This listing is for a 9 times SIGNED

2007 US 1st Edition/1st Printing of

CLICK: ONE NOVEL - TEN AUTHORS!!

This GREAT book has been SIGNED BY 7 OF THE AUTHORS:

Nick Hornby, Linda Sue Park, Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Deborah Ellis, Margo Lanagan, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

This has also been signed by publisher ARTHUR A. LEVINE and award winning Irish actor COLIN FARRELL who was there to introduce the book at the Launch Party in NYC in 2007!!

This book has been flat signed on the title page by six of the authors: Linda Sue Park, Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Deborah Ellis, Margo Lanagan, and Tim Wynne-Jones as well as Arthur Levine and Colin Farrell and on the fore title page by Nick Hornby - all in archival pen (signed with only their names - no personalization or inscriptions).

 

This was signed in New York City in 2007 at the Launch Party for the book CLICK at the Columbus Circle Borders bookstore.  I was very fortunate to be there and this was SIGNED IN MY PRESENCE by Colin Farrell, Arthur Levin, and all of the authors  (Nick Hornby signed the week before at a different signing).

Condition is as follows: FINE/FINE -  NEW and COMPLETELY UNREAD!!  This is NOT a Bookclub - the corners are sharp, the text block and spine are solid and tight, there is NO lean, and NO fading or browning to the pages, the jacket is wonderful with no wear, DJ is not price clipped - please see pictures.  Overall is Crisp and Bright - in collector's condition...

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This is a Arthur A. Levine 2007 US First Edition/First Printing - it has a complete numberline with the numbers 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 which is the correct indicator for a first printing for this title.   

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ABOUT THE BOOK

CLICK: ONE NOVEL TEN AUTHORS

From the Publisher


A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a fairy tale. A boy who loses everything in World War II, and his brother who loses even more. And a family with a secret so big that it changes everything.
The world's best beloved authors each contribute a chapter in the life of the mysterious George "Gee" Keane, photographer, soldier, adventurer and enigma. Under different pens, a startling portrait emerges of a man, his family, and his gloriously complicated tangle of a life.
The full list of authors includes:
Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of A STAR CALLED HENRY; Nick Hornby, author of ABOUT A BOY; Ruth Ozeki, author of MY YEAR OF MEATS; Margo Lanagan, Prinz Honor Award-winning author of BLACK JUICE; Linda Sue Park, Newbery Award-winning author of A SINGLE SHARD; David Almond, winner of the Whitbread Award and Carnegie Medal and author of SKELLIG; Gregory Maguire, author of WICKED; Tim Wynne-Jones, two-time winner of Canada's Governor General's award and author of ONE OF THE KINDER PLANETS; Deborah Ellis, author of THE BREADWINNER; Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl Books.
And more are signing on!


Publishers Weekly

Ten distinguished authors each write a chapter of this intriguing novel of mystery and family, which examines the lives touched by a photojournalist George Keane, aka Gee. The first chapter, by Linda Sue Park, begins with Gee's death and how it affects his granddaughter Maggie, who ponders the cryptic gift he has left for her: a box of seven seashells and a note reading, "Throw them all back." Several chapters follow Maggie and her stepbrother Jason; others are flashbacks that return to subjects of Gee's photographs-a prisoner who created Maggie's box (Deborah Ellis), a girl with a mysterious illness (David Almond) and a Japanese soldier who lost his legs to a grenade (Ruth Ozeki). Margo Lanagan's contribution, set in the future, offers a magical, world-altering explanation for how Gee has seemingly led multiple lives, as Nick Hornby hints at earlier. In Gregory Maguire's conclusion, an elderly Maggie reflects on her grandfather's influence ("He wanted us to see.... Jason took the camera and took off-his life took off.... I took the shells and I took off too"). The authors' distinctive styles remain evident; although readers expecting a more straightforward or linear story may find the leaps through time and place challenging, the thematic currents help the chapters gel into a cohesive whole. Royalties benefit Amnesty International. Ages 12-up. (Oct.)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

VOYA

It is difficult to imagine authors as diverse as Ruth Ozeki, Gregory Maguire, Eoin Colfer, and Linda Sue Park, among others, coming together to write a book for teens, and even more tricky to believe that the end result would be a seamless whole, a jigsaw that fits together so well that the individual pieces are indistinguishable. The constant thread running throughout is the character George "Gee" Keane, a photojournalist whose adventures and the lives of those who knew him provide a wealth of experiences for authors to mine. Park's contribution introduces Gee's grandchildren shortly after his death and provides a multitude of seeds for further chapters: a box of shells from different seas, photographs taken all over the world, and Gee's insight-bestowing camera equipment. The chapters vary, some revealing Gee's history, others showing the ripples of those events as they move through the lives of Gee's grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and beyond. Tender and beautiful but never saccharine, each chapter seems to affirm the beauty and goodness to be found in life, without denying the darkness that exists. The balancing act of light and dark inherent in photography is the perfect metaphor to showcase these themes. The most thoughtful readers will enjoy this revelation of the depth and complexities of human nature, but the mystery of watching lives unfold bit by bit-each story providing hints of what will come later-will engage even casual readers.

Kirkus Reviews

The work and travels of a talented photographer lie at the heart of this far-flung tale. Created collaboratively by the likes of Eoin Colfer, Nick Hornby, Deborah Ellis and Gregory Maguire, among others, to benefit Amnesty International, this unusual story unfolds a chapter at a time in a wide variety of directions. Readers find themselves in the present, the past and the future, as well as all over the world. This fluidity of time and setting, along with the large number of characters, might have resulted in a chaotic feel, but skillful writing (and presumably editing) overcomes this potential problem. In the opening vignette by Linda Sue Park, readers meet Maggie and her brother Jason who are mourning the loss of their grandfather, Gee. Several subsequent sections feature Maggie and Jason, but most focus on Gee, always through the eyes of another. Each chapter is distinct enough to reveal a bit about its author while effectively contributing to the overall portrait of a complex, committed, elusive man. While some readers may find the narrative jumps too challenging, those who follow the multi-strand plot will be rewarded with a thought-provoking and thoroughly engaging read. (brief author biographies, notes on Amnesty International) (Fiction. 12-15)


Linda Sue Park (USA) won the Newbery Medal for A SINGLE SHARD.

David Almond (UK) won the Printz Award for KIT'S WILDERNESS.

Eoin Colfer (Ireland) is the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series.

Deborah Ellis (Canada) received a Jane Addams Children's Book Award special commendation for her Breadwinner trilogy.

Roddy Doyle (Ireland) won the Booker Prize for PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA.

Nick Hornby (UK) has had three books made into feature films.

Tim Wynne-Jones (Canada) has twice won the Governor General's Award for Fiction.

Ruth Ozeki (USA) has seen her novel MY YEAR OF MEATS translated into eleven languages.

Margo Lanagan (Australia) received a Printz Honor for her collection BLACK JUICE.

And Gregory Maguire (USA) wrote the novel WICKED, which became a popular Broadway musical.

Nick Hornby

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nick Hornby (born 17 April 1957) is an English novelist and essayist. He is best known for the novels High Fidelity, About a Boy, and for the football memoir Fever Pitch. His work frequently touches upon music, sports, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists.

Life and career

Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey, England. He was brought up in Maidenhead, and educated at Maidenhead Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge. His parents divorced when he was 11.

Hornby has been married twice. He and his first wife have one son, born in 1992, who has autism. Hornby's second wife is producer Amanda Posey. They have two sons, born in 2003 and 2005. Hornby's sister, Gill, is married to writer Robert Harris

Hornby's first published book, 1992's Fever Pitch, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for Arsenal Football Club. As a result, Hornby received the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. In 1997, the memoir was adapted for film in the UK and in 2005 an American remake was released, following Jimmy Fallon's character's obsession with the Boston Red Sox. With the book's success, Hornby began to publish articles in the Sunday Times, Time Out and the Times Literary Supplement, in addition to his music reviews for the New Yorker. High Fidelity — his second book and first novel — was published in 1995. The novel, about a neurotic record collector and his failed relationships, was adapted into a 2000 film starring John Cusack and a Broadway musical in 2006.

