Florence Parry Heide (1919–2011)
Autor(a) de The Day of Ahmed's Secret
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 Treehorn Trilogy: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn's Treasure, and Treehorn's Wish (1971) 168 exemplares
Oh, Grow Up!: Poems to Help You Survive Parents, Chores, School, and Other Afflictions (1996) 42 exemplares
Maximilian 2 exemplares
Sebastian 2 exemplares
Quando Teodoro Encolheu 1 exemplar
Goldilocks and the three bears 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Never Take a Pig to Lunch and Other Poems About the Fun of Eating (1994) — Contribuidor — 294 exemplares
Etiquetado
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)
Membros
Discussions
Children's book that featured a board game that made you shrink em Name that Book (Novembro 2016)
Críticas
Listas
1970s (1)
Princess Tales (1)
Prémios
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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