Ginger Wadsworth
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| Notable awards | Western Writers of America Spur Award 2004, 2014 and 2017 |
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Virginia "Ginger" Wadsworth is an American writer of biographies, Western American history, science, and natural history for young readers. She is the author of 30 award-winning books.
Early life
Virginia Leland Evarts was born in
She and her two younger brothers camped with their family in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, explored Baja California, and traveled throughout the Western United States while their father conducted research for his writing. She spent three summers on a ranch and made a six-week bicycle trip from San Diego to Canada with her Girl Scout troop.
Wadsworth graduated from
Personal life
In 1967, she married Bill Wadsworth. They have two sons and three grandchildren. Wadsworth and her husband live in the San Francisco East Bay area.
Wadsworth takes her trained therapy dogs into libraries and schools where children (mostly reluctant readers) read to the dogs in Paws to Read programs.[2] She and her dogs are affiliated with Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) and they also visit Alzheimer respite care facilities.
Career
Wadsworth started writing journals and short stories at a young age. When her children were in elementary school, she began submitting articles to magazines, including Cobblestone (magazine), and had many articles published. Some of her biographies were expansions of those published articles.
Her first published book was a 1990 biography of
plus two picture books set in Yosemite National Park and a picture book biography of the creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip.Published books and key awards/honors
Many of Wadsworth's books have been named to recommended book lists compiled by
Biographies
- Born to Draw Comics, The Story of Charles Schulz and the Creation of Peanuts, illustrated by Craig Orback
- First Girl Scout, The Life of Juliette Gordon Low (American Library Association Amelia Bloomer List)[9]
- Annie Oakley
- Cesar Chavez, illustrated by Mark Schroder
- Benjamin Banneker, Pioneering Scientist, illustrated by Craig Orback
- The Wright Brothers
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, An On My Own Biography, illustrated by Shelley O. Haas
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Storyteller of the Prairie
- John Burroughs, the Sage of Slabsides (New York Public Library "Books for the Teenager")
- Susan Butcher, Sled Dog Racer[10]
- John Muir, Wilderness Protector (John Burroughs Association Riverby Award List for Young Readers)
- Rachel Carson, Voice for the Earth[5][11]
- Julia Morgan, Architect of Dreams
Western Americana
- Camping with the President, illustrated by Karen Dugan (National Outdoor Book Award and California Reading Association Eureka Award Honor)
- Survival in the Snow, illustrated by Craig Orback
- Words West, Voice of Young Pioneers (Western Writers of America Juvenile Nonfiction Spur Award and Colonial Dames of America Young Reader Award)
- Along the Santa Fe Trail, illustrated by James Watling[12][13]
Science and Natural History
- Seasons of the Bear, A Yosemite Story, illustrated by Daniel San Souci (Western Writers of America Storyteller Spur Award)
- Yosemite's Songster, One Coyote's Story, illustrated by Daniel San Souci (Western Writers of America Storyteller Spur Award)
- Up, Up, and Away, illustrated by Patricia Wynne
- Woolly Mammoths, illustrated by Todd Zalewski
- River Discoveries, illustrated by Paul Kratter
- Tundra Discoveries, illustrated by John Carrozza
- Desert Discoveries, illustrated by John Carrozza
- One Tiger Growls, illustrated by James Needham
- One on a Web, illustrated by James Needham
- Giant Sequoia Trees, with photographs by Frank Staub
Fiction/Picture Book
- Tomorrow is Daddy's Birthday, illustrated by Maxie Chambliss
References
- ^ "UC Davis brings children’s books, authors into classrooms". UC Davis News and Information. By Erin Loury
- ^ "Soul Support - The Orinda Park and Recreation Foundation". Lamorinda Weekly. By Laurie Snyder
- ISBN 0-8225-4903-4.
- ISBN 978-1-56308-228-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-85229-238-9.
- ISBN 978-1-889715-38-4.
- ^ "Young readers’ (nonrequired) summer books list". Boston Globe.
- ^ "FIRST GIRL SCOUT". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Saluting a Centennial". Wall Street Journal By Amy Finnerty February 11, 2012
- ISBN 978-1-101-16175-3.
- ISBN 978-0-7876-9604-7.
- ISBN 978-1-59158-748-4.
- ISBN 978-0-86653-811-4.
External links
- Official website
- Ginger Wadsworth at Library of Congress, with 27 library catalog records
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