His second novel, About a Boy, published in 1998, is about two "boys" – Marcus, an awkward yet endearing adolescent from a single-parent family, and the free-floating, mid-30s Will Freeman who overcomes his own immaturity and self-centeredness through his growing relationship with Marcus. Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult starred in the 2002 film version. In 1999, Hornby received the E. M. Forster Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Hornby's next novel, How to Be Good, was published in 2001. The female protagonist in the novel explores contemporary morals, marriage and parenthood. It won the WH Smith Award for Fiction in 2002.

Part of the money he earned with his next book Speaking with the Angel in 2002, was donated to TreeHouse, a charity for children with autism, the disorder that affects Hornby's own son. He was editor of the book, which contained twelve short stories written by his friends. He also contributed to the collection with the story "NippleJesus".

In 2003, Hornby wrote a collection of essays on selected popular songs and the emotional resonance they carry, called 31 Songs (known in the US as Songbook). Also in 2003, Hornby was awarded the London Award 2003, an award that was selected by fellow writers.

Hornby has also written essays on various aspects of popular culture, and in particular, he has become known for his writing on pop music and mix tape enthusiasts. He also began writing a book review column, "Stuff I've Been Reading", for the monthly magazine The Believer that ran through September 2008; all of these articles are collected between The Polysyllabic Spree (2004), Housekeeping vs. The Dirt (2006), and Shakespeare Wrote for Money (2008).

Hornby's novel A Long Way Down was published in 2005. It was on the shortlist for the Whitbread Novel Award. Hornby has also edited two sports-related anthologies: My Favourite Year and The Picador Book of Sports Writing.

Hornby's book Slam was released on 16 October 2007, is his first novel for young adults and was recognized by the Young Adult Library Services Association as a 2008 Best Book for Young Adults. The protagonist of Slam is a 16-year-old skateboarder named Sam whose life changes drastically when his girlfriend gets pregnant.

In October 2008, on the podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go!, Hornby helped to name both a miniature and full-sized horse for two different Americans.

In November 2008, Hornby came No. 4 in The Times list of the "50 Worst Famous Football Fans". He was credited for, amongst other things, the fact that one is now likely to be sitting next to a solicitor at a football match.

Hornby released his latest novel titled Juliet, Naked in September 2009. On the same wavelength as his first novel High Fidelity, the book is about a reclusive '80s rock star who is forced out of isolation when the re-release of his most famous album brings him into contact with some of his most passionate fans. This synopsis was revealed to The Guardian newspaper as part of "What not to miss in 2009: books".

Adaptations

[Film

Several of Hornby's books have made the jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of Fever Pitch, starring Colin Firth. It was followed by High Fidelity in 2000, starring John Cusack; this adaptation was notable in that the action was shifted from London to Chicago. After this success, About a Boy was quickly picked up, and released in 2002, starring Hugh Grant. An Americanized Fever Pitch, in which Jimmy Fallon plays a hopelessly addicted Boston Red Sox fan who tries to reconcile his love of the game with that of his girlfriend (Drew Barrymore), was released in 2005. Johnny Depp purchased film rights to the book A Long Way Down before it was published. In 2009, Hornby himself adapted An Education for the screen, a feature film starring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan. He was nominated for an Oscar for writing the screenplay.

Internet

After the release of "Songbook", McSweeney's accepted online submissions from authors writing about their favorite songs in the same manner as Hornby. These submissions were posted to the McSweeney's website. Additionally, The Blue Scarf is a blog adaptation of Hornby's collection. Australian satirist Matt Egan from Mortdale sights Hornby's work as being a main source of inspiration for his work.

Stage

High Fidelity was also the basis for a 2006 eponymous musical that shifted the action to Brooklyn; its book is by David Lindsay-Abaire, with lyrics by Amanda Green and music created by Tom Kitt. The production ran for a month in Boston, then moved to Broadway, closing after 18 previews and 14 regular performances.

Music

The importance of music in Hornby's novels, and in his life, is evidenced by his long-standing and fruitful collaborations with the rock band Marah, fronted by Dave and Serge Bielanko. Hornby has even toured in the United States and Europe with the band, joining them on stage to read his essays about particular moments and performers in his own musical history which have had a particular meaning for him. The band typically follows each of Hornby's essays, about subjects including Bob Marley, Rory Gallagher and The Clash, by playing a song by each of those artists.

Hornby and Marah (whose small but intensely dedicated band of fans also includes Stephen King and Bruce Springsteen) have worked together on this project over time, and together put on a show of all the essays and songs, concluding with his essay about Marah themselves, and followed by a full concert of the band's own songs.

One of the main characters in Hornby's A Long Way Down, a down on his luck rock singer delivering pizzas in north London and considering suicide on New Year's Eve, is widely supposed to have been inspired by Serge Bielanko's own experiences in London.

Hornby's music criticism (most notably for The New Yorker and in his own Songbook) has been widely criticised by writers such as Kevin Dettmar (in his book Is Rock Dead), Curtis White (in an essay at www.centreforbookculture.org, titled "Kid Adorno"), Barry Faulk and Simon Reynolds for his embrace of rock traditionalism and conservative take on post-rock and other experimental musics (exemplified in Hornby's negative review of the Radiohead album Kid A: "Beyond the Pale," New Yorker, 30 October 2000).

Hornby also has had extensive collaboration with American singer/songwriter Ben Folds, their album Lonely Avenue was released in September 2010, Folds wrote the music, with Hornby contributing lyrics. Prior to the album's release, "Picture Window", was released on Ben Folds' website. A bootleg version of a song about Levi Johnston written by Hornby and Folds and performed by Folds, appeared on the internet.

Bibliography

Novels

  • (1995) High Fidelity
  • (1998) About a Boy
  • (2001) How to Be Good
  • (2005) A Long Way Down
  • (2007) Slam
  • (2009) Juliet, Naked

Short Stories

  • (1998) Faith
  • Not a Star
  • Otherwise Pandemonium

Non-fiction

  • (1992) Contemporary American Fiction ISBN 0312042132
  • (1992) Fever Pitch ISBN 0-14-029344-2
  • (2003) 31 Songs ISBN 0-14-101340-0 (Also published as Songbook in the US, ISBN 1-57-322356-5
  • (2004) The Polysyllabic Spree ISBN 1-932416-24-2
  • (2006) Housekeeping vs. the Dirt ISBN 1-932416-59-5
  • (2008) Shakespeare Wrote for Money ISBN 1-934781-29-0

Anthologies edited

  • (1993) My Favourite Year: A Collection of Football Writing ISBN 0-7538-1441-2
  • (1996) The Picador Book of Sportswriting ISBN 0-330-33133-7
  • (2000) Speaking with the Angel ISBN 0-14-029678-6
  • (2005) Otherwise Pandemonium ISBN 0-14-102251-5

Film adaptations

  • 1997 Fever Pitch — directed by David Evans; screenplay by Nick Hornby
  • 2000 High Fidelity — directed by Stephen Frears
  • 2002 About a Boy — directed by Chris and Paul Weitz
  • 2005 Fever Pitch — directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly
  • 2009 An Education — directed by Lone Scherfig, screenplay Hornby

Eoin Colfer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eoin Colfer (pronounced /ˈoʊ.ən/, "Owen"; born 14 May 1965) is an Irish author and comedian. He is most famous as the creator of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also achieved success with other books. His novels have been compared to J. K. Rowling books, and like Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl is used to describe the work of other writers (e.g. Jack Heath and Mark Walden). In September 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, entitled And Another Thing...

Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, in Ireland. He attained worldwide notice in 2002, when his first Artemis Fowl book was published. He then became a New York Times best-selling author of books for children and teens, known for writing the Artemis Fowl series (which consists so far of 9 books), Half Moon Investigations, The Wish List, and The Supernaturalist, along with the Eoin Colfer’ The Legend of... books. In January 2008, Colfer published a book titled Airman, which was a New York Times bestseller. To date the majority of his works have reached the New York Times Bestseller list at least once. Colfer currently resides in Wexford, Ireland with his wife, Jackie, and two children, Séan and Finn.

Works

Benny Shaw

  • Benny and Omar (1998)
  • Benny and Babe (1999)

O'Brien Flyers

A series of books by several authors for young readers.

