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Just Kids is a memoir by Patti Smith, published on January 19, 2010, documenting her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. [1] "I didn't write it to be cathartic," she noted. "I wrote it because Robert asked me to…. Our relationship was such that I knew what he would want and the quality of what he deserved.
In 1950, the title of Just Kids changed to Mush Stebbins and His Sister. August Daniel Carter (1895–1957) was an American comic strip cartoonist who created the long-running Just Kids strip. He was known as Ad Carter, the signature he used on his strips. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Carter was 11 years old when he witnessed his mother's death.
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and one of the best-selling books ever published. [1] Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended ...
Noisy Nora has also been reviewed by School Library Journal, [4] Booklist, [5] and Horn Book Guides [6] It is a School Library Journal Best of the Best book, [7] an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, [7] and a Choosing Books for Kids book. [7] A recording of the book is an ALA Notable Recording. [8]
Chrysanthemum is a 1991 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Kevin Henkes. [1] The book was chosen as an ALA Notable Book and the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and it is on the Horn Book Fanfare Honor List. [2] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its ...
Where the Red Fern Grows Statue at the Idaho Falls Public Library. Although sales of the novel began slowly, by 1974 over 90,000 copies had been sold. [3] In 2001, Publishers Weekly estimated that it had sold 6,754,308 copies.
Print (paperback) Just! is a series of short story collections by Australian children's author Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton. The book series is based on Andy Griffiths's early life. [ 1] The series has been described as a portrayal of the antics of a pre-teen who "thinks outside the box", and is a "notorious mischiefmaker" who ...
Al Capone Does My Shirts is a historical fiction novel for young adults by the author Gennifer Choldenko.In the book, Moose Flanagan and his family move from Santa Monica to Alcatraz Island when his father takes a new job as an electrician and a guard in the well-known Alcatraz prison.