Brink Carol Ryrie:
Caddie Woodlawn
Illustrator: GiovanniBoccaccio, Illustrator: Trina SchartHyman
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing , 1973
Hardcover, 288 pages
Size: 225x160 mm
ISBN: 9780027136708
ISBN-10: 0027136701
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Carol Ryrie Brink
Carol Ryrie Brinkthe Late Carol Ryrie Brink Was Born And Grew Up In Idaho. Her Mother Was The Daughter Of A New England Pioneer Doctor; Her Father Came To America From Scotland When He Was Twenty, And He Was The First Mayor Of The Small Town Of Moscow, Where She Was Born.Mrs. Brink Lived And Traveled In Europe For Several Years; The European Setting Appears In Several Of Her Books, Including Her First Children's Book, "Anything Can Happen On The River", An Adventure Set In France. She Says, "Some Of My Books, Such As "The Pink Motel", Have Been Creations Of My Fancy; But Even In These Books I
Giovanni Boccaccio
Although Giovanni Boccaccio Was Born In France And Raised And Educated In Naples, Where He Wrote His First Works Under The Patronage Of The French Angevin Ruler, Boccaccio Always Considered Himself A Tuscan, Like Petrarch And Dante. After Boccaccop Returned To Florence In 1340, He Witnessed The Outbreak Of The Great Plague, Or Black Death, In 1348. This Provided The Setting For His Most Famous Work, The Vernacular Prose Masterpiece Il Decamerone (Decameron) (1353). This Collection Of 100 Short Stories, Told By 10 Florentines Who Leave Plague-Infected Florence For The Neighboring Hill Town Of F
Trina Schart Hyman
The Late Trina Schart Hyman Illustrated Dozens Of Books And Became One Of The Most Respected Artists In The Field Of Children's Literature. She Was Awarded The Caldecott Medal In 1985 For St. George And The Dragon
