Ads
related to: childhood of famous americans books
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Augusta Stevenson (1869–1976 [1]) was a writer of children's literature and a teacher.She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and wrote more than thirty children's books, her most famous being for the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series and five volumes of "Children's Classics in Dramatic Form."
Her books were published under her maiden name of Miriam E. Mason. [7] Six of her books received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews : Matilda and Her Family ; [ 8 ] The Middle Sister ; [ 9 ] A Lion for Patsy ; [ 10 ] Caroline and Her Kettle Named Maud ; [ 11 ] A Small Farm for Andy ; [ 12 ] and Becky and Her Brave Cat, Bluegrass . [ 13 ]
The firm also published legal and school textbooks, children's books (including The Wizard of Oz and "27 titles in the Raggedy Ann series"), [2] [3] and texts in the history of philosophy. In 1944, Bobbs-Merrill commissioned artist Evelyn Copelman to illustrate a new edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , reprinted as The Wizard of Oz and The ...
This is a list of notable books by young authors and of books written by notable writers in their early years. These books were written, or substantially completed, before the author's twentieth birthday. Alexandra Adornetto (born 18 April 1994) wrote her debut novel, The Shadow Thief, when she was 13. It was published in 2007.
Best Word Book Ever; Better Known as Johnny Appleseed; The Big Honey Hunt; The Big Tree of Bunlahy; Bink & Gollie; Birthdays of Freedom; Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues; Black Hands, White Sails; Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America; The Blue and the Gray (picture book) The Blueberry Pie Elf; Bomb (book) BooClips; The ...
A famous Peoria native A biography of noted Peoria author and feminist Betty Friedan sits on a table in the dining room of her childhood home, currently for sale at 1011 N. Farmington Road in Peoria.