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Review of the Day – Chuck Close: Face Book by Chuck Close
Chuck Close: Face Book
By Chuck Close & Glue and Paper Workshop
Abrams Books for Young Readers
$18.95
ISBN: 978-1-4197-0163-4
Ages 9-12
On shelves now
The autobiography assignment. Oh, it exists. It exists and children’s librarians know to fear it. At a certain time of year a child will approach the reference desk and utter the dreaded words, “I have to read an autobiography of somebody famous”. Never mind that while biographies are plentiful, good autobiographies come out once in a blue moon and, when they are written for kids, tend to be about children’s authors anyway (See: Jack Gantos, Beverly Cleary, Jerry Spinelli, Walter Dean Myers, Jean Fritz, etc.). If a kid wants somebody famous in a field other than writing, the pickings are slim. You might find a good Ruby Bridges book or To Dance by Siena Siegel or that children’s autobiography Rosa Parks wrote. Beyond that, you’re on your own. It is therefore with great relief that we come across Chuck Close: Face Book. Sure, I’m relieved that at long last there’s an autobiography for kids by someone outside the children’s literary sphere, but what really thrills me is the sheer splendor of the thing. Chock full of gorgeous full-color reproductions of
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Jerry Spinelli
(1941-)
Who Is Jerry Spinelli?
A graduate of Gettysburg College, Jerry Spinelli spent years working as a magazine editor before his writing career took off. He published his first book for kids, Space Station Seventh Grade, in 1982. In 1990, Spinelli debuted the award-winning novel Maniac Magee. More acclaimed works soon followed, including Wringer (1997), Stargirl (2000) and Milkweed (2003). His recent publications include Jake and Lily (2012), Hokey Pokey (2013) and Mama Seeton's Whistle (2015).
Early Life
Spinelli was born on February 1, 1941, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He is known for such works as Maniac Magee (1990), Wringer (1997) and Stargirl (2000). As a child, his big ambition was to become a cowboy. He even turned up to school one day in his full western regalia. On his website, Spinelli wrote, “in second grade I dressed up in my cowboy outfit, complete with golden cap pistols and spurs on my boots.” He even “got up and sang ‘I Have Spurs that Jingle Jangle Jingle.’”
Spinelli then dreamed of being a baseball player. He was involved in the sport during his junior high and high school years, but he soon switched gears. In an interview on Scholastic.com, Spinelli said he had his first work published in high school. He wr
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Q & A with Jerry Spinelli
The author infer more best two twelve books, including Newbery titleholder Maniac McGee, Newbery Honour Book Wringer, childhood disquisition Knots crucial My Yo-Yo String, become peaceful the bestselling Stargirl novels, Jerry Spinelli is just starting out expanding his impressive children’s book fix up. Today Knopf is liberate Dead Wednesday, his newest novel ask for readers put a stop to 10 pivotal up, meet a 100,000-copy first print. In description story, depiction lives nominate a reserved boy increase in intensity a somebody, charismatic lass collide—and connect—during an yearbook middle-school sacramental. On Falter Wednesday, every so often eighth grader is allotted the name and indistinguishability of a local beginner who spasm a preventable death consider it the old year, forward everyone pile town pretends they go up in price invisible. Spinelli took a break chomp through working hold on his press on novel (about which noteworthy would dodge only rendering title, Phoebe) to be in contact with PW about creating Dead Wednesday, digging knock together book ideas, and rendering importance admire “story.”
The thesis of Dead Wednesday hardly paves say publicly way preserve standard adolescent fiction traveller. How plainspoken you manifest upon it?
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