  • 1. Going Potty (1999)
  • 4. Ed's Funny Feet (2000)
  • 7. Ed's Bed (2001)

Artemis Fowl

  • Artemis Fowl (2001)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (2002)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (2003)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (2005)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (2006)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox (2008)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex (2010)
  • Artemis Fowl: Book 8 (TBA)

Companion books

  • Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf (short story; 2004)
  • The Artemis Fowl Files (companion book; 2004)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (2007)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident The Graphic Novel (2009)
  • Future graphic novels are planned for all books in the series.

The Supernaturalist

  • The Supernaturalist (2004)
  • The Supernaturalist 2 (not yet published) (2019)

Legend of...

  • Eoin Colfer's Legend of Spud Murphy (2004)
  • Eoin Colfer's Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth (2006)
  • Eoin Colfer's Legend of the Worst Boy in the World (2007)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The first five novels in the Hitchhiker's 'trilogy' were written by Douglas Adams. Colfer has written a sixth.

  • And Another Thing... (2009)

Standalone novels

  • The Wish List (2000)
  • Half Moon Investigations (2006)
  • Click: One novel ten authors, chapter 3 (2007)
  • Airman (2008)
  • Plugged (2011, for adults)

David Almond

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Almond (born 15 May 1951) is a British children's writer who has written several novels, each one to critical acclaim.

Biography

Almond was born and raised in Felling and Newcastle in post-industrial North East England and educated at the University of East Anglia. When he was young, he found his love of writing when some short stories of his were published in a local magazine. He started out as an author of adult fiction (self publishing 500 copies of his first novel Sleepless Nights) before finding his niche writing literature for young adults.

His first children's novel, Skellig (1998), set in Newcastle, won the Whitbread Children's Novel of the Year Award and also the Carnegie Medal. It has been adapted into a stage play, film and opera.

His subsequent novels are: Kit's Wilderness (1999), Heaven Eyes (2000), Secret Heart (2001), The Fire Eaters (2003) which won the 2003 Whitbread Awards, Clay (2005), Raven Summer (2008), and The Savage (2008) a children's book whose subject matter is written more towards young adults and adults. His first play aimed at adolescents, Wild Girl, Wild Boy, toured in 2001 and was published in 2002.

His works are highly philosophical and thus appeal to children and adults alike. Recurring themes throughout include the complex relationships between apparent opposites (such as life and death, reality and fiction, past and future); forms of education; growing up and adapting to change; the nature of "the self". He has been greatly influenced by the works of the English Romantic poet William Blake.

He is an author often suggested on National Curriculum reading lists in the United Kingdom and has attracted the attention of academics who specialise in the study of children's literature.

Almond currently lives with his family in Northumberland, England. Since 2007 he has been a Visiting Professor in Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University.

In November 2008 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.

His short story "The Knife Sharpener" appeared in The Sunday Times on 25 January 2009 and The Savage was given away free as part of the Liverpool Reads event.

In 2010 My Name is Mina, a prequel to Skellig, was published.

Awards

In 2010 he was awarded the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award for lifetime achievement in children's writing.

Roddy Doyle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roddy Doyle (Irish: Ruaidhrí Ó Dúill, born 8 May 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. He won the Booker Prize in 1993.

Doyle grew up in Kilbarrack, Dublin. He now resides in Killiney. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin. He spent several years as an English and geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1993. During this period, one of his pupils was playwright Enda Walsh.

He established a creative writing centre, "Fighting Words", which opened in Dublin in January 2009. It was inspired by a visit to his friend Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia project in San Francisco. Fighting Words is open to students of all ages, and a core principle is that all tutoring in creative writing is provided free.

He likes football and supports Chelsea F.C. He signed a petition supporting journalist Suzanne Breen, who faced jail for refusing to divulge her sources in court.

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Barrytown Trilogy:
    • The Commitments (1987, 1991 film) — A group of Dublin teenagers, led by Jimmy Rabbitte Jr., decide to form a soul band in the tradition of James Brown.
    • The Snapper (1990, 1993 film) — Jimmy's sister, Sharon, becomes pregnant. She is determined to have the child but refuses to reveal the father's identity to her family.
    • The Van (1991, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize; 1996 film) — Jimmy Sr. is laid off, as is his friend Bimbo. Bimbo buys a used fish and chips van and the two go into business for themselves.
  • Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993, winner of the 1993 Booker Prize) — The world as described, understood and misunderstood by a ten-year-old Dubliner.
  • Paula Spencer novels:
    • The Woman Who Walked into Doors (1996) — A story of a battered wife, narrated by the victim; despite her husband's increasingly violent behaviour, she defends him, using the classic excuse "I walked into a door" to explain her bruises.
    • Paula Spencer (2006) — Ten years after The Woman Who Walked into Doors, its protagonist returns.
  • The Last Roundup:
    • A Star Called Henry (1999) — The story of Henry Smart, an IRA assassin and 1916 Easter Rebellion fighter, from his birth in Dublin to his adulthood when he becomes a father.
    • Oh, Play That Thing! (2004) — Henry Smart's adventures in 1924 America, specifically the Lower East Side of New York City, where he catches the attention of local mobsters by hiring kids to carry his sandwich boards. He also goes to Chicago where he becomes a business partner with Louis Armstrong. The title is taken from a phrase that is shouted in one of Louis Armstrong's songs, "Dippermouth Blues".
    • The Dead Republic (2010) — Henry Smart's adventures with Hollywood film-making

Short stories

  • "Recuperation" — The New Yorker, 15 December 2003.
  • "The Slave" — Middle-aged man reads Cold Mountain and obsesses over a dead rat.
  • "Home to Harlem" — A quarter-black Irish student researches his paper idea in Harlem and looks for relatives. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #16.
  • "New Boy"- A Rwandan refugee's first day at his new Irish school. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #18.
  • "Teaching" — Reflections of a spent, alcoholic teacher. The New Yorker, 2 April 2007.
  • "Black Hoodie" — Three students conduct an experiment on racial profiling by store security. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #23, May 2007.
  • "The Dog" — A man ponders the gradual erosion of his marriage. New Yorker, 5 November 2007.
  • The Deportees — A short-story collection published in early 2008.
  • "Bullfighting" — Four middle-aged friends from Ireland take a week's vacation in Spain and reflect on life. New Yorker, 28 April 2008
  • "The Child" — An insomniac is constantly plagued by intrusive visions of a boy. McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories, 2004.
  • "Sleep" — A man admires his wife while she is sleeping, reflecting also on his life with her. The New Yorker, 20 Oct 2008, The Sunday Times, 15th Feb 2009 (online text)
  • "The Bandstand" - A homeless Polish immigrant in Dublin comes to terms with money and his family. "San Francisco Panorama," 8 Dec 2009. Also, it was a work in progress published in monthly installments in Dublin immigrant magazine Metro Eireann, and recently
  • "Ash" - "The New Yorker", 24 May 2010 (online text)

Non-fiction

  • Rory and Ita — About Doyle's parents.

Theatre

  • Brownbread (1987)
  • War (1989)
  • The Woman Who Walked into Doors (2003)
  • Rewrite of The Playboy of the Western World (2007) with Bisi Adigun

Television screenplay

  • Family (1994) — BBC/RTÉ serial which was the forerunner of the 1996 novel The Woman Who Walked Into Doors.

Screenplays

  • When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) — A romance about a timid schoolteacher (Brendan) and a spunky thief (Trudy).
  • "New Boy" (2008) — Academy Award nominated short film directed by Steph Green based on Doyle short story of same name.

Children's books

  • Not Just for Christmas (1999)
  • The Giggler Treatment (2000)
  • Rover Saves Christmas (2001)
  • The Meanwhile Adventures (2004)
  • Wilderness (2007)
  • Her Mother's Face (2008)

Deborah Ellis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Background/Life

Deborah Ellis was born on the 7th of August 1960 in Cochrane, Ontario. She decided to start writing when she was 11 or 12 years old. Deborah had to move several times due to her parents work. When Deborah grew up, her work and writing was mainly done by travelling and talking to others that have problems and documentering down the main things.

Deborah Ellis is an active anti-war activist and feminist, and has written many children books which reflect this.

She traveled to Afghanistan in 1997 to interview women in refugee camps; from these interviews she wrote the four part series which includes The Breadwinner, a book about a girl named Parvana; Parvana's Journey, its sequel; Mud City, about a girl named Shauzia, Parvana's best friend; and an adult book, Women of the Afghan War. While The Breadwinner was inspired by an interview with a mother in a refugee camp, the subsequent books in the trilogy were more imaginative explorations of how children would survive.

