Katherine Paterson
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Katherine Paterson was born in Qing Jiang, Jiangsu, China in 1932. She attended King College in Bristol, Tennessee and then graduate school in Virginia where she studied Bible and Christian education. Before going to graduate school, she was a teacher for one year and after graduate school, she visa mer moved to Japan to be a missionary. Her first book, Sign of the Chrysanthemum was published in 1991. Other titles to follow included The Bridge to Terabithia and Jacod Have I Loved which both won her a Newbery Award, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Lyddie and The Master Puppeteer. In addition to the Newbery Award, she is the recipient of numerous others including the Scott O'Dell Award, the National Book Award for Children's Literature, the American Book Award, the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults Award and the New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year Award. She was also honored with the Hans Christian Anderson Award. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson Treasury: Bridge to Terabithia/The Great Gilly Hopkins/Jacob I Have Loved (2001) 105 exemplar
Das andere Mädchen. ( Ab 11 J.). 2 exemplar
Back to Terabithia 2 exemplar
Newbery Honor Set (Great Gilly Hopkins, Headless Cupid, Ella Enchanted, Our Only May Amelia) 1 exemplar
Die Brücke ins andere Land 1 exemplar
CELIA AND GTHE SWEET, SWEET WATER 1 exemplar
Bridge to Terabithia...c.3 1 exemplar
Banditi e marionette 1 exemplar
The Way of the Grizzly 1 exemplar
Be Part of the American Dream Read! 1 exemplar
Katherine Paterson Set (Come Sing Jimmy Jo~Jacob Have I Loved~Bridge to Terabithia~Preacher's Boy) (1986) 1 exemplar
Books 1 exemplar
The Year Christmas Invaded Our Island 1 exemplar
The Horn Book Magazine 1 exemplar
PONTE DE TERABÍTIA 1 exemplar
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Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 316 exemplar
When I Was Your Age, Volume One: Original Stories About Growing Up (1996) — Bidragsgivare — 226 exemplar
On the Wings of Peace: Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace, in Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 98 exemplar
Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World's Great Illustrators (2004) — Förord, vissa utgåvor — 65 exemplar
You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to… (2021) — Bidragsgivare — 65 exemplar
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Bidragsgivare — 17 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Paterson, Katherine Womeldorf
- Andra namn
- Womeldorf, Katherine (birth)
- Födelsedag
- 1932-10-31
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Qing Jiang, Jiangsu, China
- Bostadsorter
- Barre, Vermont, USA
Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Shanghai, China - Utbildning
- King College (BA|English|1954)
Presbyterian School of Christian Education (MA|Bible and Christian Education) - Yrken
- novelist
children's book author
teacher
missionary - Relationer
- Paterson, John (husband)
- Organisationer
- National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance (vice-president)
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2006)
- Kort biografi
- Katherine Paterson was born in China, where she spent part of her early childhood. After her education in China and the American South, she spent four years in Japan. Mrs. Paterson has received numerous awards for her writing. Mrs. Paterson lives with her husband in Vermont. They have four grown children. {adapted from Bridge to Terabithia (1977)]
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Newbery Adjacent (2)
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6th Grade (1)
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- Medlemmar
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- Popularitet
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