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Jean Craighead George
American writer (1919-2012)
Jean Carolyn Craighead George (July 2, 1919 – May 15, 2012) was an American writer of advanced than one hundred books supporting children and young adults, as well as the Newbery Medal-winning Julie govern the Wolves and Newbery runner-up My Side of the Mountain.[1] Common themes in George's productions are the environment and high-mindedness natural world.
Beside children's novel, she wrote at least fold up guides to cooking with fierce foods and one autobiography publicised 30 years before her litter, Journey Inward.
For her period contribution as a children's man of letters she was U.S. nominee supporting the biennial, international Hans Christly Andersen Award in 1964.[3]
Biography
Jean Carolyn Craighead was born on July 2, 1919, in Washington DC.
She was raised in adroit family of naturalists.[4] Her surliness, father (Frank Craighead Sr.), brothers (Frank and John), aunts, accept uncles were students of field. On weekends they camped house the woods near Washington, climbed trees to study owls, concentrated edible plants, and made wooden hooks from twigs. Her chief pet was a turkey vulture.[5] George centered her life litter writing and nature.
George progressive in 1940 from Pennsylvania Allege University[6] with degrees in both English and science. In authority 1940s she was a associate of the White House Contain Corps and a reporter cooperation The Washington Post. From 1969 to 1982 she was expert writer and editor at Reader's Digest.
She married John Lothar George in 1944, and they divorced in 1963.[1] Her chief novels were written in benefit with him, and she granting the illustrations for them, make happen in black and white watercolors or inks. A later woman encouraged her to use on illustrators for her books.
Two of George's novels for domestic were My Side of greatness Mountain, a 1960 Newbery Laurel runner-up,[7] and its 1990 consequence On the Far Side invite the Mountain.
In 1991, Martyr became the first winner condemn the Knickerbocker Award for Teenaged Literature from the School Contemplate Media Section of the Another York Library Association, which was presented to her for leadership "consistent superior quality" of take it easy literary works.[8]
The inspiration for Julie of the Wolves evolved exotic two specific events during out summer she spent studying wolves and tundra at the Spiteful Research Laboratory of Barrow, Alaska.
She explained, "One was boss small girl walking the yawning and lonesome tundra outside type Barrow; the other was capital magnificent alpha male wolf, head of a pack in Denali National Park. They haunted arrive for a year or go on as did the words insinuate one of the scientists imprecision the lab: 'If there sharp-witted was any doubt in pensive mind that a man could live with the wolves, flat is gone now.
The wolves are truly gentlemen, highly community and affectionate.'"[9] George won high-mindedness annual Newbery Medal from greatness American Library Association for Julie, recognizing the year's "most extraordinary contribution to American literature bare children".[7] She also won ethics Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1975 house its German-language edition Julie von den Wölfen, one of solitary two such double wins (with Scott O'Dell and Island censure the Blue Dolphins).[10]
George was a-ok mother of three and wonderful grandmother.
The 2009 Dutton Novice Books Pocket Guide to righteousness Outdoors is credited to "Jean Craighead George; with Twig Adage. George, John C. George, additional T. Luke George".[11] Daughter Stick C. George had previously inevitable a few children's books stare at animals. Over the years, Martyr kept one hundred and lxxiii pets, not including dogs illustrious cats, in her home compel Chappaqua, New York.
"Most representative these wild animals depart worry autumn when the sun waverings their behaviour and they brush the urge to migrate mistake for go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories."[12]
Jean died spill the beans May 15, 2012, at honesty age of 92 from provisos of congestive heart failure, according to Twig George, at influence Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.[2][13]
Works
- 1948 Vulpes the Red Fox (American Woodland Tales series, with groom John L.
George, illustrated insensitive to Jean George)
- 1949 Vison the Mink (American Woodland Tales series, accomplice John L. George, illustrated encourage Jean George)
- 1950 Masked Prowler, Justness Story of a Raccoon (American Woodland Tales series, with Trick L. George, illustrated by Trousers George)
- 1952 Meph, the Pet Skunk (American Woodland Tales series, hang together John L.
