Jean Craighead George (1919–2012)
Autor(a) de My Side of the Mountain
About the Author
Jean Craighead George was born on July 2, 1919 in Washington, D.C. She received degrees in English and science from Pennsylvania State University. She began her career as a reporter for the International News Service. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps for The Washington mostrar mais Post. During her lifetime, she wrote over 100 novels including My Side of the Mountain, which was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, which won the Newbery Medal, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack. She also wrote two guides to cooking with wild foods and an autobiography entitled Journey Inward. In 1991, she became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature. She died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de Jean Craighead George
Exploring Adventure Fiction: Wonderful Wizard of Oz/On the Far Side of the Mountain (1992) 21 cópias
Scylla 3 cópias
My Side Of The Mountain Experiencing Literature in the Classroom Teaching Guide Lesson Plans (1990) 2 cópias
Arctic Son (DVD) 2 cópias
The Gorilla Gang 1 exemplar(es)
Aufstieg zur Sonne 1 exemplar(es)
Scylla the Humpback Whale 1 exemplar(es)
Marvels & Mysteries of Our Aminal World 1 exemplar(es)
Journeys 1 exemplar(es)
Geschichte der Antike in Stichworten 1 exemplar(es)
Reading Guide to My Side of the Mountain 1 exemplar(es)
The Harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777). XVII. Structure and metabolic adaptation of the caval… 1 exemplar(es)
ONE DAY IN THE ALPINE TUNDRA 1 exemplar(es)
ONE DAY IN THE DESERT 1 exemplar(es)
Stimme Aus Den Grossen Sümpfen 1 exemplar(es)
Der Ruf des weißen Wals. ( Ab 12 J.). 1 exemplar(es)
One Day on the Prairie 1 exemplar(es)
La casa nell'albero 1 exemplar(es)
De wondere wereld der dieren : het grote dierenboek van het Beste uit Reader's Digest 1 exemplar(es)
El fabuloso reino animal 1 exemplar(es)
Books 1 exemplar(es)
Jean Craighead George Collection II (My Side of the Mountain, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves,… 1 exemplar(es)
morning, noon, and night 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
A Newbery Zoo: A dozen animal stories by Newbery Award-winning authors (1995) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1978 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- George, Jean Carolyn Craighead
- Data de nascimento
- 1919-07-02
- Data de falecimento
- 2012-05-15
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Local de falecimento
- Valhalla, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- congestive heart failure
- Locais de residência
- Chappaqua, New York, USA
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA - Educação
- Pennsylvania State University (BA|1941)
- Ocupação
- journalist
author
editor
children's book author - Relacionamentos
- George, Twig C. (daughter)
George, John L. (spouse)
George, Craig (son) - Organizações
- Washington Post
- Premiações
- Newbery Honor Medal 1960
Newbery Medal 1973
Regina Medal (2003)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 145
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 47,073
- Popularidade
- #336
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 608
- ISBNs
- 840
- Idiomas
- 14
- Favorito
- 20