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Lee Bennett Hopkins (1938–2019)

Autor(a) de Surprises

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About the Author

Lee Bennett Hopkins was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 13, 1938. Hopkins' education was rather sporadic, since he often had to care for his younger sister while his mother worked to support the family. As a child, Hopkins read little other than comic books and movie magazines until a mostrar mais teacher inspired in him a love of the theatre and, subsequently, of reading. Though Hopkins did well in his high school English courses, he did not enjoy other subjects and his grades in those were poor. Still, he had decided on an eventual career as a teacher and after graduating high school he began classes at the Newark State Teachers College, working several jobs in order to afford his tuition. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960, Hopkins began teaching sixth grade at a public school in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. In his third year at Westmoreland School in Fair Lawn he became the school's resource teacher. Through the principal at his own school, Hopkins obtained a scholarship to pursue a master's degree at the Bank Street College of Education in New York City. While working toward this degree, which he received in 1964, Hopkins continued as Resource Teacher at Westmoreland. In 1966 he took a position as senior consultant for Bank Street College's new Learning Resource Center in the Harlem area of New York City. Hopkins also began writing articles on children's literature and the use of poetry in the classroom, which were published in journals such as Horn Book and Language Arts. With colleague Annette F. Shapiro he wrote Creative Activities for Gifted Children, his first book. In 1967 Hopkins received a Professional Diploma in Educational Supervision and Administration from Hunter College of the City University of New York. Racial tension following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968 forced Hopkins and others to reluctantly leave Harlem. He then secured another position as a curriculum and editorial specialist at Scholastic, Inc. Hopkins' career as a writer progressed; more than two dozen of his books were published during his eight-years at Scholastic. In 1976 Hopkins quit his job at Scholastic in order to become a full- time writer and poetry anthologist. He has written or compiled more than seventy-five books for children and young adults, in addition to his professional texts and his numerous contributions to education and children's literature journals. Apart from his many poetry anthologies and professional texts, Hopkins has also written young adult novels, children's stories, and non-fiction books for children. He hosted the fifteen-part children's educational television series Zebra Wings, and has also served as a literature consultant for Harper and Row's Text Division. Hopkins has won numerous honors and awards, including an honorary doctor of laws degree from Kean College in 1980 and the University of Southern Mississippi's Silver Medallion in 1989. His poetry autobiography, Been to Yesterdays, received both the Christopher Medal and a Golden Kite Honor. He has also received awards from Booklist, School Library Journal, The New York Times, The American Library Association and the American Booksellers Association. Hopkins founded the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award presented annually since 1993, and the Lee Bennett Hopkins/International Reading Association Promising Poet Award presented every three years since 1995. Lee Bennett Hopkins passsed away on August 8, 2019, at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Séries

