Lauren Tarshis
Lauren Tarshis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lauren Tarshis |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Barnard College |
| Period | 1989– |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Website | |
| www | |
Lauren Tarshis is an author of children's books, with several series of fiction and historical works found in thousands of libraries and translated into several languages.[1][2] She is also the editor of Storyworks magazine.[3]
Tarshis is the author of the New York Times Bestselling series I Survived. The books, fast-paced historical fiction for kids in grades 3–5, each focus on a historical disaster from the perspective of a boy or girl who lived to tell the tale.
Tarshis is also the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, a Golden Kite honor book for fiction and Oprah book club pick, and the sequel Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. The books are on many state lists and are often used by schools as part of anti-bully programs.[citation needed]
In addition to writing books, Tarshis is an editorial director for language arts at Scholastic, and the editor of Storyworks magazine, a language arts magazine for children in grades 3-5. She also oversees Scope magazine, a language arts magazine for middle-schoolers.
Bibliography
| Title | Publication date | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taking Off: Extraordinary Ways to Spend Your First Year Out of College | January 1, 1989 | Non-ficton | |
| Kate: The Katharine Hepburn Album | February 1, 1993 | Non-fiction | |
| Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree | May 15, 2008 | Fiction | |
| Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell In Love | May 13, 2010 | Fiction | |
| I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 | June 1, 2010 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 | September 1, 2010 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | March 1, 2011 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 | October 1, 2011 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 | March 1, 2012 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 | July 1, 2012 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 | February 1, 2013 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 | August 27, 2013 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 | February 25, 2014 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 | August 26, 2014 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 | February 24, 2015 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 | August 25, 2015 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 | February 21, 2016 | Historical Fiction | |
| I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 | August 30, 2016 | Historical Fiction |
Emma-Jean Lazarus
- Emma-Jean Lazarus fell out of a tree (2007) in over 1,600 WorldCat libraries[4] (Reviewed by Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books[5])
- Translated into French as Pourquoi Emma-Jane est tombée de l'arbre, et ce qui s'ensuivit... (2010)
- Translated into German as Emma-Jean und das Geheimnis des Glücks (2009)
- Translated into Japanese as エマ・ジーン・ラザルス、木から落ちる / Ema jīn razarusu ki kara ochiru (2008)
- Emma-Jean Lazarus fell in love (2009) (in over 1,000 WorldCat Libraries[6])
- Translated into German as Emma-Jean und das Geheimnis der Freundschaft (2011)
Other works
- The making of Ironweed (1988)
References
- ^ "Tarshis, Lauren". WorldCat.org.
- ^ Something About the Author, v. 187
- ^ "Lauren Tarshis". WorldCat.org.
- ^ OCLC 70707706
- ^ Stevenson, Deborah (February 2007). "Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 60 (6): 269–270. doi:10.1353/bcc.2007.0131. OCLC 4639512499.
- ^ OCLC 270230868