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Valerie Worth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where her father taught biology at Swarthmore College.In 1947, the family moved to Tampa, Florida for four years, and then spent a year in Bangalore, India. [1]
Blume has won many awards for her writing, including the American Library Association (ALA)'s Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1996 for her contributions to young adult literature. [10] She was recognized as a Library of Congress Living Legend and awarded the 2004 National Book Foundation medal for distinguished contribution to American letters.
Jean Guttery Fritz (November 16, 1915 – May 14, 2017) was an American children's writer best known for American biography and history. She won the Children's Legacy Literature Award for her career contribution to American children's literature in 1986. [1] She turned 100 in November 2015 [2] and died in May 2017 at the age of 101. [3]
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a children's novel written by American author Judy Blume and published in 1972. [1] It is the first in the Fudge series and was followed by Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great , Superfudge , Fudge-a-Mania , and Double Fudge (2002).
Her first novel, 1981's Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, [3] won young reader awards from California, [4] Georgia, [5] and Ohio. [6]Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You won the 1988 Young Readers Choice Award and the 1989 Buckeye Children's and Teen Book (Ohio).
Donald Crews (born August 30, 1938) is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. In 2015, the American Library Association (ALA) honored him with the Children's Literature Legacy Award, recognizing his lasting contribution to children's literature. [1] His works Freight Train (1978) and Truck (1980) were Caldecott Honor ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. American poet and writer Gary Soto Soto at the 2001 National Book Festival Born Gary Anthony Soto (1952-04-12) April 12, 1952 (age 72) Fresno, California Occupation Author, poet Education MFA Alma mater UC Irvine, CSU Fresno Period 1977-present Genre poetry, novels, memoirs, children's ...