Patricia Lauber
Patricia Lauber Frost (5 February 1924 – 12 March 2010) was an American
Biography
Lauber was born on 5 February 1924 in New York City and moved to Connecticut when she was approximately four years old. During her childhood, Lauber began to write stories after learning how to read.[3] She graduated from Wellesley College in 1945 with a degree in English.[4][5]
After college, Lauber wrote for Look magazine from 1945 to 1946. She worked for Scholastic Magazine until 1954, after which she joined the publishing company Street & Smith in 1956.[4] She was founding editor-in-chief of Science World between 1956 and 1959, a science magazine for high school students.[2][6] From 1961 to 1967, she was the chief editor in science and mathematics for The New Book of Knowledge by Grolier, an encyclopedia for young people.[5]
Apart from editing, Lauber became a children's non-fiction writer upon the publication of Magic Up Your Sleeve in 1954.
In 1983, she won the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to children's non-fiction literature.[8] In 1987, Lauber received a
Partial bibliography
- Clarence the TV Dog
- Clarence Goes to Town[11]
- Clarence Takes a Vacation (Original Title: Clarence Turns Sea Dog)
- Clarence and the Burglar
- Adventure At Black Rock Cave (1959)
- All About the Planets (1960)
- Everglades Country: A Question of Life or Death (1973)
- Too Much Garbage (1974)
- Tapping Earth's Heat (1978)
- Dinosaurs Walked Here and Other Stories Fossils Tell (1992)
- Seeds: Pop, Stick, Glides (1982)
- Journey to the Planets (1983)
- Volcano: Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens (1986)
- Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart (1988)
- Tales Mummies Tell (1992)
References
- ^ "Volcano". March 31, 1993 – via www.simonandschuster.com.
- ^ Heifer Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ ISBN 0824204085.
- ^ a b "Patricia Lauber Frost '45". Wellesley College.
- ^ a b c "Lauber, Patricia". December 27, 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0787652105.
- ISBN 0810319357.
- ^ "Patricia Lauber". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Obituaries". The Horn Book Magazine. Vol. 86, no. 4. July–August 2010. p. 162.
- ^ "Write What You Know, featuring Kevin Brennan, and Mini Book Reviews (plus, Learning from Books!)".