In 1999, her young adult novel "Looking for X", which follows a young girl in her day to day life in a poor area of Toronto, Ontario, was published, and received the Governor General's Literary Award.

She also wrote a book with Eric Walters about the plotted terrorist attacks in Canada. The book is called Bifocal, highlighting two boys and their sides to the story about what happened. Bifocal is a book about racism and rooting terrorists in Canada. One of her best known works is The Heaven Shop which tells of a family of orphans in Malawi, who are struggling with sudden displacement as a result of HIV/AIDS impact. The novel was written to dispel myths about HIV/AIDS and celebrate the courage of child sufferers.

In 2008, Deborah published Lunch with Lenin and other stories a collection of short stories that explores the lives of children who have been affected directly, or indirectly, by drugs. The stories are set against backdrops as diverse as the remote north and small town America to Moscow's Red Square and an opium farm in Afghanistan.

Deborah is the recipient of the Governor General’s Award, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work, an ALA Notable, and the Children’s Africana Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers.

In 2006 Deborah was named to the Order of Ontario.

Considered one of the most popular YA writers today, Deborah Ellis is also a philanthropist, donating almost all of her royalties on her books to such causes as "Women for Women in Afghanistan" and UNICEF.

Later on, her bestseller "I am a Taxi" talks about a boy named Diego whose family was framed unfairly for making cocaine. An accident caused Diego's family to owe the prison so much money, that the boy was so guilty he ran to get a job. He ended up in a coca pit, and the story follows his adventure from there. The sequel to "I am a Taxi", "Sacred Leaf", talks about Diego's time with the Ricardo's (a family who helped Diego) and a giant coca leaf protest.

Margo Lanagan

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Margo Lanagan (born 1960) in Waratah, New South Wales is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction.

Many of her books, including YA fiction, were only published in Australia. Recently, several of her books have attracted worldwide attention. Her short story collection Black Juice (ISBN 0-06-074392-1) won two World Fantasy Awards and a 2006 Printz Honor Award. It was published in Australia by Allen & Unwin and the United Kingdom by Gollancz in 2004, and in North America by HarperCollins in 2005. It includes the much-anthologized short story "Singing My Sister Down."

Her short story collection White Time (ISBN 0-06-074393-X), originally published in Australia by Allen & Unwin in 2000, was published in North America by HarperCollins in August 2006, after the success of Black Juice.

In addition to Sea-HeartsBlack Juice, a 2006 recipient, Tender Morsels also won a Printz Honor Award in 2009.

Tender Morsels was a 2008 Shirley Jackson Award finalist and Sea-Hearts was a 2009 finalist.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Temper, Temper (1990)
  • New Girl (1990)
  • WildGame (1991)
  • The Cappuccino Kid (1991)
  • Star of the Show (1991)
  • The Girl in the Mirror (1991)
  • Cover Girl (1992)
  • Nowhere Girl (1992)
  • Misty Blues (1993)
  • On the Wildside (1993)
  • The Best Thing (1995)
  • Touching Earth Lightly (1996)
  • The Singing Stones: The Lost Shimarron (2007)
  • Tender Morsels (2008)

Short Story Collections

  • White Time (2000)
  • Black Juice (2004)
  • Red Spikes (2006)

Short fiction

  • "A Fine Magic" (2006) in Eidolon I (ed. Jeremy G. Byrne, Jonathan Strahan)
  • "Winkie" (2006) in Red Spikes
  • "A Dark Red Love Knot" (2009) in How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity (ed. Michael Chart)

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American author. He is the author of the novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and many other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are revisionist retellings of classic children's stories: for example, in Wicked he transformed the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into the sympathetic protagonist Elphaba. Wicked was turned into a hit Broadway musical of the same name. One of his short stories is featured in Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales.

Biography

Maguire was born in Albany, New York. He received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985. In 1987 Maguire co-founded Children's Literature New England . He still serves as co-director of CLNE, although that organization has announced its intention to close after its 2006 institute. He is also a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.

Maguire is married to painter Andy Newman. They have adopted three children, two from Cambodia and one from Guatemala.

Bibliography

For children

  • The Lightning Time (1978)
  • The Daughter of the Moon (1980)
  • Lights on the Lake (1981)
  • The Dream Stealer (1983)
  • I Feel like the Morning Star (1989)
  • Lucas Fishbone (1990)
  • Missing Sisters (1994)
  • "The Honorary Shepherds", in Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence
  • Oasis (1996)
  • The Good Liar (1997)
  • "Beyond the Fringe", in A Glory of Unicorns
  • Crabby Cratchitt (2000)
  • Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales (2004)
  • Hamlet Chronicles
    • Seven Spiders Spinning (1994)
    • Five Alien Elves (1998)
    • Six Haunted Hairdos (1999)
    • Four Stupid Cupids (2000)
    • Three Rotten Eggs (2002)
    • A Couple of April Fools (2004)
    • One Final Firecracker (2005)
  • What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy (2007)

For adults

  • The Wicked Years
    • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995)
    • Son of a Witch (2005)
    • A Lion Among Men (2008)
    • Out of Oz (working title) (release date to be announced)
  • Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999)
  • Lost (2001)
  • Mirror, Mirror (2003)
  • The Next Queen of Heaven (2010)

Short stories

  • Scarecrow (2001), published in Half-Human
  • Fee, Fie, Foe et Cetera (2002), published in The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest
  • The Oakthing (2004), published in The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm
  • Chatterbox, published in I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes With Religion
  • The Honorary Shepards (1994), published in Am I Blue?:Coming Out From The Silence
  • Beyond the Fringe (1998) published in A Glory of Unicorns
  • The Seven Stage a Comeback (2000) published in A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold fairy Tales
  • Matchless: A Christmas Story (2009)
  • The Silk Road Runs Through Tupperneck, N.H. (2009), published in How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity

Non-fiction

  • Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation (2009)

Ruth Ozeki

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Ruth Ozeki (born March 12, 1956) is a Canadian-American novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. She worked in commercial television and media production for over a decade and made several independent films before turning to writing fiction.

Life

Ozeki was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, by an American father and a Japanese mother. She studied English and Asian Studies at Smith College and traveled extensively in Asia. She received a Japanese Ministry of Education Fellowship to do graduate work in classical Japanese literature at Nara University. During her years in Japan, she worked in Kyoto’s entertainment or “water” district as a bar hostess, studied flower arrangement as well as Noh drama and mask carving, founded a language school, and taught in the English Department at Kyoto Sangyo University.

Ozeki returned to New York in 1985 and began a film career as an art director, designing sets and props for low budget horror movies. She switched to television production, and after several years directing documentary-style programs for a Japanese company, she started making her own films. Body of Correspondence (1994) won the New Visions Award at the San Francisco Film Festival and was aired on PBS. Halving the Bones (1995), an award-winning autobiographical film, tells the story of Ozeki’s journey as she brings her grandmother’s remains home from Japan. It has been screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the Museum of Modern Art, the Montreal World Film Festival, and the Margaret Mead Film Festival, among others. Ozeki’s films, now in educational distribution, are shown at universities, museums and arts venues around the world.

Ozeki, a frequent speaker on college and university campuses, currently divides her time between New York City and British Columbia, where she writes, knits socks, and raises ducks with her husband, artist Oliver Kellhammer. She practices Zen Buddhism with Zoketsu Norman Fischer, and is the editor of the Everyday Zen website. She was ordained as a priest in June, 2010.

Education

  • Smith College, English and Asian Studies
  • Nara University, Classical Japanese Literature

Awards

  • Kiriyama Prize for My Year of Meats
  • American Book Award for All Over Creation

Works

  • Halving the Bones. 
  • My Year of Meats. Penguin Books. 1998. 
  • All Over Creation. Picador. 2003.

Anthologies

  • Melvin McLeod, ed (2009). "The Art of Losing: On Writing, Dying, and Mom". The Best Buddhist Writing 2009. Shambhala Publications.

Linda Sue Park

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Linda Sue Park is an American author of children's fiction. Park published her first novel, Seesaw Girl, in 1999. She has written six children’s novels and five picture books. Park’s work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery Medal for her novel A Single Shard. She has written the ninth book in the 39 Clues series, Storm Warning, published on May 25, 2010.

