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Phillip Hoose

Born

May 31, 1947

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Children's Books, History

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Phillip Hoose is the widely-acclaimed author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles, including the National Book Award winning book, Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice.

He is also the author of the multi-award winning title, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, the National Book Award Finalist We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History, and the Christopher Award-winning manual for youth activism It's Our World Too!.

The picture book, Hey, Little Ant which began as a song by the same title was co-authored with his daughter Hannah. The book is beloved around the world with over one million copies in print in ten different languages. Teaching Tolerance Magazine called it, "A masterpiece for teaching values and character educati ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 17,966 ratings · 3,128 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club 4.11 avg rating — 6,335 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 4.07 avg rating — 6,257 ratings — published 2009 — 20 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
	Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 3.91 avg rating — 2,087 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose, Hannah Hoose, Debbie Tilley 4.13 avg rating — 1,590 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City 4.24 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	The Race to Save the Lord God Bird 4.16 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History 4.29 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1980 — 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
	Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! by Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin, Bea Jackson (illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me 3.67 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird 3.93 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2022 — 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

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“We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't have time to teach us like a regular English teacher--we were too far behind. Instead, she taught us the world through literature.”
― Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

tags: english, high-school, literature, teaching

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“I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, "This is not right.

—Claudette Colvin”
― Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

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“(A)rt is like bread, an essential ingredient for nourishing the soul.”
― Phillip M. Hoose, The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club

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What book should we read in July?

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Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff

18 votes 39.1%

The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein

10 votes 21.7%

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip M. Hoose

7 votes 15.2%

Nightbird by Alice Hoffman

6 votes 13.0%

Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia (write-in)

3 votes 6.5%

Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk by Liesl Shurtliff

2 votes 4.3%

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