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Florence Parry Heide (1919–2011)

Autor(a) de The Day of Ahmed's Secret

91+ Works 4,657 Membros 168 Críticas 5 Favorited

About the Author

Florence Parry Heide was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 27, 1919. She studied at Wilson College before transferring to the University of California at Los Angeles, where she received a B.A. in English. She worked in advertising and public relations in New York City before returning to mostrar mais Pittsburgh during World War II. She moved to Wisconsin with her husband after the war and started writing books at the age of 48. She wrote or co-wrote over 100 children's books including the Treehorn series, Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl who Floated, and The One and Only Marigold. She also wrote under the pseudonyms Alex B. Allen and Jamie McDonald. Heide received numerous awards and honors including having The Shrinking of Treehorn named by the New York Times as the Best Illustrated Children's Book of 1971 and winning the Jugendbuchpreis for the Best Children's Book of Germany in 1977; The Day of Ahmed's Secret received the Editors' Choice Award from Booklist in 1991, and Sami and the Time of the Troubles received the Editors' Choice Award from Booklist in 1992. She died on October 24, 2011 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Séries

Obras por Florence Parry Heide

The Day of Ahmed's Secret (1995) 1,089 exemplares
The Shrinking of Treehorn (1971) 358 exemplares
Sami and the Time of the Troubles (1992) 302 exemplares
That's What Friends Are For (1971) 225 exemplares
The House of Wisdom (1999) 103 exemplares
Treehorn's Treasure (1981) 89 exemplares
Tales for the Perfect Child (1866) 80 exemplares
Banana Twist (1978) 69 exemplares
The One and Only Marigold (2009) 65 exemplares
Giants Are Very Brave People (1970) 59 exemplares
Benjamin Budge and Barnaby Ball (1967) 50 exemplares
Treehorn's Wish (1986) 48 exemplares
Always Listen to Your Mother (2010) 43 exemplares
God and me (1975) 43 exemplares
How to Be a Hero (2016) 41 exemplares
Banana Blitz (1983) 38 exemplares
Grim and Ghastly Goings-On (1992) 36 exemplares
The Problem With Pulcifer (1982) 36 exemplares
A Promise Is a Promise (1766) 33 exemplares
Tio Armando (1656) 30 exemplares
You and Me (1975) 29 exemplares
Time Flies! (1984) 27 exemplares
Mystery of the Midnight Message (1977) 27 exemplares
Mystery of the Forgotten Island (1980) 23 exemplares
Mystery at Keyhole Carnival (1977) 23 exemplares
Mystery of the Missing Suitcase (1972) 23 exemplares
The Adventures of Treehorn (1981) 22 exemplares
Raising Readers: A Collection of Stories from Maine (2005) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Growing Anyway Up (1975) 22 exemplares
The Bigness Contest (1994) 16 exemplares
Who taught me? Was it you, God? (1978) 14 exemplares
It's About Time! (1901) 14 exemplares
Hats and Bears (1974) 14 exemplares
Time's Up! (1982) 13 exemplares
Mystery of the Vanishing Visitor (1975) 13 exemplares
Sound of Sunshine, Sound of Rain. (1970) 12 exemplares
Who Needs Me? (1971) 12 exemplares
Wendy Puzzle, The (1982) 12 exemplares
Changes (1978) 12 exemplares
Who Can? (1975) 12 exemplares
Secret dreamer, secret dreams (1978) 11 exemplares
When the Sad One Comes to Stay (1975) 11 exemplares
Timothy Twinge (1993) 11 exemplares
Mystery of the Melting Snowman (1974) 11 exemplares
Mystery at Southport Cinema (1978) 11 exemplares
Mystery of the Whispering Voice (1974) 11 exemplares
Brillstone Break-in (1977) 11 exemplares
The Body in the Brillstone Garage (1980) 11 exemplares
The Hidden Box Mystery (1973) 11 exemplares
Mystery at Macadoo Zoo (1973) 10 exemplares
Mystery of the Lonely Lantern (1976) 10 exemplares
Black Magic at Brillstone (1900) 9 exemplares
How big am I? (1970) 8 exemplares
The Little One (1970) 8 exemplares
The New Neighbor (1970) 7 exemplares
It Never Is Dark (1968) 7 exemplares
Time Bomb at Brillstone (1982) 7 exemplares
Fear at Brillstone (1978) 7 exemplares
Mystery on Danger Road (1983) 6 exemplares
The key (1971) 6 exemplares
The Mystery Of The Silver Tag (1972) — Autor — 6 exemplares
Alphabet Zoop (1970) 6 exemplares
Face at the Brillstone Window (1979) 5 exemplares
Lost and Found (1975) 4 exemplares
My Castle (1972) 3 exemplares
A SURPRISE FOR SANTA (1967) 3 exemplares
By the time you count to 10 (1979) 2 exemplares
Maximilian Becomes Famous (1969) 2 exemplares
Maximilian 2 exemplares
The Day It Snowed in Summer (1968) 2 exemplares
Sebastian 2 exemplares
Look! Look! A story book (1971) 2 exemplares
Alice Gets a New Look (1964) 1 exemplar
Tristan Se Achica (pi–ata) (2013) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Never Take a Pig to Lunch and Other Poems About the Fun of Eating (1994) — Contribuidor — 294 exemplares
Monster Poems (1976) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Heide, Florence Parry
Data de nascimento
1919-02-27
Data de falecimento
2011-10-23
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Local de falecimento
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Ocupações
children's book author
Relações
Gilliland, Judith Heide (daughter)

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Lane Smith is one of my favorite illustrators. His work is so fun, and really shines alongside Heide's silly, witty text. Recommended for princesses, kite fliers, and anyone with uncommon abilities.
 
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LibrarianDest | 16 outras críticas | Jan 3, 2024 |
hilarious and ironic.
 
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JMigotsky | 4 outras críticas | Jan 27, 2023 |
this book is a picture book that uses humor to help children relate to the fears being depicted by the illustrations, and view them in a more humorous manner. I think this a good book to use with children to help them accept their fears, because it is ok to be scared, and also to help them to cope with fear by viewing their fears from a funny perspective.
 
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fmatiella1 | 34 outras críticas | Feb 26, 2022 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
91
Also by
2
Membros
4,657
Popularidade
#5,416
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
168
ISBN
233
Línguas
8
Marcado como favorito
5

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