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Kathryn Lasky
Kathryn Lasky (born June 24, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American children's author. She is also known for writing The Night Journey, Wolves of the Beyond, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Lasky has written adult novels under the pseudonyms Kathryn Lasky Knight and E.L. Swann.
She is the author of four books in Dear America, five in The Royal Diaries, one in My Name Is America, and three in My America.
Biography[]
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Kathryn Lasky grew up in a Jewish family in Indianapolis, Indiana. She lived in the suburbs with her parents and sister, Martha. Lasky went to the University of Michigan, where she majored in English.
While working as a school teacher, she met her husband Christopher Knight. After sailing the Atlantic Ocean together, Lasky had her first child and wrote her first children's book. She has two children named Max and Meribah.
Bibliography[]
Dear America[]
My America[]
My Name Is America[]
The Royal Diaries[]
Selected works[]
- The Night Journey ()
- Sugaring Time ()
- Starbuck Family Adventures ()
- True North ()
- Marven of the Great North Woods ()
- Dancing Through Fire () - Portraits series, book 1
- Broken Song () - companion to The Night Journey
- Guardians of Ga'Hoole ()
- Wolves of the Beyond ()
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Kathryn Lasky
American children's writer (born )
Kathryn Lasky (born June 24, ) is an American children's writer who also writes for adults under the names Kathryn Lasky Knight and E. L. Swann. Her children's books include several Dear America books, The Royal Diaries books, Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, Wolves of the Beyond, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Her awards include Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature, National Jewish Book Award, and Newbery Honor.
Biography
Kathryn Lasky grew up in Indianapolis. She is Jewish and of Russian descent. She is married to Christopher Knight, with whom she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in early childhood education from Wheelock College.
She was the winner of the Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature.
She is the author of over one hundred books. Her most notable book series is Guardians of Ga’Hoole, which has more than 8 millions copies printed. Her books have been translated into 19 languages around the world.
Her adult nonfiction work includes the book, Silk and Venom: Searching for a Dangerous Spider, a biography of the arachnologistGreta Binford, and the bestseller Night Witches, the story of Soviet women pilots of the th Night Bomber Regiment in WWII.
Works
Camp Princess
- Born To Rule
- Unicorns? Get Real!
The Royal Diaries
Dear America
- A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower,
- Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City,
- Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana,
- A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C.,
- Blazing West: The Journal of
- The night journey kathryn lasky summary
Kathryn Lasky (born June 24, ) is an American author whose work includes several Dear America books, the Royal Diaries books, Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, and the Wolves of the Beyond series.
Biography[]
Kathryn Lasky is the 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. She loves owls and researching their behavior and natural history.
Luckily, Lasky lives quite close to Harvard University and the department of Ornithology (Ornithology is a branch of Zoology that concers the study of birds). She consulted with the scientists there frequently. She was quite excited that the Guardians of Ga'Hoole has been optioned by Warner Brothers for a major movie. After graduating college, Lasky wrote for magazines and worked as a teacher. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while she was teaching.
When doing research for a book, Lasky usually begins in the children's room of the public library. "I love doing research," Lasky says. "It's really fun. It's like a treasure hunt." There is no difference whether she is writing about a fictional character, such as in The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: The Lewis and Clark Expedition, , for the My Name is America series, or a real character, such as in Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, , for the Royal Diaries series. "My responsibility as a author is to write with authenticity and accuracy and it does not vary whether the character is real or fictional," states Lasky.
Books[]
Wolves of the Beyond[]
- Lone Wolf
- Shadow Wolf
- Watch Wolf
- Frost Wolf
- Spirit Wolf
- Star Wolf
Camp Princess[]
The Royal Diaries[]
- Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England
- Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen With
- Kathryn lasky books in order
Kathryn Lasky ()
PERIODICALS
Appraisal, winter, , Martha T. Kane, review of Sugaring Time, pp.
Black Issues Book Review, November, , Merce Robinson and Kelly Ellis, review of Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker, p.
Booklist, July, , Ilene Cooper, review of Beyond theDivide, p. ; November 15, , Ilene Cooper, review of Jem's Island, p. ; January 15, , Ilene Cooper, review of Home Free, pp. ; November 15, , Ilene Cooper, review of The Night Journey, pp. ; April, , Stephanie Zvirin, review of A Brilliant Streak: The Making of Mark Twain, p. ; August 21, , Marta Segal, review of Vision of Beauty, p. ; September 15, , Todd Morning, review of Lucille's Snowsuit, p. ; June 1, , GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of Mommy's Hands, pp. ; March 1, , Carolyn Phelan, review of The Man Who Made Time Travel, p. ; July, , Gillian Engberg, review of Lucille Camps In, p. ; September 15, , Francisca Goldsmith, review of The Capture, p.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, November, , Betsy Hearne, review of Monarchs, pp.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Newsletter, winter, , "Featured Author: Kathryn Lasky," p. 4.
Children's Book Review Service, November, , Barbara S. Wertheimer, review of I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, p.
English Journal, January, , Dick Abrahamson,"To Start the New Year off Right," pp.
Five Owls, February, , Anne Landis, review of TheLibrarian Who Measured the Earth, pp.
Horn Book, June, , Karen Jameyson, review of Sugaring Time, p. ; September-October, , Kathryn Lasky, "Reflections on Nonfiction," pp. ; November-December, , Kathryn Lasky, "Creativity in a Boom Industry," pp. ; November-December, , Roger Sutton, review of Marven of the Great North Woods, p.
Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, Volume 12, numbers , , Jan M. Goodman, review of The Weaver's Gift,, p.
Kirkus Reviews, March 1, , review of The Weaver'sGift, p. ; March 1, , review