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Laurene Krasny. . (m. 1983) . Children. 3. Marc Tolon Brown (born November 25, 1946) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. Brown writes as well as illustrates the Arthur book series and is best known for creating that series and its numerous spin-offs.
E.B. White Read Aloud Award winners and honor books Year Category Author Title Publisher Result Ref. 2004 N/A Judy Schachner: Skippyjon Jones: Penguin Putnam: Winner 2005 N/A Judy Sierra, illus. by Marc Brown: Wild About Books: Random House Books for Young Readers: Winner 2006 Older Reader Debra Wiles: Each Little Bird That Sings: Harcourt ...
Weston Woods Studios (or simply Weston Woods) is a production company that makes audio and short films based on well-known books for children. [1] It was founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel in Weston, Connecticut, and named after the wooded area near his home. Weston Woods Studios' first project was Andy and the Lion in 1954, and its first ...
The Indies Choice Book Award (formerly known as Book Sense Book of the Year 2000-2008) is an American literary award that was inaugurated at BookExpo America 2000. The American Booksellers Association (ABA) rededicated the award (previously known as the ABBY) in recognition of a new era in bookselling, as well as the important role the Book Sense Picks List has played for independent ...
Judy Sierra and Robert Kaminski have written a book of children's traditional games from 137 countries and cultures. The games from Latin America include games that were introduced to the native peoples by the Spanish and games introduced to the Spanish by the native peoples as well as traditional games of the two communities still played ...
The Wreck of the Zephyr. Jumanji is a 1981 fantasy children's picture book written and illustrated by American author Chris Van Allsburg. [1] The book is about an enchanted board game that incorporates wild animals and other jungle elements as the game is played in real life. The book was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name and spawned a ...
224. Forever... is a 1975 novel by Judy Blume dealing with teenage sexuality. Because of the novel's content it has been the frequent target of censorship and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 at number seven. [1][2][3] The three ellipsis points at the end of the title ...
1131889. LC Class. PZ7.B6265 Bl. Blubber is a children's novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. The narrator is. Jill Brenner, a Pennsylvania fifth-grader [1] who joins her classmates in ostracizing and bullying Linda, an awkward and overweight girl. Linda gives an oral class report about whales and is hence nicknamed "Blubber" by her peers.