Angela Johnson (1) (1961–)

Autore di The First Part Last

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Sull'Autore

Angela Johnson was born on June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended Kent State University and worked with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) as a child development worker. She has written numerous children's books including Tell Me a Story, Mama, Shoes like Miss Alice, Looking for mostra altro Red, A Cool Moonlight and Lily Brown's Paintings. She won the Coretta Scott King Author's Award three times for Toning the Sweep in 1994, for Heaven in 1999, and for The First Part Last in 2004, which also won the Michael L. Printz Award. In 2003, she was named a MacArthur fellow. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Fonte dell'immagine: Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr) ~ Photo by Larry O. Gay

Serie

The Heaven Trilogy

Opere di Angela Johnson

Popolari Recenti

The First Part Last (2003) 1,748 copie

Heaven (1998) 850 copie

Do Like Kyla (Orchard Paperbacks) (1990) 747 copie

When I Am Old with You (1990) 722 copie

The Leaving Morning (1992) 650 copie

Lily Brown's Paintings (2007) 587 copie

Tell Me A Story, Mama (1989) 452 copie

Toning The Sweep (1993) 431 copie

A Sweet Smell of Roses (2005) 396 copie

One of Three (1991) 350 copie

Julius (1993) 347 copie

Bird (2004) 282 copie

Just Like Josh Gibson (2004) 269 copie

Daddy Calls Me Man (Richard Jackson Books (Orchard)) (1997) 265 copie

All different now : Juneteenth, the first day of freedom (2014) 222 copie

I Dream of Trains (Golden Kite Awards) (2003) 177 copie

Wind Flyers (2007) 173 copie

A Cool Moonlight (2003) 151 copie

A Certain October (2012) 143 copie

Violet's Music (2004) 140 copie

Rain Feet (1994) 137 copie

Joshua By The Sea (1994) 128 copie

Sweet, Hereafter (2010) 127 copie

Looking for Red (1888) 116 copie

Joshua's Night Whispers (1994) 115 copie

Songs of Faith (1998) 88 copie

Shoes Like Miss Alice's (1995) 87 copie

Those Building Men (2001) — Autore — 77 copie

When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street (1841) 70 copie

Humming Whispers (1995) 70 copie

Running Back to Ludie (2001) 69 copie

The Other Side: Shorter Poems (1998) 60 copie

Gone from Home: Short Takes (1998) 58 copie

A Girl Like Me (2020) 58 copie

Mama Bird, Baby Birds (1994) 56 copie

The Wedding (1999) 50 copie

Lottie Paris and the Best Place (1800) 48 copie

Lottie Paris Lives Here (2011) 47 copie

Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street (Knopf Books) (1998) 39 copie

The Aunt in Our House (1831) 32 copie

The Rolling Store (1997) — Autore — 31 copie

The Day Ray Got Away (2010) 27 copie

The Girl Who Wore Snakes (1993) 26 copie

Down The Winding Road (2000) 18 copie

All This and Heaven Too: Heaven; The First Part Last; Sweet, Hereafter (2013) 16 copie

Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street & When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street (2006) 12 copie

Through a Window [short story] — Autore — 1 copia

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Opere correlate

Half-Minute Horrors (2009) — Collaboratore — 279 copie

Tripping Over the Lunch Lady and Other School Stories (2004) — Collaboratore — 248 copie

On the Fringe: Stories (2001) — Collaboratore — 180 copie

What Are You Afraid Of?: Stories about Phobias (2006) — Collaboratore — 89 copie

The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope (2001) — Collaboratore — 89 copie

Love & Sex (2001) — Collaboratore — 69 copie

Memories of Sun: Stories of Africa and America (2004) — Collaboratore — 38 copie

The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) — Collaboratore — 16 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1961-06-18
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di residenza: Kent, Ohio, USA
Tuskegee, Alabama, USA
Istruzione: Kent State University
Premi e riconoscimenti: MacArthur Fellowship (2003)
Coretta Scott King Author Award (1998)
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2018)

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First Part Last, The

Coming-of-age

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BooksInMirror | 132 altre recensioni | Feb 19, 2024 |

Tell Me a Story Mama

EducatingParents.org rating: Approved

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MamaBearLendingDen | 6 altre recensioni | Nov 25, 2023 |

All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of… di Angela Johnson

Beautifully delicate watercolor illustrations leave a lasting impression of the story of Juneteenth, when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. The illustrator shows a range of reactions, trying to imagine what it was like. Back matter includes a timeline of important dates (1863-1865), a few paragraphs on "Juneteenth, Then and Now," a list of online sources, and a glossary of key terms. Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday the back matter is not perfectly up-to-date, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater - this is still an incredibly worthwhile book.… (altro)

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JennyArch | 13 altre recensioni | Jul 24, 2023 |

All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of… di Angela Johnson

Such a beautifully written and illustrated book that explains the history and movement of celebrating Juneteenth. It's written with language and emotion children can understand.

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KaraRW | 13 altre recensioni | Jul 15, 2023 |

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