Kathryn Lasky
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| Kathryn Lasky | |
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| Born | June 24, 1944 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Knight |
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Kathryn Lasky (born June 24, 1944)[citation needed] is an American author whose work includes several Dear America books, The Royal Diaries books, Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
[edit] Biography
Lasky grew up in Indianapolis, and is married to Christopher Knight, with whom she lives in Cambridge, MA. 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.[1] She is also a non-fiction writer of other books.
[edit] Works
[edit] Camp Princess
- Born to Rule
- Unicorns? Get Real!
[edit] The Royal Diaries
- Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England 1544
- Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France 1553
- Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769
- Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India 1627
- Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan 1858
[edit] Dear America
- A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
- Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
- Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932
- A Time for Courage:The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917
[edit] My Name Is America
- The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804
[edit] My America
- Hope In My Heart, Sofia's Ellis Island Diary
- Home at Last: Sofia's Immigrant Diary
- An American Spring: Sofia's Immigrant Diary
[edit] Daughters of the Sea
- Hannah
- May
[edit] Starbuck Family Adventures
- Double Trouble Squared
- Shadows in the Water
- A Voice in the Wind
[edit] Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Main article: Guardians of Ga'Hoole
- The Capture
- The Journey
- The Rescue
- The Siege
- The Shattering
- The Burning
- The Hatchling
- The Outcast
- The First Collier
- The Coming of Hoole
- To Be a King
- The Golden Tree
- The River of Wind
- Exile
- The War of the Ember
- A Guide Book to the Great Tree
- Lost Tales of Ga'Hoole
[edit] Wolves Of The Beyond
- Lone Wolf
- Shadow Wolf
- Watch Wolf
- Frost Wolf
[edit] Standalone titles
- The Last Girls of Pompeii
- Blood Secret
- Broken Song
- Star Split
- Alice Rose and Sam
- True North
- Beyond the Burning Time
- Memoirs of a Bookbat'
- The Bone Wars
- Pageant
- Beyond the Divide
- The Night Journey
- Prank
- Hawksmaid
- Ashes
- Chasing Orion
- Home Free
[edit] Children young adults non-fiction
- 3038 Staat der Klone
- John Muir: America's First Environmentalist
- Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles
- Shadows in the Dawn: The Lemurs of Madagascar
- The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
- Sugaring Time
- Days of the Dead
- Searching for Laura Ingalls
- Monarchs
- Surtsey: The Newest Place on Earth
- Dinosaur Dig
- Traces of Life
- A Baby for Max
[edit] Picture books
- Lunch Bunnies
- Show and Tell Bunnies
- Science Fair Bunnies
- Tumble Bunnies
- Lucille's Snowsuit
- Lucille Camps In
- Starring Lucille
- Pirate Bob
- Humphrey, Albert, and the Flying Machine
- Before I was Your Mother
- The Man Who Made Time Travel
- A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
- Love That Baby
- Mommy's Hands
- Porkenstein
- Born in the Breezes: The Voyages Of Joshua Slocum
- Vision of Beauty
- First Painter
- The Emperor's Old Clothes
- Sophie and Rose
- Marven of the Great North Woods
- A Brilliant Streak
- Hercules: The Man, The Myth, The Hero
- The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
- She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!
- The Gates of the Wind
- Pond Year
- Cloud Eyes
- I Have an Aunt on Marlborough Street
- Sea Swan
- My Island Grandma
[edit] Adult
- Night Gardening (written under the pseudonym of E.L. Swann)
- Dark Swan
- Mumbo Jumbo
- Mortal Words
- Trace Elements
- The Widow of Oz
[edit] Portraits
- Dancing Through Fire
[edit] References
- ^ "Kathryn Lasky". Lookingglassreview.com. http://lookingglassreview.com/html/kathryn_lasky.html. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
[edit] External links
- Kathryn Lasky
- Interview with Kathryn Lasky by OwlPages.com
- Interview with Kathryn Lasky at BookReviewsAndMore.ca
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