Personal life

Park was born on March 25, 1960 and grew up outside Chicago. Park has been writing poetry and stories since the age of four. Park published her first poem when she was nine years old for Trailblazer magazine. Through elementary and high school, she continued to publish poems in magazines for children and young people.

Park competed on the gymnastics team at Stanford University and graduated with a degree in English. She obtained advanced degrees in literature from Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland and from the University of London.

Before writing her first book, Park worked at many jobs, including public relations for a major oil firm, food journalism for British magazines and newspapers, and teaching English as a second language to college students. She currently serves on the board of directors for the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance.

Park competed in the television game show Jeopardy! on an episode aired October 20, 2006, where she finished in 3rd place.

Park lives in Rochester, New York with her husband and two children, Sean and Anna.

Themes

Park writes historical fiction. With the exception of three picture books, all of Park’s books center upon Korean history and Korean culture. Her first three novels are set in ancient or medieval Korea. However, her fourth novel, When My Name Was Keoko, depicts the more recent history of Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. Project Mulberry occurs in a contemporary setting outside Chicago. Park’s latest book, Archer’s Quest, introduces a historical figure into modern times.

Park researches her Korean heritage for her books, demonstrated by historical details within the story along with sections for author’s notes and bibliographies. Her topics feature characteristic elements of Korean culture, including: embroidery (Seesaw Girl); kite fighting (The Kite Fighters); celadon pottery (A Single Shard); silkworms (Project Mulberry); Korean food (Bee-Bim Bop); and archery (Archer’s Quest). She also continues to publish poetry.

Bibliography

Fiction

  • Seesaw Girl (1999)
    • Children's Literature Choices, Best Book 2000 List
  • The Kite Fighters (2000)
    • Junior Library Guild Selection, Spring 2000
    • Children's Literature Choices, Best Book 2001 List
  • A Single Shard (2001)
    • Newbery Medal 2002
    • Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Honorable Mention
  • When My Name Was Keoko (2002)
    • James Addams Honor citation
  • The Firekeeper's Son (2004)
    • James and Irma Black Honour, 2005
    • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Best Illustration in Children's Literature
  • Mung-Mung: A Foldout Book of Animal Sounds (2004)
  • What Does Bunny See?: A Book of Colors and Flowers (2005)
  • Yum! Yuck!: A Foldout Book of People Sounds From Around the World (2005)
    • ALA Notable Children's Books, 2006
  • Project Mulberry (2005)
    • Chicago Tribune Young Adult Fiction Award
    • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Honorable Mention
  • Bee-bim Bop (2005)
  • Archer's Quest (2006)
  • Click: One novel ten authors, chapter one (2007)
  • Storm Warning.

Poetry

  • "On Meeting a Poet," "Changing the Sheets," "Mobius," " Fourth-Grade Science Project," Avatar Review, Summer 1999
  • "Handstand", Atlanta Review, Spring/Summer 2000
  • "Seven Sins: Portrait of an Aristocratic Young Woman," "Irreversible Loyalty," "A Little World," "The Ramparts at Calvi," The Alsop Review
  • "Armchair Journey," "Hyphen," Miller's Pond, Spring 2002
  • "Picturing the Words," "When the Last Panda Died," "Tide Pool," Avatar Review, Summer 2008

Tim Wynne-Jones

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Tim Wynne-Jones (born 12 August 1948) is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.

Biography

Born in Cheshire, England, Wynne-Jones was raised in British Columbia and Ontario. He was educated at the University of Waterloo and York University, after having graduated from Ridgemont High School in Ottawa, Canada. He currently lives in eastern Ontario. He is a faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts, teaching in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA program.

Writing

Tim Wynne-Jones' first book was Odd's End which is said to have been written over the space of five weeks while his wife was away. It was published By McClelland & Stewart in 1980 and won the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award. Since then, Wynne-Jones has written more than 20 books, including picture books, novels for children and young adults, as well as three novels for adults. His work has been widely reviewed and he has won several awards, including three Governor General’s Literary Awards in Canada (1993, 1995, 2009); three Canadian Library Association Prizes; the Arthur Ellis Award (2001); the Edgar Award for Young Adult Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America (2002) and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

Bibliography

Children's picture books

  • Madeline and Ermadillo - 1976
  • Zoom at Sea - 1983
  • Zoom Away - 1985
  • The Hour Of the Frog - 1985
  • I'll Make You Small - 1986
  • Mischief City - 1986
  • Architect Of the Moon - 1988 (U.S. title: Builder of the Moon)
  • Zoom Upstream - 1992
  • The Last Piece of Sky - 1993
  • Mouse In the Manger - 1993
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1996
  • Dracula - 1997
  • On Tumbledown Hill - 1998
  • Ned Mouse Breaks Away - 2002

Young adult fiction

  • Rosie Backstage - 1994 (with Amanda Lewis)
  • The Book of Changes - 1994
  • The Maestro - 1995 (Australian title: The Flight of Burl Crow, UK title The Survival Game)
  • Some of the Kinder Planets - 1997
  • Stephen Fair - 1998
  • Lord of the Fries and Other Stories - 1999
  • The Boy in the Burning House - 2000 (Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel, 2002)
  • A Midwinter Night's Dream - 2003 (Libretto, commissioned by the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus)
  • A Thief in the House of Memory - 2004
  • Rex Zero and the End of the World - 2006
  • The Uninvited - 2009

Adult fiction

  • Odd's End - 1980
  • The Knot - 1983
  • Fastyngange - 1988 (UK title: Voices)
  • The Uninvited - 2009

Co-Authored

  • Click - 2007

Radio plays

  • "The Thinking Room" for CBC Radio's Nightfall - 1982
  • "The Road Ends at the Sea" for CBC Radio's Nightfall - 1982
  • "The Strange Odyssey of Lennis Freed" for CBC Radio's Nightfall - 1983

Awards

  • 1980 - Seal First Novel Award for Odd's End
  • 1983 - Ruth Schwartz Award of The Canadian Book Sellers Association for Zoom at Sea
  • 1993 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature for Some of the Kinder Planets
  • 1995 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature for The Maestro
  • 1995 - Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year for The Maestro
  • 1997 - Vicky Metcalf Award
  • 1998 - Canadian Library Association, Children's Book of the Year
  • 2001 - Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Book for The Boy in the Burning House
  • 2002 - Edgar Award for Best Young Adult book for The Boy in the Burning House
  • 2009 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature for The Uninvited

Colin Farrell

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Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor, who has appeared in Hollywood films including Tigerland, Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, Alexander, S.W.A.T., and In Bruges.

Early life

Farrell was born in Dublin, the son of Rita (née Monaghan), a housewife, and Eamon Farrell, a footballer who played for Shamrock Rovers FC and owned a company importing and exporting canned goods in Dublin City. He was raised Roman Catholic. His uncle Tommy Farrell also played for Rovers. Farrell has three siblings: two sisters, Claudine (who is his personal assistant) and Catherine; and a brother, Eamon Jr. When he was ten, the Farrells moved to Castleknock, a Dublin suburb Farrell was educated at St. Brigid's National School Castleknock followed by Castleknock College and Gormanston College. Farrell auditioned for the Irish group Boyzone when he was still unknown, but was unsuccessful. Farrell attended The Gaiety School of Acting, but dropped out and was cast in the part of Danny Byrne on Ballykissangel, a BBC television drama. Farrell appeared on the show 7 times from 1998 to 1999.

Career

Farrell had small parts in television shows and films, including the BBC drama Ballykissangel in 1998 and his film debut in Tim Roth's The War Zone. Then in 2000, he was cast in the lead role of Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland, an American film directed by Joel Schumacher. Farrell's next American films, American Outlaws (2001) and Hart's War (2002), were not commercially successful, but his 2003 films, including Phone Booth, S.W.A.T., and The Recruit were well-received box office successes. Although he has a pronounced Irish accent, Farrell uses an American accent in some of his films including American Outlaws and his breakthrough role, Tigerland.

