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Andrew Clements

American writer (–)

For other people named Andrew Clements, see Andrew Clements (disambiguation).

Andrew Clements

Clements at a Scholastic book fair in

BornAndrew Elborn Clements
()May 29,
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 28, () (aged&#;70)
Baldwin, Maine, U.S.
OccupationWriter, editor, educator
Period–
GenreChildren's literature
SpouseRebecca Clements
Children4

Andrew Elborn Clements (May 29, – November 28, ) was an American author of children's literature.

His debut novelFrindle won an award determined by the vote of U.S. schoolchildren in about 20 different U.S. states.

Clements andrew biography carnegie hall They settled in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh. His father soon quit his position at the cotton mill, returning to his loom, and was again removed as a substantial breadwinner. Dunfermline Press. However although Carnegie claimed to be a disciple of Spencer, many of his actions went against the ideas he espoused.

In June , Frindle was named the Phoenix Award winner for , as it was the best book that did not win a major award when it was published.[1]

Life

Clements was born in Camden, New Jersey, and lived in nearby Oaklyn and Cherry Hill before moving to Springfield, Illinois as a pre-teen.[2][3] As a child, he enjoyed summers at a lakeside cabin in Maine where he spent his days swimming, hiking, water skiing, and his evenings reading books.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Northwestern University and a Masters of Arts in Elementary Education from National Louis University, he worked as a teacher, sharing his love of reading with elementary, middle, and high school students.[2]

He worked for several publishing companies where he published, acquired, edited, marketed, and developed quality children's books.

In , Clements added his own work to the market with a picture book entitled Bird Delbert. His first novel was the award-winning Frindle, which has won 16 state book awards, as well as the Christopher Award.

Clements was married to the former Rebecca Pierpont, and they had four sons.[3] He died at his home in Baldwin, Maine, on November 28, , at age 70 from an undisclosed illness.[3][4]

Awards

The Children's Literature Association named Frindle the best English-language children's book published in that did not win a major contemporary book award, thus making it the winner of the Phoenix Award for [1]

Contemporary Awards

  • Utah Children's Choice Award
  • – Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
  • Texas Children's Crown Award
  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice, (WA, OR, MT, AK, ID, AB, BC)
  • South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award
  • Sasquatch Children's Book Award, (WA)
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award, (IL)
  • – Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 4–6
  • – Young Hoosier Book Award, (IN)
  • – North Carolina Children's Choice Award
  • – Nevada Young Readers' Award
  • – Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, (AR)
  • – Maud Hart Lovelace Award, MN Youth Reading Award
  • – Georgia Children's Book Award
  • – William Allen White Children's Book Award, (KS)
  • – Massachusetts Children's Book Award
  • Prize Cento, Cento, Italy
  • Rhode Island Children's Book Award
  • – Great Stone Face Book Award, (NH)
  • Judy Lopez Memorial Honor Book (L.A.)Award
  • Christopher Award
  • – Georgia children's book award

Listings and recommendations

  • Capitol Choices list, best books for ages 7–10
  • Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best
  • – Indiana Read-Alouds Too Good to Miss
  • Horn Book Magazine Fanfare Book
  • Parents' Choice Honor Book
  • New York Public Library One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing

Other

  • California Young Readers Medal, The School Story
  • American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award, Things Not Seen
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award for best juvenile book, Room One: A Mystery or Two
  • Phoenix Award for Frindle

