Alvin Schwartz (1) (1927–1992)
Autor(a) de Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
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About the Author
Alvin Schwartz was born April 25, 1927.Schwartz began his career as a journalist, but, after the publication of his bestselling book A Twister of Twists, a Tangler of Tongues, he devoted himself to becoming a collector and arranger of folk wisdom, rhyme, and silliness. Schwartz is known for a body mostrar mais of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explore everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. Schwatz is best known for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, which featured gruesome, nightmarish illustrations by Stephen Gammell. The series was America's most frequently challenged book (or book series) for library inclusion of 1990-1999. Alvin Schwartz died in Princeton, New Jersey on March 14, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Alvin Schwartz
The night workers 5 exemplares
How to fly a kite, catch a fish, grow a flower, and other activities for you and your child (1965) 5 exemplares
Scary Stories book set: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark & More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1978 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Schwartz, Alvin
- Data de nascimento
- 1927-04-25
- Data de falecimento
- 1992-03-14
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Causa da morte
- lymphoma
- Educação
- Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism (MS|1951)
Colby College (BA|1949)
City College of New York - Ocupações
- author
journalist
folklorist - Organizações
- American Folklore Society
The Binghamton Press
United States Navy (WWII)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 46
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 14,426
- Popularidade
- #1,588
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 220
- ISBN
- 321
- Línguas
- 8
- Marcado como favorito
- 7
I checked out the original 1984 edition from the library, though there is also an updated edition with new artwork. My favorite stories are: “The Teeth” (mainly for the creepy artwork); “The Green Ribbon” (ominous and scary); and “The Night It Rained” (sad, unsettling, spooky). “The Pirate” was pretty good too. The other three stories were fine, but could have used a little something more. All of them had great pictures.… (mais)