Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Jacqueline Briggs Martin is an American author of children's literature and a teacher of creative writing. Her books have received several awards including, Caldecott Medal (1999), Golden Kite Award, Lupine Award (1996, 1998, 2003), Award for Excellence in Children's Literature from the Sterling North Society, and the Green Earth Award (2018).[1] She has taught at Cornell College, University of Iowa, The Loft Literary Center, and is on faculty at Hamline University.[2][3]
Martin spent her early life on a dairy farm in Maine.[4] She currently lives in Mount Vernon, Iowa.[2][3]
Selected works
- Creekfinding: A True Story
- Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
- Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious
- Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
- The Chiru of High Tibet
- Chicken Joy on Redbean Road
- Banjo Granny
- On Sand Island
- The Finest Horse in Town
- The Water Gift and The Pig of the Pig
- The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish: Based on a True Story
- Snowflake Bentley
- Grandmother Bryant's Pocket
- Good Times on Grandfather Mountain
- Button, Bucket, Sky
- Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Re-mix
- Washing the Willow Tree Loon. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Simon & Schuster, 1995.[5]
References
- ^ "Green Earth Book Award | The Nature Generation". www.natgen.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ a b "Jacqueline Martin". Hamline University. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Jacqueline Briggs Martin". iowasummerwritingfestival.org. Iowa Summer Writing Festival. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Read On Wisconsin sponsors school visits by author Jacqueline Briggs Martin". news.wisc.edu. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ WASHING THE WILLOW TREE LOON | Kirkus Reviews.
