Lois Lowry, is an American writer credited with more than thirty children's books, she has won two Newbery Medals, for "Number the Stars", published in which year?
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Lois Lowry Lois Lowry (born Lois Ann Hammersberg; March 20, 1937) is an American writer credited with more than thirty children's books. She has won two Newbery Medals, for "Number the Stars" in 1990 and "The Giver" in 1994. For her contribution as a children's writer, she was a finalist in 2000 and U.S. nominee again in 2004, as well as a finalist in 2016 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. Her book "Gooney Bird Greene" won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award.
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Number the Stars Number the Stars (1989) is a work of historical fiction by American author Lois Lowry, about the escape of a Jewish family (the Rosens) from Copenhagen during World War II.
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Joyce Sidman Joyce Sidman (born June 4, 1956) is an American children's writer. She was a runner-up for the 2011 Newbery Medal.
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices is a book of poetry for children by Paul Fleischman. It won the 1989 Newbery Medal.
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E. L. Konigsburg Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature."
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The Egg Tree The Egg Tree is a 1950 book by Katherine Milhous that won the 1951 Caldecott Medal, based on the author's family tradition. It tells the classic tale of a Pennsylvania Dutch Easter, with its main characters being Katy and Carl. One day, near Easter, they look for Easter eggs and found eggs that their grandmother had painted on a tree. They were interested, so they ask their grandmother about the eggs. They eventually create one, and it becomes a big success the next Easter.
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Noel Streatfeild Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE (24 December 1895 –11 September 1986), was an English author, best known for children's books including the "Shoes" books, which were not a series. Random House, the U.S. publisher of the 1936 "Ballet Shoes" (1936), published some of Streatfeild's subsequent children's books using the word "Shoes" in their titles, to capitalize on the popularity of Ballet Shoes; thus "Circus Shoes", "Party Shoes" (in Britain, "Party Frock"). She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for "The Circus Is Coming", also published as "Circus Shoes". She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family.
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Little Women Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher.
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Dutton Children's Books Dutton Children's Books is a US publisher, a division of the Penguin Group, the children's book imprint associated with the Dutton adult division. They were previously an imprint of E.P. Dutton prior to 1986. The Dutton children's imprint, as a division of E.P. Dutton, has been publishing since 1852. They are the original US publishers of the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A.A. Milne, among others.
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Susan Marie Swanson Susan Marie Swanson (born May 19, 1955) is an American author of children's literature, poet, and educator. Swanson is best known for her children's book "The House in the Night", which won a Minnesota Book Award.
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William Pène du Bois William Sherman "Billy" Pène du Bois (May 9, 1916 – February 5, 1993) was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for "The Twenty-One Balloons", published in April 1947 by Viking Press, for which he won the 1948 Newbery Medal. As illustrator he was twice a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal.
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Ramona (novel series) The Ramona books are a series of eight humorous children's novels by Beverly Cleary that center on Ramona Quimby, her family and friends. The first book, "Beezus and Ramona", appeared in 1955. The final book, "Ramona's World", was published in 1999. Two books in the series were named Newbery Honor books, "Ramona and Her Father" and "Ramona Quimby, Age 8"; "Ramona and Her Mother" received the National Book Award. Sometimes known as the Beezus and Ramona series, as of 2012 the books were being marketed by HarperCollins as "The Complete Ramona Collection".
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Laureate na nÓg Laureate na nÓg is a position awarded in Ireland once every two years to a distinguished writer or illustrator of children's books. It was set up by the Arts Council of Ireland in 2010. It is intended "to engage young people with high quality children's literature and to underline the importance of children's literature in our cultural and imaginative life".
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Claire Huchet Bishop Claire Huchet Bishop (1899 – 13 March 1993) was a Swiss-born American children's writer and librarian. She wrote two Newbery Medal runners-up, "Pancakes-Paris" (1947) and "All Alone" (1953), and she won the Josette Frank Award for "Twenty and Ten" (1952). Her first English-language children's book became a classic: "The Five Chinese Brothers", illustrated by Kurt Wiese and published in 1938, was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1959.
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Eloise Jarvis McGraw Eloise Jarvis McGraw (December 9, 1915 – November 30, 2000) was an American author of children's books and young adult novels. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels "Moccasin Trail" (1952), "The Golden Goblet" (1962), and "The Moorchild" (1997). "A Really Weird Summer" (1977) won an Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are "Greensleeves", "The Seventeenth Swap", and "Mara, Daughter of the Nile". A Lewis Carroll Shelf Award was given to "Moccasin Trail" in 1963.
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Paddle-to-the-Sea Paddle-to-the-Sea is a 1941 children's book, written and illustrated by American author/artist Holling C. Holling. It was recognized as a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942.
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Anastasia's Chosen Career Anastasia's Chosen Career (1987) is a young-adult novel by Lois Lowry. It is the seventh part of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam.
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Ruth Krauss Ruth Krauss (July 25, 1901 – July 10, 1993) was an American writer of children's books, including "The Carrot Seed", and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print.
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Patricia Wrightson Patricia Wrightson OBE (19 June 1921 – 15 March 2010) was an Australian writer of several highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised "The Nargun and The Stars" (1973), were among the first Australian books for children to draw on Australian Aboriginal mythology. Her 27 books have been published in 16 languages.
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Beverly Cleary Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; born April 12, 1916) is an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful living authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of Cleary's best known characters are Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse.
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Betsy Byars Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel "Summer of the Swans" won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award in category Children's Fiction for "The Night Swimmers" (1980)
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Hans Christian Andersen Award The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution[s] to children's literature". The writing award was inaugurated in 1956, the illustration award in 1966. The former is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize for children's literature".