of the boy to horse. I think Clark didn't accurately name the true relatedness. It is easy to substitute "friend" or make up a name for the boy when reading.
I think this short book should be better known. The illustrations are as special as you would expect from a renowned artist.… (altro)

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juniperSun | Mar 7, 2023 |

Secret of the Andes di Ann Nolan Clark

As with many Newbery books, I found this fascinating as an adult. I'm not sure my younger self would have liked it. It does seem that Ann Nolan Clark did her research. She traveled extensively and wrote a number of books to capture cultures not usually covered in children's books of the time.

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njcur | 14 altre recensioni | May 19, 2022 |

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