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Paul Fleischman
Paul Fleischman grew up in Santa Monica, California, the son of children's book author Sid Fleischman. Drawing on history, music, art, and theater, his books have often experimented with multiple viewpoints and performance. He received the Newbery Medal in 1989 for JOYFUL NOISE: POEMS FOR TWO... show more

Paul Fleischman grew up in Santa Monica, California, the son of children's book author Sid Fleischman. Drawing on history, music, art, and theater, his books have often experimented with multiple viewpoints and performance. He received the Newbery Medal in 1989 for JOYFUL NOISE: POEMS FOR TWO VOICES, a Newbery Honor Award for GRAVEN IMAGES, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for BULL RUN, and was a National Book Award finalist for BREAKOUT. He lives on the central coast of California. For more information, visit paulfleischman.net.
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YA Fanatic
YA Fanatic rated it 8 years ago
Not much to say about this one. Not a huge fan of poetry and I find it a bit odd that a book of poetry on insects is the one to win the Newberry for this year. I find it hard to believe this was the "most well" written book and meaningful that year.....
susanvoss18
susanvoss18 rated it 9 years ago
Set in Cleveland, Ohio, a vacant, trashed lot is slowly transformed into a community garden. It starts with one young girl, Kim, planting lima beans to remember her dead father. Then an old Romanian lady, Ana, snooping from her apartment window with binoculars, discovers her little secret and decide...
The Book High
The Book High rated it 12 years ago
What a spectacularly brilliant idea! I adore fairy tales, and also enjoy learning about different cultures, and I got both in this book.I also really appreciated the format. Instead of telling the same story over and over with the different variations, the variations were simply included in that s...
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 12 years ago
Elegantly illustrated corss-generational immigration story told entirely in dialogue.
EricaO
EricaO rated it 12 years ago
To me, this book is simple and beautiful.It's written in stereotypes and while that could have gone awry, it didn't. I feel as though a hatred of stereotypes has been drilled into me and I sometimes forget they exist for a reason. Several reasons. Sometimes not good reasons but sometimes, they illus...
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