The Resource Lives of the writers : comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought), written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt
Lives of the writers : comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought), written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt
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- Summary
- The lives of twenty writers, ranging from Dickens, the Brontes, and Poe to Twain, Sandburg, and Langston Hughes, are profiled in this humorous and informative collection
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (96 pages
- Contents
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- Rice cakes and moonlight : Murasaki Shikibu
- One disaster after another : Miguel de Cervantes
- "Curst be he that moves my bones" : William Shakespeare
- Chocolate for breakfast : Jane Austen
- Ugly duckling or little mermaid? : Hans Christian Andersen
- Imp of the perverse : Edgar Allan Poe
- From raisin pudding to oysters and champagne : Charles Dickens
- Currer and Ellis Bell : Charlotte and Emily Brontë
- Hide-and-seek : Emily Dickinson
- Paddling her own canoe : Louisa May Alcott
- Killingly funny : Mark Twain
- The fairy godmother : Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Into the mountains of the moon : Robert Louis Stevenson
- Cannibal sandwiches : Jack London
- Potato face blind man : Carl Sandburg
- On the farm : E.B. White
- She jumped at the sun : Zora Neale Hurston
- The perfect companion : Langston Hughes
- Blintzes stuffed with cheese : Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Label
- Lives of the writers : comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought)
- Title
- Lives of the writers
- Title remainder
- comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought)
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt
- Subject
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- Authors
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924
- Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- White, E. B., (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991
- Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
- Andersen, H. C., (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
- Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-
- Andersen, H. C., (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
- Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Authors -- Juvenile literature
- Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
- White, E. B., (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Juvenile works
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- Authors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The lives of twenty writers, ranging from Dickens, the Brontes, and Poe to Twain, Sandburg, and Langston Hughes, are profiled in this humorous and informative collection
- Awards note
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- PEN Center USA West literary award
- SCBWI golden kite honor book for nonfiction
- ALA notable book
- Boston Globe-Horn Book honor book for nonfiction
- American Bookseller's Pick of the lists
- Notable children's trade book in the field of social studies
- Booklist editors choice
- School library journal best book of the year
- New York Public Library book for reading and sharing
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Krull, Kathleen
- Dewey number
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- 809
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN452
- LC item number
- .K75 1994
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hewitt, Kathryn
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Authors
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
- Shakespeare, William
- Austen, Jane
- Andersen, H. C.
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Dickens, Charles
- Brontë, Charlotte
- Brontë, Emily
- Dickinson, Emily
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Twain, Mark
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- London, Jack
- Sandburg, Carl
- White, E. B.
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Hughes, Langston
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Authors
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Andersen, H. C.
- Austen, Jane
- Brontë, Charlotte
- Brontë, Emily
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
- Dickens, Charles
- Dickinson, Emily
- Hughes, Langston
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- London, Jack
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Sandburg, Carl
- Shakespeare, William
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Twain, Mark
- White, E. B.
- Authors
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Lives of the writers : comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought), written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 96) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rice cakes and moonlight : Murasaki Shikibu -- One disaster after another : Miguel de Cervantes -- "Curst be he that moves my bones" : William Shakespeare -- Chocolate for breakfast : Jane Austen -- Ugly duckling or little mermaid? : Hans Christian Andersen -- Imp of the perverse : Edgar Allan Poe -- From raisin pudding to oysters and champagne : Charles Dickens -- Currer and Ellis Bell : Charlotte and Emily Brontë -- Hide-and-seek : Emily Dickinson -- Paddling her own canoe : Louisa May Alcott -- Killingly funny : Mark Twain -- The fairy godmother : Frances Hodgson Burnett -- Into the mountains of the moon : Robert Louis Stevenson -- Cannibal sandwiches : Jack London -- Potato face blind man : Carl Sandburg -- On the farm : E.B. White -- She jumped at the sun : Zora Neale Hurston -- The perfect companion : Langston Hughes -- Blintzes stuffed with cheese : Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (96 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036694267
- Label
- Lives of the writers : comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought), written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 96) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rice cakes and moonlight : Murasaki Shikibu -- One disaster after another : Miguel de Cervantes -- "Curst be he that moves my bones" : William Shakespeare -- Chocolate for breakfast : Jane Austen -- Ugly duckling or little mermaid? : Hans Christian Andersen -- Imp of the perverse : Edgar Allan Poe -- From raisin pudding to oysters and champagne : Charles Dickens -- Currer and Ellis Bell : Charlotte and Emily Brontë -- Hide-and-seek : Emily Dickinson -- Paddling her own canoe : Louisa May Alcott -- Killingly funny : Mark Twain -- The fairy godmother : Frances Hodgson Burnett -- Into the mountains of the moon : Robert Louis Stevenson -- Cannibal sandwiches : Jack London -- Potato face blind man : Carl Sandburg -- On the farm : E.B. White -- She jumped at the sun : Zora Neale Hurston -- The perfect companion : Langston Hughes -- Blintzes stuffed with cheese : Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (96 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036694267
Subject
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
- Andersen, H. C., (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
- Andersen, H. C., (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- Authors
- Authors
- Authors -- Juvenile literature
- Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
- Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
- Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
- Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Juvenile works
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- London, Jack, 1876-1916
- Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-
- Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
- Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- White, E. B., (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985
- White, E. B., (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985
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