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Nancy Smiler Levinson

Born

in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States

November 05, 1938

Genre

Children's

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Nancy Smiler Levinson was born in 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, she worked as a reporter, researcher, editor, and Head Start teacher before taking time to raise her two children. It was while reading to her kids when they were toddlers that Levinson first became interested in writing for young people, and in 1981 she published her first novel for young readers, World of Her Own. The first of many critically acclaimed biographies came in 1981, and since then Levinson has written a variety of well-received fiction and nonfiction for beginning readers as well as middle grade and young adult audiences.

Levinson has also contributed articles and stories to such publications as Seventeen magazine, Highl ...more

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Nancy Smiler Levinson’s books

Average rating: 3.89 · 869 ratings · 97 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	Clara and the Bookwagon: A Level 3 Story About Reading and American History for Kids (Ages 4-8) 4.01 avg rating — 490 ratings — published 1988 — 8 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
	Snowshoe Thompson by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Joan Sandin (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	North Pole South Pole by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Diane Dawson Hearn (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Prairie Friends (I Can Read Level 3) by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Stacey Schuett (Illustrations) 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Rain Forests by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Diane Dawson Hearn (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2008 — 2 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
	Say Cheese! (Step-Into-Reading, Step 1) 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	If You Lived in the Alaska Territory 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	Death Valley: A Day in the Desert (A Holiday House Reader, Level 2) by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Diane Dawson Hearn (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2001 — 2 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
	Cars by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Jacqueline Rogers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2004	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
	Make a Wish (Wildfire, #42) 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1983	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