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Marjorie W. Sharmat
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (November 12, 1928 – March 12, 2019) was an American children's writer. She wrote more than 130 books for children and teens and her books have been translated into several languages. They have won awards including Book of the Year by the Library of Congress or have become selections by the Literary Guild. Perhaps Sharmat's most popular work features the child detective Nate the Great. He was inspired by and named after her father, who lived to see the first Nate book published. One story, ''Nate the Great Goes Undercover'', was film adaptation, adapted as a made-for-TV movie that won the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival Award. Sharmat's husband Mitchell Sharmat expanded Nate's storyline by creating Olivia Sharp, his cousin and fellow detective. Husband and wife wrote four Olivia Sharp books published 1989 to 1991. During the 1990s, their son Craig Sharmat (then in his thirties) wrote three Nate books with his mother. In the late 2010s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Harper & Row
Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins based in New York City. History J. & J. Harper (1817–1833) James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishing business J. & J. Harper in New York City in 1817. Their two brothers, Joseph Wesley and Fletcher, joined them in the mid-1820s. Harper & Brothers (1833–1962) The company changed its name to "Harper & Brothers" in 1833. The headquarters of the publishing house were located at 331 Pearl Street, facing Franklin Square in Lower Manhattan (about where the Manhattan approach to the Brooklyn Bridge lies today). Harper & Brothers began publishing ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine'' in New York City in 1850. The brothers also published ''Harper's Weekly'' (starting in New York City in June 1857), '' Harper's Bazar'' (starting in New York City in November 2, 1867), and ''Harper's Young People'' (starting in New York City in 1879). George B. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Barton
Byron Barton (September 8, 1930 – June 3, 2023) was an American writer and illustrator of children's picture books. His works received six ALA Notable Book Awards, five SLJ Best Books of the Year selections, and two ''Reading Rainbow'' picks. Personal life and education Barton, whose birth name was Byron Vartanian, was born on "September 8, 1930 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Toros and Elizabeth Vartanian." He moved with his family to Los Angeles while he was in grade school, and there, he developed his interest in art, later attending Los Angeles City College. In 1950, he received a scholarship to study at Chouinard Art Institute (CAI), though he was unable to immediately attend due to being drafted into the Korean War. After being discharged, Barton returned to CAI, completing his studies in 1956. Barton died at his home in Lakewood Ranch, Florida on June 3, 2023, at the age of 92. Career Following the completion of his studies at the Chouinard Art Institute in 1956, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila Monsters Meet You At The Airport
''Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport'' () is a 1980 children's book by Marjorie Sharmat, and illustrated by Byron Barton. It was published by Simon and Schuster. This book was featured on episode 8 of the children's show ''Reading Rainbow''.Reading Rainbow, Ep. 8 See also *Marjorie W. Sharmat *Byron Barton *Reading Rainbow ''Reading Rainbow'' is an American educational children's television series that originally aired on PBS and afterwards PBS Kids and PBS Kids Go! from July 11, 1983 to November 10, 2006, with reruns continuing to air until August 28, 2009. 155 3 ... External links ''Reading Rainbow'' episode 8 References American picture books 1980 children's books {{child-picture-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Hoban
Lillian Hoban (May 18, 1925 – July 17, 1998) was an American illustrator and children's writer best known for picture books created with her husband Russell Hoban. According to OCLC, she has published 326 works in 1,401 publications in 11 languages. Biography Lillian Hoban born in Philadelphia and was the youngest of three sisters. She attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls. She was always interested in art and wanted to become an artist. At age 14, she started classes at the Graphic Sketch Club where she met her husband and collaborator Russell Hoban.Biographical Manuscript, Beinecke Library Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. She won a scholarship to the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, where she majored in Illustration. After getting married and settling in New York City, Hoban gave up art to study dance at the Hanya Holm School. She studied dance for ten years. She danced professionally and did choreography on a musical show called ''Tropical Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Chorao
Kay Chorao, born as Ann McKay Sproat on January 7, 1936, Children Literature Network. Retrieved August 9, 2008. (some sources say 1937) in , is an American artist, illustrator and writer of children's books. Biography Chorao was born in , into a middle-class, suburban family.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Oechsli