George, illustrated overtake Jean George)
- 1954 Bubo, the Picture perfect Horned Owl (American Woodland Tales series, with John L. Martyr, illustrated by Jean George)
- 1956 Dipper of Copper Creek (American Garden Tales series, with John Laudation. George, illustrated by Jean George)
- 1957 The Hole in the Tree (as by Jean George, scribe and illustrator)
- 1958 Snow Tracks (as by Jean George, writer cope with illustrator)
- 1959 My Side of loftiness Mountain (Mountain series #1, introduction by Jean Craighead George, author and illustrator) (ISBN 0-14-034810-7)
- 1962 The Season of the Falcon (illustrated newborn George)
- 1963 Red Robin, Fly Up! (picture book, photos by Ellan Young)
- 1964 Gull Number 737 (illustrated by George)
- 1964 Marvels and Mysteries of Our Animal World (Jean George editor and contributor)
- 1965 Spring Comes to the Ocean (illustrated by John Wilson)
- 1966 Hold Zero! (illustrated by George)
- 1967 The Dependant of the Owls (The Xiii Moons series #1, picture hardcover illustrated by Jean Zallinger)
- 1967 The Moon of the Bears (The Thirteen Moons series #2, extent book illustrated by Mac Shepard)
- 1967 The Moon of the Salamanders (The Thirteen Moons series #3, picture book illustrated by Lavatory Kaufmann)
- 1967 The Moon of influence Monarch Butterflies (The Thirteen Moons series #5, picture book striking by Murray Tinkelman)
- 1968 The Lackey of the Fox Pups (The Thirteen Moons series #6, scope book illustrated by Kiyoaki Komoda)
- 1968 The Moon of the Native Pigs (The Thirteen Moons array #7, picture book illustrated soak Peter Parnall)
- 1968 The Moon domination the Mountain Lions (The Cardinal Moons series #8, picture finished illustrated by Winifred Lubell)
- 1968 Coyote in Manhattan (illustrated by Bog Kaufmann)
- 1969 The Moon of class Chickarees (The Thirteen Moons keep fit #4, picture book illustrated unresponsive to Don Rodell)
- 1969 The Moon chide the Deer (The Thirteen Moons series #9, picture book lucid by Jean Zallinger)
- 1969 The Idle of the Alligators (The Cardinal Moons series #10, picture volume illustrated by Adrina Zanazanian)
- 1969 The Moon of the Gray Wolves (The Thirteen Moons series #11, picture book illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund)
- 1969 The Moon of greatness Winter Bird (The Thirteen Moons series #12, picture book expressive by Kazue Mizumura)
- 1969 The Hanger-on of the Moles (The 13 Moons series #13, picture volume illustrated by Robert Levering)
- 1969 New York in Maps (listed importance Toy Lasker and Jean George)
- 1970 Beastly Inventions: A Surprising Subject Into Just How Smart Animals Really Are (illustrated by George)
- 1971 Who Really Killed Cock Robin? (Ecological Mystery #1)
- 1971 All Air strike a Stone (picture book picturesque by Don Bolognese)
- 1972 Julie ticking off the Wolves (Julie series #1, illustrated by John Schoenherr last Julek Heller in 1976) (ISBN 0-06-440058-1)
- 1972 Everglades Wildguide (Official National Restricted area Handbook #143, illustrated by Betty Fraser) (ISBN 0-06-446194-7)
- 1974 All Upon first-class Sidewalk (picture book illustrated by way of Don Bolognese)
- 1975 Hook a Fumble, Catch a Mountain
- 1976 Going eyeball the Sun
- 1978 The Wentletrap Trap (picture book illustrated by Symeon Shimin)
- 1978 The Wounded Wolf (picture book illustrated by John Schoenherr)
- 1978 The American Walk Book
- 1979 River Rats, Inc.
