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Deborah Heiligman

Born

Allentown, Pennsylvania, The United States

Website

http://www.deborahheiligman.com/

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Genre

Children's

Influences

E.B. White, E.L. Konigsburg,

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Deborah Heiligman has been writing for children since she worked at Scholastic News soon after college. Since then she has written more than thirty books for children and teens. Her books include picture books, both fiction and nonfiction, and young adult nonfiction and fiction. Some titles: Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith, a National Book Award finalist; The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos, a Cook Prize Winner and Orbis Pictus honor; Intentions, a Sydney Taylor Award winner, and a picture book series about Tinka the dog. Her latest book is Vincent and Theo: The van Gogh Brothers. For more information please visit www.DeborahHeiligman.com ...more

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Deborah Heiligman’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 25,181 ratings · 4,144 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 4.02 avg rating — 10,023 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 3.65 avg rating — 7,174 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman, LeUyen Pham (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 3,269 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" 4.14 avg rating — 1,589 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cool Dog, School Dog by Deborah Heiligman, Tim Bowers (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1) by Deborah Heiligman, Bari Weissman (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 1996 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fun Dog, Sun Dog by Deborah Heiligman, Tim Bowers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intentions 3.51 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Persisted: Clara Lemlich by Deborah Heiligman, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illustrations) 4.12 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America 3.87 avg rating — 95 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Deborah Heiligman

Holidays Around the World (1 book)
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3.92 avg rating — 143 ratings

Descubre la Ciencia (4 books)
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Laura Freeman (Illustrator)

3.96 avg rating — 95 ratings

Quotes by Deborah Heiligman (?)

“I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can always trust, one always the same, always ready to give comfort, sympathy and the best advice. God bless you, my dear, you are too good for me.' -Charles to Emma, 1859”
― Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith

tags: marriage, way-to-be

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“You must remember that you are my prime treasure (and always have been).'
Emma Darwin to husband Charles”
― Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith

tags: love, marriage, tenderness, way-to-be

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“(D)ying is hard, but living is harder still.

—Vincent van Gogh”
― Deborah Heiligman, Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers

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What Book Shall We Read in December?

It's our last poll for the 2010 Newbery!

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

11 votes 39.3%

Charles and Emma The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

8 votes 28.6%

The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson

5 votes 17.9%

All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg

3 votes 10.7%

Crossing Stones by Helen Frost

1 vote 3.6%

28 total votes

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