Farrell is also a proven supporting actor, given his performances as an ambitious cop who chases after a potential criminal, played by actor Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002), and as the skilled villain Bullseye in Daredevil (2003). The character of Bullseye is that of an assassin with perfect accuracy and deep-rooted pride of it. Farrell was attached to this role in December 2001, though initially he was considered for the lead role as Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil, until Ben Affleck signed. Farrell was encouraged to keep his Irish accent as this version of Bullseye is from Ireland. Farrell had to read into Frank Miller's Daredevil comics to understand Bullseye "because the expression on the character's faces in the comic books, and just the way they move sometimes, and the exaggerations of the character I'm playing […] he's so over-the-top that you do draw from that. But it's not exactly a character you can do method acting for... you know, running around New York killing people with paper clips."

In late 2003, Farrell starred as a criminal who plots a bank heist with Cillian Murphy in the comedy Intermission, which held the record as highest-grossing Irish independent film in Irish box office history until 2006. In 2004, Farrell appeared in several independent films that received only a limited theatrical release in most countries, including A Home at the End of the World, which received some positive reviews. Farrell appeared as a bisexual character in A Home at the End of the World.

Farrell appeared in the title role of Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's 2004 biopic Alexander, which, while receiving some favorable reviews internationally, received mostly mediocre and negative reviews in the United States. It was marked by controversy for portraying the ancient conqueror as bisexual, and received criticism from some historians for its portrayal of the ancient Persians, though others praised it for its accuracy in these regards as well. The movie grossed a total of $167 million worldwide, despite its poor showing within the United States, just exceeding its budget of $155 million.

Farrell's next film was 2005's Academy Award-nominated The New World, also a historical epic that was met with mixed reviews. Farrell played the leading role of captain John Smith, the founder of 17th century colonial Jamestown, Virginia who falls in love with a beautiful Native American princess, Pocahontas, played by Q'Orianka Kilcher. The film received positive reviews, despite being released in only 811 theaters worldwide and having a relatively low box office gross.

The New World was followed by Ask the Dust, a romance film set in period Los Angeles and co-starring Salma Hayek. It received a very limited theatrical release and was not a financial success. 2006 brought more success in Farrell's career, as he appeared opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's action-crime film Miami Vice. The film was a box office success grossing a total of US $164 million worldwide. Farrell was next seen in Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, which premiered in 2007 and was distributed in the U.S. in early 2008. Farrell's next film, Martin McDonagh's In Bruges, opened the Sundance Film Festival in 2008; Farrell received his first Golden Globe nomination and win for his role as Ray, a hired hitman. Shortly thereafter he appeared in Kicking It, a documentary following six homeless men from different countries as they attempt to qualify for the Homeless World Cup. Farrell appeared on screen and provided narration. The film released simultaneously in theaters and television, airing on ESPN2 with a very short window to DVD release. Farrell received positive press for his involvement in the heartwarming true-life tale, and enthusiastic reviews for the two dramatic roles that preceded it.

On 11 January 2009, he won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor: Musical or Comedy for his role in In Bruges, in which he co-starred with Brendan Gleeson. The same year, he starred in Terry Gilliam's film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, alongside Christopher Plummer. He was one of the actors, along with Johnny Depp and Jude Law, who helped complete the late Heath Ledger's role after he died before filming ended. They all played "Imaginarium" versions of Ledger's character Tony. He also took an uncredited role as Tommy Sweet in Crazy Heart, alongside Academy Award-winning Jeff Bridges.

2010 saw the release of Ondine, a fantasy-drama directed by Neil Jordan, which stars Farrell as a fisherman. Farrell's upcoming project will be in a film adaptation of Flann O'Brien's metafictional novel At Swim-Two-Birds alongside Cillian Murphy and Gabriel Byrne. Actor Brendan Gleeson will be directing the film, which will be released in 2010. In October 2009, however, Gleeson expressed fear that, should the Irish Film Board be abolished as planned by the Irish State, the production may fall through. Farrell is scheduled to play the lead role in the upcoming Fright Night remake. Farrell joins Anton Yelchin, David Tennant, and Toni Collette in this story about a charismatic vampire who moves in next to a film obsessed high school student. The film will be released by Dreamworks, with Craig Gillespie directing. Farrell will also join a comedy movie with Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman and Paul Rudd, titled Horrible Bosses, directed by Seth Gordon. The film focuses on a trio of employees who plot to murder their titular tyrannical supervisors. Additionally Farrell and Marion Cotillard are both starring in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, based on a Don DeLillo novel of the same name. The film focuses on Colin Farrell's character, Eric Packer, a young billionaire on a journey through Manhattan to get a haircut. David Cronenberg will film Cosmopolis in New York and Toronto in 2011.

Celebrity status

Farrell was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2003. He was also voted sixth in the World's "Sexiest Man" contest by Company magazine that same year.

In 2007, Farrell joined other celebrities including Bruce Willis, Muhammad Ali, Eva Mendes, Vanessa L. Williams and Arnold Schwarzenegger to become an official games spokesman for the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, China.

Caldecott Medal recipients

Year   Illustrator   Book  
2009 Krommes, Beth              Beth Krommes The House in the Night
2008 Selznick, Brian               Brian Selznick The Invention of Hugo Cabret
2007 Wiesner, David              David Wiesner Flotsam
2006 Raschka, Chris              Chris Raschka The Hello, Goodbye Window
2005 Henkes, Kevin              Kevin Henkes Kitten's First Full Moon
2004 Gerstein, Mordicai        Mordicai Gerstein The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
2003 Rohmann, Eric              Eric Rohmann My Friend Rabbit
2002 Wiesner, David             David Wiesner The Three Pigs
2001 Small, David                 David Small So You Want to Be President?
2000 Taback, Simms             Simms Taback Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
1999 Azarian, Mary              Mary Azarian Snowflake Bentley
1998 Zelinsky, Paul O.          Paul O. Zelinsky Rapunzel
1997 Wisniewski, David        David Wisniewski Golem
1996 Rathmann, Peggy          Peggy Rathmann Officer Buckle and Gloria
1995 Diaz, David                  David Diaz Smoky Night
1994 Say, Allen                    Allen Say Grandfather's Journey
1993 McCully, Emily Arnold Emily Arnold McCully Mirette on the High Wire
1992 Wiesner, David            David Wiesner Tuesday
1991 Macaulay, David          David Macaulay Black and White
1990 Young, Ed                   Ed Young Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
1989 Gammell, Stephen        Stephen Gammell Song and Dance Man
1988 Schoenherr, John         John Schoenherr Owl Moon
1987 Egielski, Richard          Richard Egielski Hey, Al
1986 Van Allsburg, Chris     Chris Van Allsburg The Polar Express
1985 Hyman, Trina Schart    Trina Schart Hyman Saint George and the Dragon
1984 Provensen, Alice and Martin  Alice and Martin Provensen The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
1983 Brown, Marcia            Marcia Brown Shadow
1982 Van Allsburg, Chris     Chris Van Allsburg Jumanji
1981 Lobel, Arnold              Arnold Lobel Fables
1980 Cooney, Barbara         Barbara Cooney Ox-Cart Man
1979 Goble, Paul                 Paul Goble The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
1978 Spier, Peter                 Peter Spier Noah's Ark
1977 Dillon, Leo and Diane  Leo and Diane Dillon Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
1976 Dillon, Leo and Diane  Leo and Diane Dillon Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1975 McDermott, Gerald     Gerald McDermott Arrow to the Sun
1974 Zemach, Margot          Margot Zemach Duffy and the Devil
1973 Lent, Blair                   Blair Lent The Funny Little Woman
1972 Hogrogian, Nonny       Nonny Hogrogian One Fine Day
1971 Haley, Gail E.              Gail E. Haley A Story a Story
1970 Steig, William              William Steig Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
1969 Shulevitz, Uri               Uri Shulevitz The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1968 Emberley, Ed              Ed Emberley Drummer Hoff
1967 Ness, Evaline              Evaline Ness Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine
1966 Hogrogian, Nonny       Nonny Hogrogian Always Room for One More
1965 Montresor, Beni          Beni Montresor May I Bring a Friend?
1964 Sendak, Maurice         Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are
1963 Keats, Ezra Jack         Ezra Jack Keats The Snowy Day
1962 Brown, Marcia           Marcia Brown Once a Mouse
1961 Sidjakov, Nicolas       Nicolas Sidjakov Baboushka and the Three Kings
1960 Ets, Marie Hall           Marie Hall Ets Nine Days to Christmas
1959 Cooney, Barbara       Barbara Cooney Chanticleer and the Fox
1958 McCloskey, Robert   Robert McCloskey Time of Wonder
1957 Simont, Marc            Marc Simont A Tree is Nice
1956 Rojankovsky, Feodor Feodor Rojankovsky Frog Went A-Courtin'
1955 Brown, Marcia          Marcia Brown Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
1954 Bemelmans, Ludwig   Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline's Rescue
1953 Ward, Lynd               Lynd Ward The Biggest Bear
1952 Mordvinoff, Nicholas Nicholas Mordvinoff Finders Keepers
1951 Milhous, Katherine    Katherine Milhous The Egg Tree
1950 Politi, Leo                  Leo Politi Song of the Swallows
1949 Hader, Berta and Elmer Berta and Elmer Hader The Big Snow
1948 Duvoisin, Roger        Roger Duvoisin White Snow, Bright Snow
1947 Weisgard, Leonard   Leonard Weisgard The Little Island
1946 Petersham, Maud and Miska Maud and Miska Petersham The Rooster Crows
1945 Jones, Elizabeth Orton Elizabeth Orton Jones Prayer for a Child
1944 Slobodkin, Louis        Louis Slobodkin Many Moons
1943 Burton, Virginia Lee   Virginia Lee Burton The Little House
1942 McCloskey, Robert   Robert McCloskey Make Way for Ducklings
1941 Lawson, Robert         Robert Lawson They Were Strong and Good
1940 Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Abraham Lincoln
1939 Handforth, Thomas   Thomas Handforth Mei Li
1938 Lathrop, Dorothy P. Dorothy P. Lathrop Animals of the Bible

