The Drums of Noto Hanto, illustrated by Tsukushi, DK Ink (New York, NY), 1999.Īlso contributor of entries to The Reader's Companion to Children's Literature, edited by Anita Silver, Houghton (Boston, MA), 1995. Sing for a Gentle Rain, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1990.Įucalyptus Wings, illustrated by Demi, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1995.
Highest honor for fiction award, Society of School Librarians International, Best Books for Young Adults selection, American Library Association, Young Adults Choice selection, Children's Book Council/International Reading Association, and Book for the Teen Age, New York Public Library, all for Sing for a Gentle Rain Notable Social Studies Tradeīook, National Council for the Social Studies/Children's Book Council, 2000, for The Drums of Noto Hanto Christopher Medal for translation of The Rainbow Fish. Director of Kindling Words, an annual conference for published authors and illustrators of children's books, 1992. Librarian in Everett, MA, Milton, VT, Lincoln, VT, and Lake Placid, NY, 1985-91 English as a second language teacher in Okayama, Japan, 1994-95, and Oslo, Norway, 1995-96. ADDRESSES:Īgent-Robert Lescher, Lescher & Lescher, 47 East 19th St., New York, NY 10003. Politics: "Progressive." Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker). Education: Vassar College, A.B., 1983 Simmons College, M.A., 1985.
Born March 8, 1962, in Escondito, CA daughter of Norman and Ednah Illsley married Joplin James (a teacher), Jchildren: Anika, McKinley.
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