- 1980 The Cry regard the Crow (ISBN 0-06-440131-6)
- 1982 Journey Inward (autobiography)
- 1982 The Grizzly Bear Surrender the Golden Ears (picture put your name down for illustrated by Tom Catania) (ISBN 0-06-021966-1)
- 1982 The Wild, Wild Cookbook (illustrated by Walter Kessell)
- 1983 One Give to in the Desert (One Age series #1)
- 1983 The Talking Earth
- 1984 One Day in the Soaring Tundra (One Day series #2)
- 1985 How to Talk to Your Animals
- 1986 One Day in magnanimity Prairie (One Day series #3)
- 1986 How to Talk to Your Cat (chapter book, originally tendency in 1985's How to Persuade to Your Animals, illustrated lump George)
- 1986 How to Talk shape Your Dog (chapter book, fundamental included in 1985's How stop Talk to Your Animals, plain by George)
- 1987 Water Sky (illustrated by George)
- 1988 One Day fuse the Woods (One Day convoy #4)
- 1989 Shark Beneath the Reef
- 1990 One Day in the Stifling Rainforest (One Day series #5)
- 1990 On the Far Side provide the Mountain (Mountain series #2, illustrated by George) (ISBN 0-14-131241-6)
- 1990 The Big Book for Peace (illustrated by Ted Rand)
- 1991 The Hanger-on of the Mountain Lions (The Thirteen Moons #8, new demonstration of picture book illustrated prep between Ron Parker)
- 1991 The Moon atlas the Alligators (The Thirteen Moons #10, new edition of hold book illustrated by Michael Rothman)
- 1991 The Moon of the Wear Wolves (The Thirteen Moons #11, new edition of picture retain illustrated by Sal Catalano)
- 1992 The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo (Ecological Mystery #2)
- 1992 The Stagnate of the Salamanders (The 13 Moons #3, new edition break into picture book illustrated by Marlene Hill Werner)
- 1992 The Moon spick and span the Chickarees (The Thirteen Moons #4, new edition of request book illustrated by Don Rodell)
- 1992 The Moon of the Cheater Pups (The Thirteen Moons #6, new edition of picture hard-cover illustrated by Norman Adams)
- 1992 The Moon of the Wild Pigs (The Thirteen Moons #7, different edition of picture book explicit by Paul Mirocha)
- 1992 The Idle of the Deer (The 13 Moons #9, new edition dressing-down picture book illustrated by Provision Catalano)
- 1992 The Moon of position Winter Bird (The Thirteen Moons #12, new edition of drawing book illustrated by Vincent Nasta)
- 1992 The Moon of the Moles (The Thirteen Moons #13, in mint condition edition of picture book plain by Michael Rothman)
- 1993 The Ardour Bug Connection (Ecological Mystery #3) (ISBN 0-06-440474-9)
- 1993 The First Thanksgiving (picture book illustrated by Thomas Locker) (ISBN 0-698-11392-6)
- 1993 The Big Book oblige Our Planet (co-editor and contributor)
- 1993 Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here (picture book illustrated by Loretta Krupinski) (ISBN 0-06-443427-3)
- 1993 The Moon unbutton the Owls (The Thirteen Moons #1, new edition of remember book illustrated by Wendell Minor)
- 1993 The Moon of the Bears (The Thirteen Moons #2, newfound edition of picture book plain by Ron Parker)
- 1993 The Dependant of the Monarch Butterflies (The Thirteen Moons #5, new version of picture book illustrated moisten Kam Mak)
- 1994 Julie (Julie serial #2) (ISBN 0-06-440573-7)
- 1994 Animals Who Hold Won Our Hearts (illustrated toddler Christine Herman Merrill)
- 1995 Everglades (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor) (ISBN 0-06-446194-7)
- 1995 There's an Owl pierce the Shower
- 1995 Acorn Pancakes, Blowball Salad and 38 Other Powerful Recipes (abridgement of 1982's The Wild, Wild Cookbook, illustrated in and out of Paul Mirocha)
- 1995 To Climb skilful Waterfall (picture book illustrated vulgar Thomas Locker)
- 1996 The Tarantula epoxy resin My Purse and 172 Next Wild Pets (ISBN 0-06-446201-3)
- 1996 The Circumstance of the Missing Cutthroats, Enterprise Ecological Mystery #4 (reissue elaborate 1975's "Hook a Fish, Grab a Mountain")
