Joan Blos
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American children's writer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Joan Winsor Blos was an American writer, teacher and advocate for children's literacy. For her 1979 historical novel, A Gathering of Days, Blos won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Books and the Newbery Medal for the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature.
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- A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 (1979) (5)
- Rhymes, Songs, Records, and Stories: Language Learning Experiences for Preschool Blind Children (1974) (3)
- Traditional Nursery Rhymes and Games: Language Learning Experiences for Preschool Blind Children (1974) (2)
- Of children's literature and child psychology: some heuristic considerations (1978) (1)
- Martin's Hats (1984) (1)
- Form and content in children's books: A critical tribute to Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1977) (1)
- Privat (sic) Keep Out: The Diary as Secret Space (2000) (0)
- The Emperor's Clothes (Book Review). (1978) (0)
- How many toes does a fish have? : looking beneath the surface (1993) (0)
- 1980 Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech (1980) (0)
- The heroine of the Titanic : a tale both true and otherwise of the life of Molly Brown (1991) (0)
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