Meindert DeJong (1) (1906–1991)
Autor(a) de The Wheel on the School
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About the Author
Meindert DeJong is the award-winning author of many classic books for children. Among Mr. Sendak's other popular books is his Caldecott Medal-winning Where the Wild Things Are
Image credit: Meindert De Jong, sometimes spelled de Jong or Dejong (4 March 1906 – 16 July 1991), Dutch-American author of children's books By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36713558
Obras de Meindert DeJong
Wheels Over the Bridge 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 04: Just Around the Corner (1900) — Contribuinte — 155 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1906-03-04
- Data de falecimento
- 1991-07-16
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Netherlands (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Local de nascimento
- Wierum, Friesland, the Netherlands
- Local de falecimento
- Michigan, USA
- Locais de residência
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Wierum, Friesland, The Netherlands
Mexico - Educação
- Calvin College
University of Chicago - Ocupação
- college professor
poultry farmer
children's book author - Organizações
- United States Army Air Forces
- Premiações
- Hans Christian Andersen Award (1962)
Newbery Medal 1955
Newbery Honor Medal 1954, 1957, 1959
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Which house? (1)
THE WAR ROOM (1)
1970s (1)
1950s (1)
Sonlight Books (5)
Newbery Adjacent (2)
Ambleside Books (2)
1964 Project (1)
Ambleside Y2 (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
Nifty Fifties (1)
Ambleside Y3 (1)
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 28
- Also by
- 5
- Membros
- 8,135
- Popularidade
- #2,974
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 77
- ISBNs
- 161
- Idiomas
- 9
One of those days he witnessed the Japanese shoot down an American military plane. Tien Pao rescued the injured pilot, and with the aid of a group of Chinese guerrillas, they carried him back to his unit. And when Tien Pao arrived at the village where his parents were last seen, the people were already fleeing because of the Japanese. Tien Pao searched relentlessly until he was picked up by a couple of American pilots and taken back to their barracks where they looked after him. All sixty pilots did. Hence the name House of Sixty Fathers.
Meanwhile, the injured pilot Tien Pao met in the mountains was part of this unit, and he took the young boy to search for his parents. Of course, he recognized his mother while she was working at a nearby airfield, where they were reunited.
This juvenile story has won many awards: Newberry Honor, Han Christian Andersen, and ALA Notable Children's Book. The author wrote this story based on his experiences as a pilot in China during WWII.
I read this to my kids for school because we are studying China during the 1900s to current times. It was somewhat juvenile for them, but it gave them a sense of China before communism, and when the U.S. and China were allies. Now not so much. I also gave the book three stars because it was "agreeable" and we liked it.… (mais)