Jeanne_Birdsall
Jeanne Birdsall
American writer of children's books
Jeanne Birdsall (born 1951) is an American photographer and writer of children's books. She is best known for her five-volume series about the Penderwick family. The Penderwicks, the first book in the series, won the 2005 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.[2]
Jeanne Birdsall | |
---|---|
Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] |
Occupation | Novelist, photographer |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Boston University California College of Arts and Crafts |
Period | 2005–present |
Genre | Children's literature, adventure novels |
Notable works | The Penderwicks |
Notable awards | National Book Award 2005 |
Website | |
jeannebirdsall |
Birdsall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in the suburbs. Birdsall has one sibling, a sister who is four years older than her. She decided to become a writer at the age of ten, but she didn't start until she was forty-one. She worked first on other jobs, most notably as a photographer, and some of her work has been displayed in galleries around the world.[citation needed]
Birdsall's first book was published when she was 54. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy introduced the Penderwick sisters and won the 2005 National Book Award.[2] Her second book was a sequel, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (2008). Her third book was The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (2011), followed by The Penderwicks in Spring (2015).[3] The fifth and final book in the series, The Penderwicks at Last, was published on May 15, 2018.[4]
Birdsall's first picture book, Flora's Very Windy Day, was illustrated by Matt Phelan and published under the Clarion Books imprint in August 2010, and followed by Lucky and Squash in 2012.
- The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Alfred A. Knopf, 2005) —winner of the National Book Award[2]
- The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (Knopf, 2008)
- Flora's Very Windy Day (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 2010), children's picture book illustrated by Matt Phelan
- The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (Knopf, 2011)
- Lucky and Squash (Harper/HarperCollins, 2012), picture book illus. Jane Dyer
- The Penderwicks in Spring (Knopf, 2015)
- My Favorite Pets: by Gus W. for Ms. Smolinski's Class (Knopf, 2016), picture book illus. Harry Bliss
- The Penderwicks At Last (Knopf, 2018)
- "Allyn, 1988, Jeanne Birdsall". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
- "National Book Awards – 2005". National Book Foundation (NBF). Retrieved 2012-04-15.
(With acceptance speech by Birdsall, introduction by panelist Liz Rosenberg, and information about all five Young People's Literature authors and books.) - "About the Penderwicks". Jeannne Birdsall (jeannebirdsall.com). Retrieved 2008-06-16
- "Children's Book Review: The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall. Knopf, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-385-75566-5". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
- "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Self-Portrait". www.philamuseum.org.
- "Jeanne Birdsall | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- Official website
- Jeanne Birdsall at Library of Congress, with 7 library catalog records