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Kathryn Lasky

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Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while visa mer she was teaching. She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

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Verk av Kathryn Lasky

The Capture (2003) 3,632 exemplar
The Journey (2003) 2,441 exemplar
The Rescue (2004) 2,169 exemplar
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769 (2000) — Författare — 1,784 exemplar
The Shattering (2004) 1,313 exemplar
The Burning (2004) 1,242 exemplar
The Hatchling (2005) 1,062 exemplar
The Outcast (2005) 1,001 exemplar
Lone Wolf (2009) 987 exemplar
The First Collier (2006) 899 exemplar
The Coming of Hoole (2006) 788 exemplar
The Golden Tree (2007) 746 exemplar
To Be a King (2006) 725 exemplar
The River of Wind (2003) 683 exemplar
Exile (2008) 564 exemplar
Shadow Wolf (2010) 558 exemplar
The War of the Ember (2008) 507 exemplar
The Night Journey (1981) 467 exemplar
Watch Wolf (2011) 433 exemplar
Lost Tales of Ga'Hoole (2010) 356 exemplar
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet (2003) — Författare — 352 exemplar
The Escape (2014) 344 exemplar
Marven of the Great North Woods (1997) 340 exemplar
True North (1996) 339 exemplar
Beyond the Burning Time (1994) 336 exemplar
Frost Wolf (2011) 332 exemplar
Sugaring Time (1983) 321 exemplar
Ashes (2010) 275 exemplar
Portraits: Dancing Through Fire (2005) 268 exemplar
Lunch Bunnies (1996) 265 exemplar
Spirit Wolf (2012) 251 exemplar
The Rise of a Legend (2013) 247 exemplar
Hannah (2009) 244 exemplar
The Quest of the Cubs (2018) 209 exemplar
Star Wolf (2013) 196 exemplar
The Man Who Made Time Travel (2003) 186 exemplar
A Guide Book to the Great Tree (Guardians of Ga'hoole) (2007) — Författare — 174 exemplar
Memoirs of a Bookbat (1994) 173 exemplar
Night Gardening : A Novel (1999) 153 exemplar
Star Split (1999) 143 exemplar
Broken Song (2005) 138 exemplar
The Portal (2019) 122 exemplar
The Den of the Forever Frost (2018) 120 exemplar
The Extra (2013) 114 exemplar
The Last Girls of Pompeii (2007) 113 exemplar
Star Rise (2014) 113 exemplar
Show and Tell Bunnies (1998) 111 exemplar
Porkenstein (2002) 106 exemplar
Double Trouble Squared (1991) 103 exemplar
Blood Secret (2004) 94 exemplar
May (1811) 93 exemplar
Monarchs (1993) 93 exemplar
Two Bad Pilgrims (2009) 91 exemplar
Pond Year (1995) 84 exemplar
Mommy's Hands (1632) 83 exemplar
The Emperor's Old Clothes (1999) 81 exemplar
Alice Rose and Sam (1763) 80 exemplar
Science Fair Bunnies (1701) 77 exemplar
Beyond the Divide (1983) 74 exemplar
Jem's Island (1982) 73 exemplar
Before I Was Your Mother (2003) 71 exemplar
Lucy (2012) 65 exemplar
Sophie and Rose (1998) 62 exemplar
Days of the Dead (1900) 60 exemplar
Pirate Bob (2006) 60 exemplar
The Weaver's Gift (1980) 54 exemplar
A Voice in the Wind (1993) 52 exemplar
Chasing Orion (1882) 51 exemplar
Wild Blood (2016) 48 exemplar
The Burning Queen (2019) 46 exemplar
First Painter (2000) 42 exemplar
The Gates of the Wind (1995) 40 exemplar
Born to Rule (2006) 40 exemplar
Mumbo Jumbo (1991) 39 exemplar
Trace Elements (1986) 39 exemplar
Sea Swan (1988) 39 exemplar
Mortal Words (1990) 37 exemplar
Cloud Eyes (1600) 37 exemplar
My Island Grandma (1979) 37 exemplar
Pageant (1986) 36 exemplar
Grace The Pirate (1997) 35 exemplar
Dark Swan (1994) 35 exemplar
The Keepers of the Keys (2019) 32 exemplar
Faceless (2021) 31 exemplar
Dinosaur Dig (1990) 30 exemplar
Light on Bone (2022) 27 exemplar
Fourth of July Bear (1991) 25 exemplar
Love That Baby! (2003) 25 exemplar
Poodle and Hound (2009) 25 exemplar
Atlantic Circle (1985) 22 exemplar
Tumble Bunnies (2005) 21 exemplar
A Baby for Max (1702) 21 exemplar
More Than Magic (2016) 19 exemplar
Unicorns? Get Real! (2007) 18 exemplar
Prank (1984) 15 exemplar
Home Free (1985) 11 exemplar
Yossel's Journey (2022) 11 exemplar
Puppeteer (1985) 9 exemplar
The Widow of Oz (1989) 8 exemplar
Tugboats Never Sleep (1977) 8 exemplar
The Crossing (2015) 6 exemplar
Journal d'une Suffragette (1913) 5 exemplar
The Solo (1994) 5 exemplar
The TANTRUM (1993) 5 exemplar
Tall Ships (1978) 5 exemplar
Guardians of Gahool Set 1-13 (1905) 3 exemplar
Mortal Wounds 1 exemplar
De ontvoering (2013) 1 exemplar
Early Man (1924) 1 exemplar
O Resgate 1 exemplar
A Viagem 1 exemplar
O Cerco 1 exemplar
The owls of Ga'Hoole (2016) 1 exemplar

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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole [2010 film] (2010) — Författare — 226 exemplar

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Knight, Kathryn Lasky
Andra namn
Swann, E. L.
Födelsedag
1944-06-24
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Bostadsorter
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Utbildning
University of Michigan (English)
Yrken
children's book author
Relationer
Knight, Christopher (husband)
Kort biografi
Kathryn Lasky is a Newbery Honor author of over one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults.  Her books range from critically acclaimed nonfiction titles such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North to the wildly popular Guardians of Ga'hoole fantasy series about owls. 

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Born to Rule i Read YA Lit (juli 2011)

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Statistik

Verk
206
Även av
1
Medlemmar
47,804
Popularitet
#330
Betyg
3.8
Recensioner
764
ISBN
1,385
Språk
13
Favoritmärkt
16

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