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Hobby Forum Index » Arts - Books - Childrens » Happy 75th, James Cross Giblin! (Nonfiction/history...
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Born in Cleveland, he now lives in NYC.
He received 13 American Library Association notable children's book
citations from 1980 to 2000. "Chimney Sweeps" (1981) won the National
Book Award for children's nonfiction.
http://school.uaschools.org/greensview/ohioauthors/giblin_james_cross.htm
(short interview)
http://www.orrt.org/giblin/
(includes photo)
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/giblin.htm
(includes bio & book synopses)
http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/giblin_james_cross.html
(Giblin article - "A fellow writer asked me recently why I wanted to
write young adult biographies of 'Bad Boys' like Adolf Hitler, John
Wilkes Booth, and to a lesser extent, Charles Lindbergh.")
From Contemporary Authors:
"The author's children's books have continued to range far afield.
Giblin has explored such topics as milk pasteurization, Fourth of July
celebrations, eating utensils, chairs, plagues, and mammoth bones,
among many others. Many reviewers have praised Giblin's ability to
tell complex stories in a way that is simple, understandable, and
entertaining......
"Some critics have also pointed out that Giblin's accounts, while easy
to understand, are loaded with valuable detail. Giblin's 'relaxed,
affable manner belies the amount of information he offers,' wrote Amy
L. Cohn in a School Library Journal review of Chimney Sweeps. Other
critics have observed that this wealth of information is derived from
the author's painstaking research. 'Giblin has such a flair for
historic detail and research that he translates hordes of tales into a
singular creation of Santa Claus," proclaimed a School Library Journal
reviewer about The Truth about Santa Claus.........
"The Boy Who Saved Cleveland: Based on A True Story is a work of
historical fiction that recounts how, in 1798, ten-year-old Seth Doan
saved the tiny town of Cleveland, Ohio, consisting of just three log
cabins, corn fields, and forest. The Doans had lost their other three
sons, and they and their daughter, along with the other two families,
were stricken with a form of malaria. By necessity, Seth handled all
the chores without benefit of horse or mule and walked two miles each
way to the mill, where he ground corn to keep his feverish family
alive. He also did the same for the other families, in spite of the
fact that he was also ill..........
"Contributor of articles and stories for children to Cobblestone,
Cricket, and Highlights for Children."
WRITINGS:
My Bus Is Always Late (one-act play; produced in Cleveland, OH, at
Western Reserve University, 1953), Dramatic Publishing, 1954.
(With Dale Ferguson) The Scarecrow Book, Crown (New York, NY), 1980.
The Skyscraper Book, illustrated by Anthony Kramer, photographs by
David Anderson, Crowell (New York, NY), 1981.
Chimney Sweeps: Yesterday and Today, illustrated by Margot Tomes,
Crowell (New York, NY), 1981.
Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags: The Story of the Fourth of July
Symbols, illustrated by Ursula Arndt, Clarion Books (New York, NY),
1983.
Walls: Defenses throughout History, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1984.
The Truth about Santa Claus, Crowell (New York, NY), 1985.
Milk: The Fight for Purity, Crowell (New York, NY), 1986.
From Hand to Mouth; or, How We Invented Knives, Forks, Spoons, and
Chopsticks & the Table Manners to Go with Them, Crowell (New York,
NY), 1987.
Let There Be Light: A Book about Windows, Crowell (New York, NY),
1988.
The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone: Key to Ancient Egypt, Crowell (New
York, NY), 1990.
Writing Books for Young People (adult nonfiction), The Writer, Inc.
(Boston, MA), 1990.
The Truth about Unicorns, illustrated by Michael McDermott, Harper
(New York, NY), 1991.
Edith Wilson: The Woman Who Ran the United States, illustrated by
Michele Laporte, Viking (New York, NY), 1992.
George Washington: A Picture Book Biography, illustrated by Michael
Dooling, Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 1992.
Be Seated: A Book about Chairs, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1993.
Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography, illustrated by Michael
Dooling, Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 1994.
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, and AIDS, illustrated
by David Frampton, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1995.
(Reteller) The Dwarf, the Giant, and the Unicorn: A Tale of King
Arthur (children's fiction), illustrated by Claire Ewart, Clarion
Books (New York, NY), 1996.
Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero, Clarion Books (New York, NY),
1997.
The Mystery of the Mammoth Bones: And How It Was Solved, HarperCollins
(New York, NY), 1999.
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, illustrated by Michael Dooling,
Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 2000.
(Editor and author of introduction) The Century That Was: Reflections
on the Last One Hundred Years, Atheneum (New York, NY), 2000.
The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, Clarion Books (New York, NY),
2002.
Secrets of the Sphinx, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, Scholastic
Press (New York, NY), 2004.
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes
Booth, Clarion Books (New York, NY), 2005.
The Boy Who Saved Cleveland: Based on A True Story (children's
fiction), Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2006.
The Many Rides of Paul Revere, Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 2007.
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