Her father was a naturalist and her brothers studied grizzly bears. Her novels about children surviving in nature focus on their interactions with animals. This is Jean Craighead George, author of My Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, and Galapagos George.
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Tuesday Kid Lit Trivia for Dec. 21, 2021
This New England author-illustrator who died in 2020 was Italian, Irish, Catholic and gay. He wrote over 260 books for children, and his characters included a "sissy," a saint, and a grandma witch.
This is Tomie dePaola, whose books included "Oliver Button is a Sissy," "Saint Patrick" and several books about Strega Nona.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Tuesday Kid Lit Trivia for December 14, 2021
This American author wrote her first story at six, "about a little 'grul' who lived in a cloud." She combined her Christian faith with a love of science, and is credited with bringing science fiction into children's literature. She once said, "To hurt a butterfly is to shake the universe." She is Madeleine L'Engle, 1918-2007.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Tuesday Kid Lit Trivia for December 7, 2021
This beloved British author loved creating words, like "squifflerotter" and "grinksludger." One character called the Queen "Your Majester." His own last words in 1990, after an injection of pain medicine, were "Ow! F--k!" This is Roald Dahl.
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