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Douglas Evans
Author Douglas Evans at the piano
Author Douglas Evans at the piano
BornApril 3 (2024-04-03)
Euclid, Ohio
OccupationWriter of books, plays, and music for children
NationalityAmerican
Genremiddle-grade fiction
Notable worksClassroom at the End of the Hall
Math Rashes
MVP:Magellan Voyage Project
The Elevator Family series
The Elevator Family Play

Douglas Evans (born April 3, 1953 in Euclid, Ohio) is a children's book author and a former school teacher in Berkeley, California. He has written books, plays, songs, and poems for children, including Classroom at the End of the Hall which got a starred review in Publishers Weekly.[1] and received record reprint rights for a first time author.[2] The Elevator Family (2003) was included on the Mass. Book Award Master List[3] and was a 2003 Sunshine Award Nominee. MVP: Magellan Voyage Project was the 2009 Connecticut Nutmeg Award Winner and[4] 2008 Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee.[5] His lipogram novel Noe School contains not a single E.[6] 1996 Publisher Weekly Flying Start Author:[7]

Theater

Douglas Evans adapted his book The Elevator Family for the stage. It was first produced by Columbus Children's Theater February 2011 and directed by William Goldsmith to critical acclaim.
Columbus Dispatch.[8]
Theater Roundtable "best" review.[9]

Music

Besides the music for his musical The Elevator Family, Douglas Evans has composed three albums for children.

  • Classroom Creatures 2012
  • Math Rashes and other Classroom Itches 2013
  • Teacher 2014
  • Extras Credit 2016

Selected bibliography

  • Classroom at the End of the Hall (Front Street 1996, Scholastic Signature, PHP Japan)
  • So What Do You Do? 1997
  • Apple Island or the Truth About Teacher (Front Street 1998, Scholastic, PHP Japan)
  • Math Rashes (Front Street 2000, Scholastic Signature)
  • The Elevator Family (Delacorte 2000, PHP Japan, Bayard France)
  • MVP: Magellan Voyage Project, illustrated by John Shelley (Front Street 2004, GaeAmNaMu Korea)
  • The Elevator Family Hits the Road 2011
  • The Elevator Family Takes a Hike 2012
  • The Elevator Family Goes Abroad 2013
  • The Elevator Family Plays Hard Ball 2015

Awards and recognitions

  • 2003 Sunshine State Young Readers Award nominee
  • 2003 Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award nominee [10]
  • 2003 Massachusetts Children's Book Master List [11]
  • 2003 Garden State Children's Book Awards nominee
  • 2004 South Dakota Prairie Bud Award nominee
  • 2004 Virginia State Young Reader's Award nominee
  • 2008 Rebecca Caudill Award nominee [12]
  • 2009 Connecticut Nutmeg Award Winner [13]

References

  1. ^ "Classroom at the End of the Hall". Publishers Weekly. 5/04/1996. Retrieved 31 March 2014. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Second Record". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  3. ^ "Massachusetts Children's Book Award" (PDF). Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Past Nutmeg Intermediate Winners". MVP: Magellan Voyage Project. Nutmeg Award Committee. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Rebecca Caudill Awards". Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ^ Evans, Douglas. NOE School. WTMelon Publishing. ISBN 978-0615705255.
  7. ^ Lodge, Sally (July 1, 1996). "Flying Starts". Publisher Weekly: 36. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  8. ^ Grossman, Michael (Feb 17, 2011). "Theater review: Elevator Family". Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  9. ^ Thompson, Dennis. "Review of Columbus Theatre's "The Elevator Family" (PDF). Theatre Roundtable. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Nutmeg Children's Book Award".
  11. ^ "Massachusetts Children's Book Award" (PDF). Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Rebecca Caudill Awards". Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Past Nutmeg Intermediate Winners". MVP: Magellan Voyage Project. Nutmeg Award Committee. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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