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Debbie Dadey
Debra S. Dadey (born May 18, 1959) is an American writer and co-writer of 162 books, including 74 total ''Bailey School Kids'' books co-written with Marcia Jones (writer), Marcia Jones. These comprise 51 in the ''Adventures of the Bailey School Kids'' series, 9 ''Bailey School Kids Jr.'' Chapter Books, and 14 ''Bailey School Kids - Special Editions''. Dadey was born in Morganfield, Kentucky. She was a first grade teacher and librarian before becoming a full-time writer. Her award-winning "books for reluctant readers" have been published by Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic, Tor/Starscape Publishing, Hyperion Books for Children, Hyperion, Bloomsbury USA, Delacorte Press, Delacorte, Walker Books, Walker, Willowisp, and F&W Publishing. Selected works ;Nonfiction * ''Story Sparkers: A creativity guide for children's writers'', Dadey and Marcia Jones (Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 2000) Fiction ;Dadey as sole writer * ''Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express'', illustrated b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Books
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is '' codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's ''Physics'' is called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
