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Jean Craighead George

Born

in Washington, District of Columbia, The United States

July 02, 1919

Died

May 17, 2012

Website

http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com

Genre

Children's Books, Outdoors & Nature

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Jean Craighead George wrote over eighty popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side of the Mountain. Most of her books deal with topics related to the environment and the natural world. While she mostly wrote children's fiction, she also wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods, and an autobiography, Journey Inward.

The mother of three children, (Twig C. George, Craig, and T. Luke George) Jean George was a grandmother who joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George kept one hundred and seventy-three pets, not including dogs and cats, in her home in Chappaqua, New York. "Most of these wild animals depart ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 200,484 ratings · 11,415 reviews · 204 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 84,620 ratings — published 1959 — 106 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
	Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) by Jean Craighead George, John Schoenherr (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 61,315 ratings — published 1972 — 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
	On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 11,024 ratings — published 1990 — 35 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
	Julie's Wolf Pack (Julie of the Wolves, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 6,192 ratings — published 1997 — 34 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
	Frightful's Mountain (Mountain, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 6,284 ratings — published 1999 — 28 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
	Julie (Julie of the Wolves, #2) by Jean Craighead George, Wendell Minor 3.93 avg rating — 6,029 ratings — published 1994	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
	My Side of the Mountain Trilogy (Mountain #1-3) 4.21 avg rating — 4,619 ratings — published 1988 — 4 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
	My Side of the Mountain/On the Far Side of the Mountain 4.22 avg rating — 3,188 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George, Christine Herman Merrill (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 1,312 ratings — published 1997 — 21 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 Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild Pets: True-Life Stories to Read Aloud by Jean Craighead George, Richard Cowdrey (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 971 ratings — published 1996 — 18 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 Jean Craighead George

Mountain (3 books)
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4.08 avg rating — 109,731 ratings

Julie of the Wolves (3 books)
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3.86 avg rating — 74,043 ratings

Ecological Mysteries (4 books)
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Suzanne Duranceau (Illustrator)

3.49 avg rating — 852 ratings

One Day in the... (5 books)
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Fred Brenner (Illustrator)

3.67 avg rating — 596 ratings

American Woodland Tales (6 books)
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John L. George

3.83 avg rating — 550 ratings

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Quotes by Jean Craighead George (?)

“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.”
― Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain

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“Fortunately, the sun has a wonderfully glorious habit of rising every morning”
― Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain

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“I must say this now about that first fire. It was magic. Out of dead tinder and grass and sticks came a live warm light. It cracked and snapped and smoked and filled the woods with brightness. It lighted the trees and made them warm and friendly. It stood tall and bright and held back the night.”
― Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain

tags: fire

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What frequently challenged or banned book (or book about censorship) for children and/or young adults should we read in April and May 2014?

[Note: Any book on this list that is out of print is available used at a cheap price on Amazon and other online retailers. If that book is chosen and you can't find it in your library and you can't afford it, please contact me and I will make sure you get a copy.]

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm

45 votes, 48.9%

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

20 votes, 21.7%

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

12 votes, 13.0%

The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar

10 votes, 10.9%

Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard

5 votes, 5.4%

92 total votes

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