Sharmat Marjorie Weinman:
Nate the Great and the Monster Mess
Illustrator: MarthaWeston, Other: MarcSimont
Yearling Books , 2001
Quality paperback, 45 pages
Size: 195x136 mm
ISBN: 9780440416623
ISBN-10: 0440416620
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Born In Portland, Maine, In 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Dreamed Of Becoming A Writer. Little Did She Know That She Would Be The Author Of More Than 70 Books For Children Of All Ages. Another Of Her Childhood Dreams, That Of Becoming A Detective, Has Also Been Realized In Her Most Popular Nate The Great Series, Begun In 1972. <Br>Many Of Sharmat's Books Have Been Literary Guild Selections And Chosen As Books Of The Year By The Library Of Congress. Several Have Been Made Into Films For Television, Including "Nate The Great Goes Undercover, "Winner Of The Los Angeles International Children's F
Martha Weston
Martha Weston Was The Author And Illustrator Of Two Charming Picture Books About Tuck, As Well As The Illustrator Of Clarion's Successful Owen Foote Books By Stephanie Greene. Martha Weston Died In 2003.
Marc Simont
Marc Simont Was Born In 1915 In Paris. His Parents Were From The Catalonia Region Of Spain, And His Childhood Was Spent In France, Spain, And The United States. Encouraged By His Father, Joseph Simont, An Artist And Staff Illustrator For The Magazine "L'Illustration, " Marc Simont Drew From A Young Age. Though He Later Attended Art School In Paris And New York, He Considers His Father To Have Been His Greatest Teacher. <P> When He Was Nineteen, Mr. Simont Settled In America Permanently, Determined To Support Himself As An Artist. His First Illustrations For A Children's Book Appeared In 1939.
