Mildred D. Taylor
Autor(a) de Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
About the Author
Mildred D. Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi on September 13, 1943 and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. She received a Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Toledo in 1965 and then spent two years in the Peace Corp teaching English and History in Ethiopia. She received a Master's mostrar mais degree in Journalism from the University of Colorado. During this time, she joined the Black Student Alliance and assisted in creating the black studies program at the university. After graduation and before becoming a full-time author, she worked for the Black Education Program as a study skills director. Using her personal experiences and family stories she heard while growing up, Taylor has created several historical fiction books that offer realistic portraits of African-American families in the mid-1900s. Her novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry won the Newbery Award in 1977 and was made into a television movie in 1978. The Well: David's Story received the 1997 Jason Award. She has also received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Jane Addams Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and the Christopher Award multiple times. She currently lives in Colorado. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Mildred D. Taylor
Roll of Thunder Gift Set: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; Let the Circle Be Unbroken; The Road to Memphis (1996) 84 exemplares
Newbery Winner Set: The Door in the Wall; Call It Courage; Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1990) 2 exemplares
Trovão, Ouve o Meu Grito 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Taylor, Mildred Delois
- Data de nascimento
- 1943-09-13
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Locais de residência
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA (birthplace)
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Ethiopia
Colorado, USA - Educação
- University of Toledo
University of Colorado (School of Journalism) - Ocupações
- recruiter (Peace Corps)
writer
editor
copy editor
proofreader
author - Organizações
- Peace Corps
Black Student Alliance - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award (2020)
Children's Literature Legacy Award (2021)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Born in Jackson, Mississippi and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. After graduating from the University of Toledo, she spent two years in Ethiopia with the Peace Corps. Returning to the United States, she recruited for the Peace Corps before entering the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado. As a member of the Black Student Alliance, she worked with students and university officials in structuring a Black Studies program at the university.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor em EDE 3343-01 (Fevereiro 2013)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 22
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 21,220
- Popularidade
- #1,021
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 537
- ISBN
- 314
- Línguas
- 9
- Marcado como favorito
- 12