Massachusetts Children's Book Award

Lois Lowry, whose maiden name was Lois Ann Hammersberg was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii, she is known as one of America's most popular and versatile children's book authors. Lowry was a shy and introverted child who loved to read. She was around 8 or 9 years old when she decided she wanted to be a writer. Her father was a dentist and an Army officer, which led to her to live in several different locations while she was growing up. Lowry spent some of her school years in Japan, but

Theodor Seuss Geisel, the very famous author, cartoonist, and publisher, was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Being the creative mind behind over sixty books, Theodor Seuss Geisel had a wide, extraordinary imagination. Better known as Dr. Seuss, Mr. Geisel has been well known by not only children, but adults all over the world for generations. Theodor Seuss Geisel lived a very prosperous childhood. The town he grew up in was a wealthy, large manufacturing town that was booming

the top fifteen spots in Publisher Weekly's list of all time best-selling children's books, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as "Dr. Seuss", is the most well known children's author to date, with forty-seven published books and more than two-hundred million copies sold(Levine 37). Born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, Theodor Seuss Geisel, wrote books with memorable characters that have become classic children's' books such as The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears

phenomenal children’s books, which taught children how to read and imagine the world in a different way. Geisel wanted children to build a critical life skill by most importantly learning how to read. He is an American icon because his work represents children’s literature, cartoon surrealism, and nonsense poetry. Geisel’s personal life influenced his work by the way he was raised as a child, his education, and marriages that motivated him to become one of the most popular children’s author’s during

Plot Summary: Feed is a book about Titus, a teenager with a feed, or transmitter implanted in his brain. He and his friends live their lives by suggestions, like advertisement from the feed. Titus and his friends go to the moon for spring break and while they are there Titus meets a girl named Violet Durn. They go to a nightclub and end up getting hacked by a man from the anti-feed group. The group is sent to the hospital for a few days and have to have their feeds deactivated for a while. After

away. There was something appealing in the simple anapestic tetrameter rhythm, coupled with nonsensical words and illustrations of outlandish creatures that seemed to call out to the vibrant, dynamic imagination of a child. Through over forty-two books Dr. Seuss has been able to encourage children to seek delight in reading and has opened the minds of successive

use of words and depictions, although with hidden messages, of daily life has molded the imagination of every child. On March second 1904 a baby boy was born to a Theodor Robert Geisel and Henrietta Seuss Geisel, on Howard Street, Springfield, Massachusetts (Cat in the Hat.org). This little boy will soon become the great Dr. Seuss, but for now he was named after his grandfather, Theodor Seuss Geisel. Due to Theodor’s (Ted) family being directly German, they lived a life of poverty. Ted himself was

of Author Biographies: S.E Hinton highlights some of the problems Hinton endured on her path to become one of the most influential authors in America. Growing up in the 60’s wasn’t necessarily the easiest time for a young woman to publish books. While Hinton was growing up, women didn’t have as many rights or opportunities as they do today. Young women, and girls in particular, were expected to behave according to a set of expectations established by society at that time. The 60’s, known

1. Summary and Response. A. Born in Riverside, California, Susan Straight became an award winning regional author. Straight came from a simple beginning, a diverse family and no friends who were writers. Straight wrote her first story at the age of sixteen and wrote sports articles in junior high. As a junior in high school, she began writing short stories again. Straight does like to travel, but enjoys returning home as well. Straight makes no error in advocating the use of writing workshops

Published in 1999, The Perks of Being a Wallflower has won several literary awards from the American Library Association- the ALA Best Books for Young Adults award in 2000, the ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults award in 2002, and the ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers award in 2000 ("YALSA's Book Awards”). Steven Chbosky primarily works as a screenplay writer and director. The Perks of Being a Wallflower was the first novel he wrote and is one of the most popular novels amongst