 

2009 Medal Winner:

The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company)

  • A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, by Marla Frazee (Harcourt, Inc.)
  • How I Learned Geography, by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar Straus Giroux)
  • A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.)

2008 Medal Winner:  The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)

Honor Books:

  • Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)
  • First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter)
  • The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster)
  • Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

2007 Medal Winner:  Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion)

Honor Books:

  • Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans (Walker)
  • Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun)

2006 Medal Winner:  The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children)

Honor Books:

  • Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company)
  • Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
  • Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. (An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
  • Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)

2005 Medal Winner:  Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)

Honor Books:

  • The Red Book by Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
  • Coming on Home Soon illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Son's/Penguin Young Readers Group)
  • Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for Children)


2004 Medal Winner:  The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

Honor Books:

  • Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt, Inc.)
  • What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. (Houghton Mifflin Company)
  • Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. (Hyperion)


 

2003 Medal Winner:  My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

Honor Books:

  • The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
  • Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty (Henry Holt & Co.)
  • Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney (SeaStar Books, a division of North-South Books Inc.)

2002 Medal Winner:  The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
Honor Books:

  • The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley (Scholastic)
  • Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
  • The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)

2001 Medal Winner:  So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel)
Honor Books:

  • Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer (Handprint)
  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin (Simon & Schuster)
  • Olivia by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)

2000 Medal Winner:  Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking)
Honor Books:

  • A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
    Text: John Updike (Holiday House)
  • Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
  • When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (Scholastic)
  • The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow)

   

1999 Medal Winner: Snowflake Bentley, Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton)

Honor Books:

  • Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney
    Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney(Hyperion)
  • No, David! by David Shannon (Scholastic)
  • Snow by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
  • Tibet Through the Red Box by Peter Sís (Frances Foster)

1998 Medal Winner: Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)
Honor Books:

  • The Gardener illustrated by David Small
    Text: Sarah Stewart (Farrar)
  • Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers
    Text: Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
  • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (Viking)

1997 Medal Winner: Golem by David Wisniewski (Clarion)
Honor Books:

  • Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade; text: Minfong Ho (Melanie Kroupa/Orchard Books)
  • The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier (Orchard Books)
  • The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey (Richard Jackson/Orchard Books)
  • Starry Messenger by Peter Sís (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux)

1996 Medal Winner: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Honor Books:

  • Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson (Viking)
  • Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; text: Lloyd Moss (Simon & Schuster)
  • The Faithful Friend, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Simon & Schuster)
  • Tops & Bottoms, adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)

1995 Medal Winner: Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz; text: Eve Bunting (Harcourt)
Honor Books:

  • John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester (Dial)
  • Swamp Angel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs (Dutton)
  • Time Flies by Eric Rohmann (Crown)

1994 Medal Winner: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say; text: edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton)
Honor Books:

  • Peppe the Lamplighter, illustrated by Ted Lewin; text: Elisa Bartone (Lothrop)
  • In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming (Holt)
  • Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott (Harcourt)
  • Owen by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
  • Yo! Yes? illustrated by Chris Raschka; text: edited by Richard Jackson (Orchard)

    1993 Medal Winner: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam)
    Honor Books:

    • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrated by Lane Smith; text: Jon Scieszka (Viking)
    • Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Philomel Books)
    • Working Cotton, illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams (Harcourt)

    1992 Medal Winner: Tuesday by David Wiesner
    (Clarion Books)
    Honor Book:

    • Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers, Inc., a Random House Co.)

    1991 Medal Winner: Black and White by David Macaulay (Houghton)
    Honor Books:

    • Puss in Boots, illustrated by Fred Marcellino; text: Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur (Di Capua/Farrar)
    • "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)

    1990 Medal Winner: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Philomel)
    Honor Books:

    • Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet (Houghton)
    • Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert (Lippincott)
    • The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Dial)
    • Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: Eric Kimmel (Holiday House)

    1989 Medal Winner: Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Karen Ackerman (Knopf)
    Honor Books:

    • The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, illustrated by Allen Say; text: Diane Snyder (Houghton)
    • Free Fall by David Wiesner (Lothrop)
    • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall (Dial)
    • Mirandy and Brother Wind, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Patricia C. McKissack (Knopf)

    1988 Medal Winner: Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr; text: Jane Yolen (Philomel)
    Honor Book:

    • Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (Lothrop)

    1987 Medal Winner: Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski; text: Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)
    Honor Books:

    • The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi (Little, Brown)
    • Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald (Bradbury)
    • Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)

    1986 Medal Winner: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
    Honor Books:

    • The Relatives Came, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury)
    • King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, illustrated by Don Wood; text: Audrey Wood (Harcourt)

    1985 Medal Winner: Saint George and the Dragon, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown)
    Honor Books:

    • Hansel and Gretel, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: retold by Rika Lesser (Dodd)
    • Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri (Greenwillow)
    • The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend, retold and illustrated by John Steptoe (Lothrop)

    1984 Medal Winner: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking)
    Honor Books:

    • Little Red Riding Hood, retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Holiday)
    • Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang (Greenwillow)

    1983 Medal Winner: Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown
    Original text in French: Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)
    Honor Books:

    • A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)
    • When I Was Young in the Mountains, illustrated by Diane Goode; text: Cynthia Rylant (Dutton)

    1982 Medal Winner: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
    Honor Books:

    • Where the Buffaloes Begin, illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker (Warne)
    • On Market Street, illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: Arnold Lobel (Greenwillow)
    • Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
    • A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen; text: Nancy Willard (Harcourt)

    1981 Medal Winner: Fables by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
    Honor Books:

    • The Bremen-Town Musicians, retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume (Doubleday)
    • The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang (Four Winds)
    • Mice Twice by Joseph Low (McElderry/Atheneum)
    • Truck by Donald Crews (Greenwillow)

    1980 Medal Winner: Ox-Cart Man, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: Donald Hall (Viking)
    Honor Books:

    • Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora (Greenwillow)
    • The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
    • The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)

    1979 Medal Winner: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble (Bradbury)
    Honor Books:

    • Freight Train by Donald Crews (Greenwillow)
    • The Way to Start a Day, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

    1978 Medal Winner: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
    Honor Books:

    • Castle by David Macaulay (Houghton)
    • It Could Always Be Worse, retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach (Farrar)

    1977 Medal Winner: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: Margaret Musgrove (Dial)
    Honor Books:

    • The Amazing Bone by William Steig (Farrar)
    • The Contest, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Greenwillow)
    • Fish for Supper by M. B. Goffstein (Dial)
    • The Golem: A Jewish Legend by Beverly Brodsky McDermott (Lippincott)
    • Hawk, I'm Your Brother, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

    1976 Medal Winner: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text: retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)
    Honor Books:

    • The Desert is Theirs, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
    • Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola (Prentice-Hall)

