Phillip Hoose

Phillip Hoose is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles. Although he first wrote for adults, he turned his attention to children and young adults in part to keep up with his own daughters. His children’s books have been received widely by the children's book community.

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Life

Hey, Little Ant (Tricycle Press, 1998), inspired by his daughter Ruby and co-authored by his daughter Hannah, received a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. It’s Our World, Too!: Stories of Young People Who Are Making a Difference'' (Little, Brown, 1998) won a Christopher Award for “artistic excellence in books affirming the highest values of the human spirit." The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004), received the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and was named a Top Ten American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults among many additional honors.

We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History (Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001) was a finalist for the National Book Award. In addition, it was dubbed a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and an International Reading Association Teacher’s Choice.

His most recent title, Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice is a National Book Award winner and received the Newbery Honor amongst other honors.

A songwriter and performing musician, Phillip Hoose is a founding member of the Children's Music Network and a member of the band Chipped Enamel.

Phillip Hoose was born in South Bend, Indianaon May 31, 1947 and grew up in the towns of South Bend, Angola, and Speedway, Indiana. He was educated at Indiana University and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. He has been on the staff of the Nature Conservancy since 1977. Hoose has two children, Hannah and Ruby, who are grown. He lives in Portland, Maine with his wife, the artist Sandi Ste. George. [1]

Awards

For Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice:

For Race to Save the Lord God Bird:

For We Were There Too!:

Works

Anthologies

References

  1. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/philliphoose
  2. ^ http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_ypl_hoose.html
  3. ^ www.examiner.com/x-31737-LA-Books-Examiner~y2010m2d28-2010-Newbery-Honor-Book-Claudette-Colvin-Twice-Toward-Justice-by-Phillip-Hoose

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