Bibliography

For all

  • (As Andrew Elborn) Noah and the Ark and the Animals, illustrated by Ivan Gantschev, Picture Book Studio (Saxonville, MA),
  • Santa's Secret Helper, illustrated by Deborah Santini, Picture Book Studio (Saxonville, MA),
  • Temple Cat, illustrated by Alan Marks, Picture Book Studio, , illustrated by Kate Kiesler, Clarion (New York, NY),
  • Mother Earth's Counting Book, illustrated by Lonni Sue Johnson, Picture Book Studio,
  • Billy and the Bad Teacher, illustrated by Elivia Savadier, Picture Book Studio,
  • Who Owns the Cow?, illustrated by Joan Landis, Clarion (New York, NY),
  • Bright Christmas: An Angel Remembers, illustrated by Kate Kiesler, Clarion (New York, NY),
  • Frindle (middle-grade novel), illustrated by Brian Selznick, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • (Adapter) Philipp's Birthday Book, illustrated by Hanne Turk, North-South Books,
  • Riff's BeBop Book, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Real Monsters Go for the Mold!, illustrated by Matthew Stoddart, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Things That Go EEK on Halloween, illustrated by George Ulrich, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Real Monsters Stage Fright, illustrated by Matthew Stoddart, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Music Time, Any Time!, illustrated by Tom Leigh, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Double Trouble in Walla Walla, illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca, Millbrook Press (Brookfield, CT),
  • Workshop, illustrated by David Wisniewski, Clarion (New York, NY),
  • Gromble's Haunted Halloween, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Hey Dad, Could I Borrow Your Hammer?, illustrated by Jackie Snider, Millbrook Press (Brookfield, CT),
  • The Landry News, (middle-grade novel), illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Look Who's in the Thanksgiving Play!, illustrated by Mavis Smith, Little Simon (New York, NY),
  • The Mouse Family, illustrated by Simon Galkin, Little Simon (New York, NY),
  • The Janitor's Boy, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Circus Family Dog, illustrated by Sue Truesdell, Clarion (New York, NY),
  • The Christmas Kitten, illustrated by Simon Galkin, Little Simon (New York, NY),
  • The School Story, illustrated by Brian Selznick, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Things Not Seen (middle-grade novel), Philomel (New York, NY),
  • The Jacket (originally serialized in Boston Globe), illustrated by McDavid Henderson, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • A Week in the Woods, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Slippers at Home, illustrated by Janie Bynum, Dutton (New York, NY),
  • Naptime for Slippers, illustrated by Janie Bynum, Dutton (New York, NY),
  • The Report Card, illustrated by Brian Selznick, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • The Last Holiday Concert, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Slippers at School, illustrated by Janie Bynum, Dutton (New York, NY),
  • Slippers Loves to Run, illustrated by Janie Bynum, Dutton (New York, NY),
  • A Million Is a Lot of Dots, illustrated by Rob Roth, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Lunch Money, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Things Hoped For, Philomel Books (New York, NY),
  • Room One: A Mystery or Two, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • No Talking, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Things That Are, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Lost and Found, Atheneum Books (New York, NY),
  • Extra Credit, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Troublemaker, Atheneum Books (New York, NY),
  • About Average, Atheneum Books {New York},
  • The Map Trap, Atheneum Books (New York, NY),
  • The Friendship War, Random House Books for Young Readers (New York, NY),
  • The Frindle Files, Random House Books for Young Readers (New York, NY),

Pets to the Rescue series

  • Ringo Saves the Day!: A True Story, illustrated by Ellen Beier, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Brave Norman: A True Story, illustrated by Ellen Beier, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends: A True Story, illustrated by Ellen Beier, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Delores and the Big Fire: A True Story, illustrated by Ellen Beier, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),

Jake Drake series

  • Jake Drake Know-It-All, illustrated by Dolores Avenaño, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Jake Drake, Bully Buster, illustrated by Amanda Harvey, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Jake Drake, Teacher's Pet, illustrated by Dolores Avenaño, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),
  • Jake Drake, Class Clown, illustrated by Dolores Avenaño, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY),

Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School series

  • We the Children, Atheneum Books (New York, NY),
  • Fear Itself, Atheneum Books (New York, NY),
  • The Whites of Their Eyes, Atheneum Books (New York, NY),
  • In Harm's Way, Atheneum Books (New York, NY), (with Adam Stower)
  • We Hold These Truths, Atheneum Books (New York, NY),

Reading program books

  • Karen's Island, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA),
  • Three Wishes for Buster, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA),
  • Bill Picket: An American Original, Texas Style, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA),
  • Hurricane Andrew, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA),
  • Ham and Eggs for Jack, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA),
  • Life in the Desert, Steck-Vaughn,
  • Desert Treasure, illustrated by Wayne Anthony Still, Steck-Vaughn,
  • Inventors: Making Things Better, Steck-Vaughn,
  • Milo's Great Invention, illustrated by Johnansen Newman, Steck-Vaughn,

References

  1. ^ ab"Phoenix Award"Archived September 23, , at the Wayback Machine.

    Children's Literature Association (). June Retrieved September 13,

  2. ^ abE. Russell Primm III, ed.

    Clements andrew biography carnegie house Retrieved May 19, Most notably, Carnegie believed that the future leaders of society would rise from the ranks of the poor. Presidents , [ 44 ] statesmen, and notable writers. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.

    (). Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators. Vol.&#;1. Excelsior, MN: Tradition Books.

    Clements andrew biography carnegie The conflict arose when Carnegie Steel sought to reduce labor costs by cutting wages for steelworkers. Retrieved December 23, In his final days, Carnegie had pneumonia. Houston Independent School District.

    pp.&#;–3. ISBN&#;.

  3. ^ abcSandomir, Richard (December 15, ). "Andrew Clements, 70, Dies; Wrote Best-Selling Children's Books". The New York Times. Retrieved May 19,
  4. ^Maughan |, Shannon.

    Clements andrew biography carnegie library Carnegie was a well-regarded writer. Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on building local libraries , working for world peace, education, and scientific research. I hold this the noblest possible use of wealth. Spencer thought any attempt to prevent "the really salutary sufferings" of the less fortunate "bequeath to posterity a continually increasing curse".

    "Obituary: Andrew Clements". . Retrieved February 3,

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