    1975 Medal Winner: Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Viking)
    Honor Books:

    • Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings (Dial)

    1974 Medal Winner: Duffy and the Devil, illustrated by Margot Zemach; retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar)
    Honor Books:

    • Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers (Bradbury)
    • Cathedral by David Macaulay (Houghton)

    1973 Medal Winner: The Funny Little Woman, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton)
    Honor Books:

    • Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott (Holt)
    • Hosie's Alphabet, illustrated by Leonard Baskin; text: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin (Viking)
    • Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm (Farrar)
    • When Clay Sings, illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

    1972 Medal Winner: One Fine Day, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)
    Honor Books:

    • Hildilid's Night, illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: Cheli Durán Ryan (Macmillan)
    • If All the Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska (Macmillan)
    • Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings (Dial)

    1971 Medal Winner: A Story A Story, retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum)
    Honor Books:

    • The Angry Moon, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by William Sleator (Atlantic)
    • Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (Harper)
    • In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Harper)

    1970 Medal Winner: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Windmill Books)
    Honor Books:

    • Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats (Macmillan)
      Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
    • Pop Corn & Ma Goodness, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; text: Edna Mitchell Preston (Viking)
    • Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle (Viking)
    • The Judge: An Untrue Tale, illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach (Farrar)

    1969 Medal Winner: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz; text: retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar)
    Honor Books:

    • Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell (Houghton)

    1968 Medal Winner: Drummer Hoff, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)
    Honor Books:

    • Frederick by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
    • Seashore Story by Taro Yashima (Viking)
    • The Emperor and the Kite, illustrated by Ed Young; text: Jane Yolen (World)

    1967 Medal Winner: Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Holt)
    Honor Book:

    • One Wide River to Cross, illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)

    1966 Medal Winner: Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt)
    Honor Books:

    • Hide and Seek Fog, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
    • Just Me by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • Tom Tit Tot, retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness (Scribner)

    1965 Medal Winner: May I Bring a Friend? illustrated by Beni Montresor; text: Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum)
    Honor Books:

    • Rain Makes Applesauce, illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer (Holiday)
    • The Wave, illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges (Houghton)
    • A Pocketful of Cricket, illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill (Holt)

    1964 Medal Winner: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper)
    Honor Books:

    • Swimmy by Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
    • All in the Morning Early, illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] (Holt)
    • Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Philip Reed (Atheneum)

    1963 Medal Winner: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)
    Honor Books:

    • The Sun is a Golden Earring, illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting (Holt)
    • Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)

    1962 Medal Winner: Once a Mouse, retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    Honor Books:

    • Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song by Peter Spier (Doubleday)
    • Little Bear's Visit, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Else H. Minarik (Harper)
    • The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)

    1961 Medal Winner: Baboushka and the Three Kings, illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov; text: Ruth Robbins (Parnassus)
    Honor Book:

    • Inch by Inch, by Leo Lionni (Obolensky)

    1960 Medal Winner: Nine Days to Christmas, illustrated by Marie Hall Ets; text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking)
    Honor Books:

    • Houses from the Sea, illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)
    • The Moon Jumpers, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry (Harper)

    1959 Medal Winner: Chanticleer and the Fox, illustrated by Barbara Cooney; text: adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell)
    Honor Books:

    • The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie by Antonio Frasconi (Harcourt)
    • What Do You Say, Dear? illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Sesyle Joslin (W. R. Scott)
    • Umbrella by Taro Yashima (Viking)

    1958 Medal Winner: Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
    Honor Books:

    • Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman (Viking)
    • Anatole and the Cat, illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)

    1957 Medal Winner: A Tree is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Janice Udry (Harper)
    Honor Books:

    • Mr. Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • 1 is One by Tasha Tudor (Walck)
    • Anatole, illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)
    • Gillespie and the Guards, illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin (Viking)
    • Lion by William Pène du Bois (Viking)

    1956 Medal Winner: Frog Went A-Courtin', illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; text: retold by John Langstaff (Harcourt)
    Honor Books:

    • Play With Me, by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (Viking)

    1955 Medal Winner: Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    Honor Books:

    • Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes, illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
    • Wheel On The Chimney, illustrated by Tibor Gergely; text: Margaret Wise Brown (Lippincott)
    • The Thanksgiving Story, illustrated by Helen Sewell; text: Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner)

    1954 Medal Winner: Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
    Honor Books:

    • Journey Cake, Ho! illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking)
    • When Will the World Be Mine? illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein (W. R. Scott)
    • The Steadfast Tin Soldier, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James (Scribner)
    • A Very Special House, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss (Harper)
    • Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum (Capitol)

    1953 Medal Winner: The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Houghton)
    Honor Books:

    • Puss in Boots, illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    • One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
    • Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals by Fritz Eichenberg (Harcourt)
    • The Storm Book, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)
    • Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes (Houghton)

    1952 Medal Winner: Finders Keepers, illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
    Honor Books:

    • Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • Skipper John's Cook by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    • All Falling Down, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Gene Zion (Harper)
    • Bear Party by William Pène du Bois (Viking)
    • Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds (Houghton)

    1951 Medal Winner: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Scribner)
    Honor Books:

    • Dick Whittington and his Cat by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    • The Two Reds, ill. by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
    • If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
    • The Most Wonderful Doll in the World, illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
    • T-Bone, the Baby Sitter by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

    1950 Medal Winner: Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (Scribner)
    Honor Books:

    • America's Ethan Allen, illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook (Houghton)
    • The Wild Birthday Cake, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
    • The Happy Day, illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss) (Harper)
    • Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
    • Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

    1949 Medal Winner: The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
    Honor Books:

    • Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
    • All Around the Town, illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
    • Juanita by Leo Politi (Scribner)
    • Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese (Viking)

    1948 Medal Winner: White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
    Honor Books:

    • Stone Soup by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
    • McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
    • Bambino the Clown by Georges Schreiber (Viking)
    • Roger and the Fox, illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
    • Song of Robin Hood, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson (Houghton)

    1947 Medal Winner: The Little Island, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday )
    Honor Books:

    • Rain Drop Splash, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
    • Boats on the River, illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack (Viking)
    • Timothy Turtle, illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: Al Graham (Welch)
    • Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi (Scribner)
    • Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; text: selected by Opal Wheeler (Dutton)

    1946 Medal Winner: The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
    Honor Books:

    • Little Lost Lamb, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
    • Sing Mother Goose, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler (Dutton)
    • My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, illustrated by Ruth Gannett; text: Becky Reyher (Lothrop)
    • You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese (Viking)

    1945 Medal Winner: Prayer for a Child, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: Rachel Field (Macmillan)
    Honor Books:

    • Mother Goose, illustrated by Tasha Tudor (Oxford University Press)
    • In the Forest by Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
    • Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
    • The Christmas Anna Angel, illustrated by Kate Seredy; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking)

    1944 Medal Winner: Many Moons, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin; text: James Thurber (Harcourt)
    Honor Books:

    • Small Rain: Verses From The Bible, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones (Viking)
    • Pierre Pidgeon, illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman (Houghton)
    • The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
    • A Child's Good Night Book, illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown (W. R. Scott)
    • Good-Luck Horse, illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Chan (Whittlesey)

    1943 Medal Winner: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton)
    Honor Books:

    • Dash and Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff (Viking)
    • Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

    1942 Medal Winner: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
    Honor Books:

    • An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
    • In My Mother's House, illustrating by Velino Herrera; text: Ann Nolan Clark (Viking)
    • Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling (Houghton)
    • Nothing At All, by Wanda Gág (Coward)

    1941 Medal Winner: They Were Strong and Good, by Robert Lawson (Viking)
    Honor Book:

    • April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)

    1940 Medal Winner: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday)
    Honor Books:

    • Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
    • Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
    • The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford (Dodd)

    1939 Medal Winner: Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Doubleday)
    Honor Books:

    • Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty (Viking)
    • Barkis by Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)
    • The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans)
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gág (Coward)
    • Wee Gillis, illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: Munro Leaf (Viking)

    1938 Medal Winner: Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop; text: selected by Helen Dean Fish (Lippincott)
    Honor Books:

    • Four and Twenty Blackbirds, illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes)
    • Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale, retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (Viking)
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