Obras por Lee Bennett Hopkins

Surprises (1984) — Editor — 701 exemplares
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States (2000) — Editor — 594 exemplares
Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems (1997) — Editor — 358 exemplares
Good Books, Good Times! (1990) — Editor — 352 exemplares
Side By Side: Poems to Read Together (1605) — Editor — 290 exemplares
Weather: Poems for All Seasons (1994) — Editor — 227 exemplares
Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems (1999) — Editor — 202 exemplares
Halloween Howls: Holiday Poetry (2005) — Editor — 198 exemplares
Amazing Faces: Poems (2010) — Editor — 186 exemplares
Home To Me: Poems Across America (2002) — Editor — 155 exemplares
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems (2005) — Editor — 132 exemplares
Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry (1994) — Editor — 121 exemplares
I Am the Book (2011) — Editor — 118 exemplares
A Pet for Me: Poems (2003) — Editor — 114 exemplares
Pterodactyls and Pizza: A Trumpet Club Book of Poetry (1992) — Editor — 112 exemplares
Got Geography! (2006) — Editor — 95 exemplares
Pass the Poetry, Please! (1987) 79 exemplares
Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems (2010) — Editor — 79 exemplares
School Supplies: A Book of Poems (1621) — Editor — 75 exemplares
City I Love (2009) 69 exemplares
Dinosaurs: Poems (1987) 67 exemplares
Incredible Inventions (2009) 67 exemplares
Dino-Roars (Road to Reading) (1999) 64 exemplares
Alphathoughts: Alphabet Poems (2003) 60 exemplares
Nasty Bugs (2012) 56 exemplares
YUMMY!: Eating through a Day (2000) 55 exemplares
Manger (2014) 54 exemplares
Extra Innings: Baseball Poems (1993) 48 exemplares
Jumping Off Library Shelves (1702) 46 exemplares
Sky Magic: Poems (2009) — Editor — 45 exemplares
Opening Days: Sports Poems (1996) 41 exemplares
Happy Birthday (1991) 40 exemplares
Me! A book of poems (1970) 39 exemplares
Valentine Hearts: Holiday Poetry (2004) 36 exemplares
The Sky Is Full of Song (1983) 36 exemplares
Mary's Song (2012) 36 exemplares
Full Moon and Star (2011) 33 exemplares
Time to Shout: Poems for You (1973) 32 exemplares
Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems for Thanksgiving (1978) — Editor — 30 exemplares
Hey-How for Halloween! (1974) — Editor — 30 exemplares
Amazing Places (2015) 28 exemplares
Faces and Places Poems for You (1971) 27 exemplares
A Bunch of Punctuation (2018) 26 exemplares
Small Talk: A Book of Short Poems (1995) 26 exemplares
Give Me Wings (2010) 25 exemplares
Easter Buds Are Springing: Poems for Easter (1979) — Editor — 25 exemplares
School People (2018) 25 exemplares
Song And Dance (1997) 23 exemplares
April Bubbles Chocolate (1994) 20 exemplares
The Writing Bug (1993) 20 exemplares
Let them be themselves (1969) 18 exemplares
Munching: Poems About Eating (1985) 18 exemplares
Creatures (1985) 17 exemplares
On the Farm/Poems (1991) 17 exemplares
Best Friends (1986) 16 exemplares
Mother Goose and Her Children (1999) 16 exemplares
Mama (1977) 15 exemplares
The Sea Is Calling Me: Poems (1986) 15 exemplares
Mother Goose through the seasons (1999) 15 exemplares
Mama & her boys (1981) 15 exemplares
And God Bless Me (1982) 14 exemplares
I Am the Cat (1981) 14 exemplares
Small circus (A solo book) (1975) 14 exemplares
Moments: Poems About the Seasons (1980) 13 exemplares
A Dog's Life (1983) 12 exemplares
Construction People (2020) 11 exemplares
This Street's For Me! (1970) 11 exemplares
Flit, Flutter, Fly! (1992) 11 exemplares
Poems to Remember (1973) 10 exemplares
Elves, Fairies & Gnomes (1980) 10 exemplares
To the Zoo: Animal Poems (1992) 10 exemplares
All the World's a Stage (2013) 10 exemplares
It's about time : poems (1993) 8 exemplares
Hear My Prayer (2010) 8 exemplares
City Talk (1970) 8 exemplares
Building an Enriched Vocabulary (1998) 8 exemplares
Night Wishes (2020) 7 exemplares
Poetry on Wheels. (1974) 7 exemplares
A song in stone : city poems (1983) 6 exemplares
Wonder Wheels (1979) 6 exemplares
Zoo! - A Book of Poems (1971) 4 exemplares
Poems from Best Friends (1993) 4 exemplares
By Myself (1980) 4 exemplares
I Loved Rose Ann (1976) 3 exemplares
The Best of Book Bonanza (1980) 3 exemplares
Love & kisses (1984) 2 exemplares
I Think I Saw A Snail 2 exemplares
Best Friends 1 exemplar
When I Am All Alone: Poems (1972) 1 exemplar
Jungle sounds 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1962) — Introdução, algumas edições926 exemplares
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (2008) — Contribuidor — 342 exemplares
Rainbows Are Made: Poems by Carl Sandburg (1982) — Editor — 92 exemplares
Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art (2003) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, September 1974 (1974) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Hopkins, Lee Bennett
Data de nascimento
1938-04-13
Data de falecimento
2019-08-08
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Local de falecimento
Cape Coral, Florida, USA
Locais de residência
New Jersey, USA
Educação
Bank Street College of Education (MA)
Newark State College (BA - Education)
Ocupações
poet
teacher
editor

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Críticas

Independent reading level: 3+
 
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Jennihernandez | Dec 4, 2023 |
I do agree with some of the early reviewers that at first this book starts off unusual and as though you had missed a page. However, once you have read through the story, you realize that you are listening to the voice of Mary and possibly her perspective of what the night of Jesus' birth was like for her. I admit, I was more mesmerized by the lovely illustrations, than I was the story at first. I was preparing this book for my granddaughter's Christmas advent books to read, and I know she will enjoy the artwork, the stable animals, and the animal sounds. But then I thought of another family member who recently experienced an unexpected early delivery and did not have the chance to hold her baby immediately and how she would likely relate to this song of Mary, who maybe just wanted to sing a lullaby to her newborn child. It occurred to me that this story really is a unique one than can tie in a mother's love for her child, who she is holding on her lap and reading this story, and the love that Mary was wanting to express to Jesus, in the midst of all the interruptions that came to her that night. Together, mother and child can be enveloped in the awe of the First Christmas with the reading of this book.… (mais)
 
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MarySchubert | 11 outras críticas | Nov 9, 2023 |
Independent Reading Level: Grades 4th-5th grade
Awards: Christopher Award (2009), National Council of Teachers of English Excellence in Poetry for Children Award (2009)
 
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Mathews_mallory | 2 outras críticas | Nov 4, 2023 |
The 38 poems in this popular beginning reader anthology are simple, short, and rhyming. Topics include kid-friendly subjects such as pets, vehicles, cooking, and space, with plenty of silliness to spark giggles.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 4 outras críticas | Sep 22, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
157
Also by
5
Membros
7,647
Popularidade
#3,193
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
471
ISBN
340
Marcado como favorito
1

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