Jean Craighead George (1919–2012)
Autor(a) de My Side of the Mountain
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Jean Craighead George
Exploring Adventure Fiction: Wonderful Wizard of Oz/On the Far Side of the Mountain (1992) 21 exemplares
Beastly inventions: a surprising investigation into how smart animals really are (1970) 9 exemplares
Sem título 7 exemplares
Scylla 3 exemplares
My Side Of The Mountain Experiencing Literature in the Classroom Teaching Guide Lesson Plans (1990) 2 exemplares
Arctic Son (DVD) 2 exemplares
The Gorilla Gang 1 exemplar
Scylla the Humpback Whale 1 exemplar
Marvels & Mysteries of Our Aminal World 1 exemplar
Das Grosse Reader's Digest Tierbuch 1 exemplar
Wentletrap Trap 1 exemplar
Reading Guide to My Side of the Mountain 1 exemplar
There's an Owel in the Shower 1 exemplar
Journeys 1 exemplar
Geschichte der Antike in Stichworten 1 exemplar
ONE DAY IN THE ALPINE TUNDRA 1 exemplar
ONE DAY IN THE DESERT 1 exemplar
One Day on the Prairie 1 exemplar
La casa nell'albero 1 exemplar
El fabuloso reino animal 1 exemplar
Books 1 exemplar
Associated Works
A Newbery Zoo: A dozen animal stories by Newbery Award-winning authors (1995) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1978 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- George, Jean Carolyn Craighead
- Data de nascimento
- 1919-07-02
- Data de falecimento
- 2012-05-15
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Local de falecimento
- Valhalla, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- congestive heart failure
- Locais de residência
- Chappaqua, New York, USA
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA - Educação
- Pennsylvania State University (BA|1941)
- Ocupações
- journalist
author
editor
children's book author - Relações
- George, Twig C. (daughter)
George, John L. (spouse)
George, Craig (son) - Organizações
- Washington Post
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Newbery Honor Medal 1960
Newbery Medal 1973
Regina Medal (2003)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Newbery Adjacent (1)
Sonlight Books (3)
al.vick-series (1)
Nifty Fifties (1)
1970s (1)
6th Grade (1)
1950s (1)
Spring Reading (1)
Female Author (1)
Overdue Podcast (1)
Five star books (1)
Books About Boys (1)
Elevenses (2)
KID BOOKS (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
Read in 1999 (3)
Ambleside Books (1)
Summer Reading (1)
Winter Books (1)
My Wishlist - YA (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 147
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 45,601
- Popularidade
- #355
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 591
- ISBN
- 841
- Línguas
- 13
- Marcado como favorito
- 20