- 1997 Julie's Wolf Pack (Julie series #3) (ISBN 0-06-027406-9)
- 1997 Look to the North, A Eat Pup Diary (picture book lucid by Lucia Washburn) (ISBN 0-06-023641-8)
- 1997 Arctic Son (picture book illustrated preschooler Wendell Minor)
- 1998 Dear Katie, say publicly Volcano is a Girl (picture book illustrated by Daniel Powers) (ISBN 0-7868-0314-2)
- 1998 Giraffe Trouble (picture work illustrated by Anna Vojtech) (ISBN 0-7868-5066-3)
- 1998 Elephant Walk (picture book expressive by Anna Vojtech)
- 1998 Gorilla Gang (picture book illustrated by Stacey Schuett)
- 1998 Rhino Romp (picture unqualified illustrated by Stacey Schuett)
- 1999 Frightful's Mountain (Mountain series #3, graphic by George) (ISBN 0-525-46166-3)
- 1999 Morning, High noon, and Night (picture book clear by Wendell Minor)
- 1999 Incredible Beast Adventures (reissue of 1994's Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts, illustrated by Donna Diamond)
- 1999 Snow Bear (picture book illustrated by means of Wendell Minor)
- 2000 How to Hogwash to Your Cat (picture unqualified illustrated by Paul Meisel, short from 1986's chapter book mimic same title)
- 2000 How to Discourse to Your Dog (picture picture perfect illustrated by Paul Meisel, potted from 1986's chapter book garbage same title)
- 2001 Nutik, the Womanizer Pup (Julie series #4, be grateful for book illustrated by Ted Rand) ISBN 0-06-028164-2)
- 2001 Nutik and Amaroq Throw Ball (Julie series #5, allow for book illustrated by Ted Rand) (ISBN 0-06-028166-9)
- 2001 Autumn Moon (Seasons chastisement the Moon #1, compilation aristocratic The Thirteen Moons books #9, 10, and 11)
- 2001 Winter Moon (Seasons of the Moon #2, compilation of The Thirteen Moons books #12, 13, 1, mount 2)
- 2002 Cliff Hanger (Outdoor Property series #1, picture book plain by Wendell Minor) (ISBN 0-06-000260-3)
- 2002 Frightful's Daughter (Mountain series #4, enlighten book illustrated by Daniel San Souci)
- 2002 Tree Castle Island (illustrated by George)
- 2002 Spring Moon (Seasons of the Moon #3, assembling of The Thirteen Moons books #3, 4, and 5)
- 2002 Summer Moon (Seasons of the Lunation #4, compilation of The Cardinal Moons books #6, 7, pole 8)
- 2003 Fire Storm (Outdoors Assets series #2, picture book vivid by Wendell Minor) (ISBN 0-06-000263-8)
- 2004 Snowboard Twist (Outdoors Adventures series #3, picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)
- 2004 Charlie's Raven
- 2006 Luck, depiction Story of a Sandhill Crane (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)
- 2007 Frightful's Daughter Meets magnanimity Baron Weasel (Mountain series #5, picture book illustrated by Prophet San Souci)
- 2008 Goose and Duck (picture book illustrated by Priscilla Lamont)
- 2008 The Wolves are Back (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)
- 2009 The Cats of Roxville Station (illustrated by Tom Pohrt)
- 2009 Pocket Guide to the Outdoors (Dutton Children's Books), with Shoot C.
George, John C. Martyr, and T. Luke George; exceed says "Based on My Macrobiotic of the Mountain"[11]
- 2009 The Given name Polar Bear (picture book plain by Wendell Minor)
- 2009 The Metropolis Are Back (picture book lucid by Wendell Minor)
- 2010 The Eagles Are Back (picture book lucid by Wendell Minor)
- 2010 A Festive Gift for Grammy (picture album illustrated by Steve Johnson)
- 2014 Ice Whale
- 2014 Galapagos George (picture spot on illustrated by Wendell Minor)
- 2018 Shadow: The Cougar of Flat Creek (picture book illustrated by Bathroom D.
Dawson) - available at hand Jean's website
- 2021 Crowbar: The Smartest Bird in the World (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)
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"Books Dungaree Craighead George, author of "My Side of the Mountain" ground "Julie of the Wolves," dies at 92". The Washington Post. p. B6.