Kathryn Lasky
Autor(a) de The Capture
About the Author
Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while mostrar mais she was teaching. She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Kathryn Lasky
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (1996) 2,592 exemplares
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (1998) 1,465 exemplares
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 (2001) 810 exemplares
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 (2002) 667 exemplares
Guardians Of Ga'hoole Series Books 1 - 5 Collection Set by Kathryn Lasky (The Capture, The Journey, The Rescue,… (2020) 5 exemplares
Supplement to the flora of Norfolk 2 exemplares
Dear America 6 Books Set 2 (The Winter of Red Snow, West to a Land of Plenty, Dream in the Golden Country, Voyage on… 2 exemplares
A Lenda dos Guardiões. O Rio de Ventos - Volume 13 2 exemplares
The Royal Diaries - Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine; Mary Queen of Scots; Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles 2 exemplares
Guardians of Ga'Hoole (Books #1-12) Capture, Journey; Rescue; Seige; Burning; Hatchling; Outcast... (2008) 2 exemplares
Dear America, Christmas After All 1 exemplar
O BIBLIOTECÁRIO QUE MEDIU A TERRA 1 exemplar
Guardians of Ga'Hoole series 1 exemplar
Mortal Wounds 1 exemplar
My America: Hope in My Heart 1 exemplar
Der Clan der Wölfe 1/2/3: Der Clan der Wölfe: Donnerherz / Schattenkrieger / Feuerwächter (2015) 1 exemplar
My America: Home At Last 1 exemplar
O Resgate 1 exemplar
A Viagem 1 exemplar
O Cerco 1 exemplar
Wolves of the beyond-watch wolf Playaway 1 exemplar
Guardians of Ga'Hoole 1 exemplar
Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book Six: The Burning 1 exemplar
La ragazza che spiava Hitler 1 exemplar
The Exile (Guardians of Ga'Hoole #14) 1 exemplar
Die Legende der Wächter, Band 8: Die Flucht 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Knight, Kathryn Lasky
- Outros nomes
- Swann, E. L.
- Data de nascimento
- 1944-06-24
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Locais de residência
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Educação
- University of Michigan (English)
- Ocupações
- children's book author
- Relações
- Knight, Christopher (husband)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Kathryn Lasky is a Newbery Honor author of over one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Her books range from critically acclaimed nonfiction titles such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North to the wildly popular Guardians of Ga'hoole fantasy series about owls.
Membros
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Fiction story with plot about girl living her ancestors memories em Name that Book (Abril 2013)
Born to Rule em Read YA Lit (Julho 2011)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 201
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 46,723
- Popularidade
- #338
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 759
- ISBN
- 1,377
- Línguas
- 12
- Marcado como favorito
- 16
- Pedras de toque
- 222
There are chapter-like headings to break up the text, but the divisions are very uneven, with several sections being a page or two and others closer to ten pages. If you were going to read this aloud in multiple sessions, you may want to plan your readings and breaks in advance. There are also two sidebar-style pages with information on Galileo and another on Kepler. There are no source notes, but there is an annotated bibliography at the end. Overall, a great picture book biography!… (mais)