Kelly Oechsli (23 February 1918 – 18 October 1999) was an American illustrator (and occasionally author) of children's books. He illustrated Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock books, as well as children's encyclopediae such as the young children's encyclopedia . Books Oechsli has been a part of a number of books which include: * The Haunting of Grade Three by Grace Maccarone, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Scruffy by Peggy Parish, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrations) * The Sesame Street Storybook by Jeff Moss, Jon Stone, Norman Stiles, Mel Crawford (Illustrator) * Weeny Witch by Ida DeLage, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * A House for Little Red (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read Series) by Margaret Hillert, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Mice at Bat by Kelly Oechsli * The Dragon In The Clock Box by M. Jean Craig, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * The Birthday Car by Margaret Hillert, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * In My Garden: A Child's Gardening Book by Helen Oechsli, Kelly Oechsli * Benny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlsen
Carlsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Carl". The form Karlsen is cognate. The parallel Swedish forms are Carlsson and Karlsson. Notable people with the surname include: * Agnete Carlsen (born 1971), Norwegian footballer, world champion and Olympic medalist * Audun Carlsen, Norwegian person involved in an incident with the recording artist Boy George in 2007 * Christian Thomsen Carl, also referred to as ''Carlsen'' (1676-1713), Danish navy officer * Dale Carlsen, American businessman * Dines Carlsen (1901–1966), American painter * Emil Carlsen (1853–1932), American painter * Eric Carlsén (born 1982), Swedish curler * Franziska Carlsen (1817–1876), Danish writer * Gary Carlsen (born 1945), American discus thrower * Henrik Carlsen (born 1959), Danish composer * Henrik Kurt Carlsen (1914 ? - 1989), Danish sea captain * Kenneth Carlsen (born 1973), Danish tennis player * Kirsten Carlsen (born 1938), Danish cross-country skier * Magnus Carlsen ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Arnold McCully
Emily Arnold McCully (born July 1, 1939) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's books. She won the annual Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration in 1993 recognizing ''Mirette on the High Wire'' which she also wrote. Biography Arnold was born in Galesburg, Illinois, but grew up in Garden City, New York. She graduated from Pembroke College, now a part of Brown University, in 1961 and earned an M.A. in Art History from Columbia University. At Brown she acted in the inaugural evening of Production Workshop and other plays, co-wrote the annual musical, Brownbrokers, and earned a Phi Beta Kappa key. In 1976, she published a short story in ''The Massachusetts Review''. It was selected for the ''O'Henry Collection: Best Short Stories of the Year''. Two novels followed: ''A Craving'' in 1982, and ''Life Drawing'' in 1986. In 2012, McCully published ''Ballerina Swan'' with Holiday House Books for Young People, written by legendary prima ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Wells
Rosemary Wells (born January 29, 1943) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. She is well known for using animal characters to address real human issues. Some of her most well-known characters are Max & Ruby (later adapted into a Canadian-animated preschool television series, which aired on Nickelodeon (part of Nick Jr. block) since 2002), Noisy Nora, and Yoko. Background Wells was born in New York City and raised in Red Bank, New Jersey. Her mother was a ballerina with the Ballet Ruse de Monte Carlo and her father was a playwright. She began drawing at age two. When Wells was nineteen, she attended the Boston Museum School where she studied illustration. Before becoming an author and illustrator, Wells worked as an art editor for Allyn and Bacon, Inc and as an art designer for Macmillan Publishing. In 1963, she married architect Thomas Moore Wells, with whom she has two daughters, and in 1968, she published her first book, an illustrated version of Gilbert and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers. Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander MacMillan, the firm would soon establish itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian era children’s literature, Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmillan has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group with offices in 41 countries worldwide and operations in more than thirty others. History Macmillan was founded in London in 1843 by Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Frascino
Edward Frascino is an American illustrator and author. He is perhaps best known for his illustrations in E. B. White, E.B. White's ''The Trumpet of the Swan''. Biography Frascino is the son of Mario and Rose Frascino. He is of Albanians, Albanian and Italians, Italian descent. He attended Parsons School of Design, Parson's School of Design. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1951 to 1953. His cartoons have appeared in ''The New Yorker'' in a regular series as well as in ''Punch, Saturday Review (U.S. magazine), Saturday Review'', and ''The New York Times.'' Selected works As author and illustrator * * * * * As author * As illustrator * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * As contributor * * * Other * References Further reading {{DEFAULTSORT:Frascino, Edward American writers American illustrators American cartoonists The New Yorker cartoonists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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