Thomas Rockwell

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Thomas Rhodes Rockwell (born March 12, 1933) (son of the American artist, Norman Rockwell) is the author of a number of books for young readers. He was the recipient of the Mark Twain Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Sequoyah Book Award for How to Eat Fried Worms, which was made into a TV movie in 1985 and was filmed as a theatrical release in 2006. He lives in Poughkeepsie, New York.^[1]

Rockwell grew up in Arlington, Vermont. His early mentors were Jim and Clara Edgarton, local farmers, on whose farm he worked gathering hay.^[2] Rockwell briefly attended Princeton University and graduated from Bard College in 1956.^[3]

Publications (partial list)

Rackety-bang, and other verses (1969) – Illustrated by Gail Rockwell.
Squawwwk! (1972) – Illustrated by Gail Rockwell
How to Eat Fried Worms (1973) – ISBN 0-440-42185-3
The Portmanteau Book (1974) – Illustrated by Gail Rockwell.
How to Fight a Girl (1987) (the sequel to How to Eat Fried Worms).
How to Get Fabulously Rich (1990).
How to invest money

References

↑ Thomas Rockwell, Writer: Where Fried Worms Come From
↑ Thomas Rockwell, Writer: Where Fried Worms Come From
↑ Donald Walton, A Rockwell portrait: an intimate biography (Sheed Andrews and McMeel, 1978)

External links

Thomas Rockwell at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Rockwell, Thomas
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Date of birth	March 12, 1933
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