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Ann McGovern (1930–2015)

Autor(a) de Stone Soup

95 Works 22,885 Membros 200 Críticas 3 Favorited

About the Author

Ann McGovern was born in New York City on May 25, 1930. She attended the University of New Mexico. At the age of 22, she worked at Little Golden Books, and wrote several books for the company, most of them based on popular children's cartoons and programs. After leaving Little Golden Books, she mostrar mais worked as a freelance writer before taking a position with Random House in the editorial department. During her time there, she wrote Why It's a Holiday in 1960. She then worked as an editor at Scholastic for 13 years before becoming a full time author. She wrote 55 books during her lifetime including the If You... series, Stone Soup, The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving, Little Wolf, Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark, The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson, Runaway Slave: The Story of Harriet Tubman, and Zoo, Where Are You?. She died on August 8, 2015 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Ann McGovern

Stone Soup (1971) 2,645 exemplares
If You Lived in Colonial Times (1964) 2,572 exemplares
If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln (1966) 1,600 exemplares
The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving (1973) 1,597 exemplares
If You Lived with the Sioux Indians (1972) 1,479 exemplares
Aesop's Fables (Apple Classics) (1963) 1,051 exemplares
If You Lived 100 Years Ago (1999) 894 exemplares
Too Much Noise (1967) 754 exemplares
Christopher Columbus (1962) 494 exemplares
Treasury of Christmas Stories (1960) — Editor — 314 exemplares
Arrow Book of Poetry (1965) 175 exemplares
The Lady in the Box (1997) 168 exemplares
Questions and Answers About Sharks (1976) 162 exemplares
Sharks (1834) 152 exemplares
Little Whale (1830) 140 exemplares
The Desert Beneath the Sea (1991) 126 exemplares
Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III (1982) 62 exemplares
Little humpback whale (1979) 51 exemplares
Little Wolf (1966) 40 exemplares
Black Is Beautiful (1969) 37 exemplares
Happy Silly Birthday to Me (1750) 32 exemplares
Ghostly Fun (1970) 29 exemplares
Why It's a Holiday (1960) 28 exemplares
Barrel of Chuckles (1960) 26 exemplares
Summer Daze (1961) 24 exemplares
Huckleberry Hound Builds a House (1959) 23 exemplares
If You Lived with the Circus (1971) 23 exemplares
Great Gorillas (1980) 21 exemplares
Rocky and His Friends (1955) 20 exemplares
Zoo, where are you? (1964) 18 exemplares
Night Dive (1984) 18 exemplares
Ghostly Giggles (1972) 14 exemplares
Ruff and Reddy (1959) 13 exemplares
Annie Oakley and the Rustlers (1955) 10 exemplares
Song about Black (1970) 10 exemplares
Scram, Kid! (1974) 9 exemplares
Mr. Skinner's skinny house (1980) 9 exemplares
Eggs on Your Nose (1987) 9 exemplares
Hee Haw (1969) 7 exemplares
Winky Dink A Little Golden Book (1956) 7 exemplares
Who has a secret? (2011) 6 exemplares
Greg's mask (2001) 4 exemplares
Huckleberry Hound Safety Signs (1961) 4 exemplares
The complete book of cats (1959) 3 exemplares
I See the Sea (1961) 2 exemplares
Las fabulas de Esopo (2020) 2 exemplares
The Magic Pot 1 exemplar
Hee Haws (1969) 1 exemplar
So Much Noise 1 exemplar
Submarines 1 exemplar

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Read many times as a kid, and though I'm not sure how faithful of a retelling this book is, I still appreciate the lessons that it contained - (un)common sense that we all need reminders for every so often.
 
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Myridia | 7 outras críticas | Jan 19, 2024 |
EducatingParents.org rating: Approved
 
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MamaBearLendingDen | 2 outras críticas | Dec 2, 2023 |
Independent Reading (Grades PK-3rd)
Randolph Caldecott Medal
 
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Estatísticas

Obras
95
Membros
22,885
Popularidade
#922
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
200
ISBN
252
Línguas
3
Marcado como favorito
3

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