Cleary Beverly:
Janet's Thingamajigs
Illustrator: DyanneDisalvo-Ryan
Harpertrophy , 1997
Quality paperback, 32 pages
Size: 250x202 mm
ISBN: 9780688152789
ISBN-10: 0688152783
You save: 30%
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary Was Born In Mcminnville, Oregon, And, Until She Was Old Enough To Attend School, Lived On A Farm In Yamhill, A Town So Small It Had No Library. Her Mother Arranged With The State Library To Have Books Sent To Yamhill And Acted As Librarian In A Lodge Room Upstairs Over A Bank. There Young Beverly Learned To Love Books. However, When The Family Moved To Portland, Beverly Soon Found Herself In The Grammar School's Low Reading Circle, An Experience That Has Given Her Sympathy For The Problems Of Struggling Readers. <P> By The Third Grade She Had Conquered Reading And Spent Much Of
Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan
Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan's Books Include "Grandpa's Corner Store, A Castle On Viola Street, City Green" And "Uncle Willie And The Soup Kitchen." She Lives In Philadelphia. In Her Own Words... <P> "When I Was A Girl Growing Up In Brooklyn, New York, The Oldest Sibling Of One Brother And Two Sisters, I Never Thought That My Art Was Among The Very Best. My Mother And Father Recognized My Art Ability Early On. It Was Because Of Their Sensitivity That I Eventually Began To Acknowledge My Talent And Enjoy My Life As An Artist. I Remember When I Was Eight Years Old, Looking At A Book One Day And Thinking
