Jean Fritz (1915–2017)
Autor(a) de And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
About the Author
Jean Fritz was born in Hankow, China on November 16, 1915. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Wheaton College in 1937. She wrote picture books and historical fiction before focusing on historical nonfiction. Her first book, Bunny Hopewell's First Spring, was published in 1954. Her mostrar mais other books included And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?; Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?; Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?; Shh! We're Writing the Constitution; Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold; Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?; Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?; The Double Life of Pocahontas; and George Washington's Mother. Homesick: My Own Story, a collection of linked narratives, traces her life from her girlhood in China to her longed-for yet uneasy passage to America. It won a National Book Award and was named a Newbery Honor Book. She received the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association, the National Humanities Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature for her body of work. She died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 101. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Jean Fritz
Appearances 3 cópias
Set of 4 United States History Books by Jean Fritz (Who's Stepping on Plymouth Rock ~ Shh! We're Writing the… (1975) 1 exemplar(es)
Home sick 1 exemplar(es)
Champion Dog Prince Tom. 1 exemplar(es)
Multicultural Pack : Number the Stars; Julie of the Wolves; Bud Not Buddy; the House on Mango Street; Finding Miracles… (2009) 1 exemplar(es)
Tap, Tap, Lion 1, 2, 3 1 exemplar(es)
Who Was Thomas Jefferson 1 exemplar(es)
Hurrah for Jonathan! 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Stories for Thanksgiving (Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? / The Pilgrims of Plimoth / Giving Thanks) (2010) — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Fritz, Jean Guttery
- Outros nomes
- Fritz, Jean
- Data de nascimento
- 1915-11-16
- Data de falecimento
- 2017-05-14
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA (naturalized)
- Local de nascimento
- Hankow, China
- Local de falecimento
- Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Hankow, China
West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA - Educação
- Wheaton College, Massachusetts (1937)
- Ocupação
- children's book author
biographer - Premiações
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1986)
National Humanities Medal (2003)
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1976)
Regina Medal (1985) - Pequena biografia
- Born Jean Guttery, she was the daughter of missionaries.
Membros
Discussions
Kids’ chapter book set in China em Name that Book (Outubro 2018)
Children's chapter book about kid on the Yangtze em Name that Book (Fevereiro 2013)
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