Jean Craighead George (1919–2012)
Autore di Io sto nei boschi
Sull'Autore
Jean Craighead George was born on July 2, 1919 in Washington, D.C. She received degrees in English and science from Pennsylvania State University. She began her career as a reporter for the International News Service. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps for The Washington mostra altro Post. During her lifetime, she wrote over 100 novels including My Side of the Mountain, which was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, which won the Newbery Medal, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack. She also wrote two guides to cooking with wild foods and an autobiography entitled Journey Inward. In 1991, she became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature. She died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Serie
Opere di Jean Craighead George
Scylla 3 copie
My Side Of The Mountain Experiencing Literature in the Classroom Teaching Guide Lesson Plans (1990) 2 copie
Arctic Son (DVD) 2 copie
Aufstieg zur Sonne 2 copie
Scylla the Humpback Whale 1 copia
Journeys 1 copia
The Gorilla Gang 1 copia
ONE DAY IN THE ALPINE TUNDRA 1 copia
ONE DAY IN THE DESERT 1 copia
Stimme Aus Den Grossen Sümpfen 1 copia
One Day on the Prairie 1 copia
La casa nell'albero 1 copia
El fabuloso reino animal 1 copia
Books 1 copia
morning, noon, and night 1 copia
Opere correlate
A Newbery Zoo: A dozen animal stories by Newbery Award-winning authors (1995) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1978 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- George, Jean Carolyn Craighead
- Data di nascita
- 1919-07-02
- Data di morte
- 2012-05-15
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Luogo di morte
- Valhalla, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- congestive heart failure
- Luogo di residenza
- Chappaqua, New York, USA
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Pennsylvania State University (BA|1941)
- Attività lavorative
- journalist
author
editor
children's book author - Relazioni
- George, Twig C. (daughter)
George, John L. (spouse)
George, Craig (son) - Organizzazioni
- Washington Post
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Newbery Honor Medal 1960
Newbery Medal 1973
Regina Medal (2003)
Utenti
Recensioni
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Newbery Adjacent (1)
Five star books (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
al.vick-series (1)
Nifty Fifties (1)
1950s (1)
1964 Project (1)
6th Grade (1)
Female Author (1)
Spring Reading (1)
Sonlight Books (3)
Elevenses (2)
KID BOOKS (1)
1970s (2)
Books About Boys (1)
My Wishlist - YA (1)
Read in 1999 (3)
Ambleside Books (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
Winter Books (1)
Summer Reading (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 146
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 47,360
- Popolarità
- #336
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 608
- ISBN
- 840
- Lingue
- 14
- Preferito da
- 20