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1. BiographyBorn:July?02, 1919Washington, District Of Columbia,United States Of AmericaCurrent Home:Chappaqua, New York,United States Of AmericaBorn in Washington, D.C., and raised in a family of naturalists, Jean George has centered her life around writing and nature. She attended Pennsylvania State University, graduating with degrees in English and science. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps and a reporter for The Washington Post. Ms. George, who has written over 60 books — among them My Side of the Mountain, a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, and its 1990 sequel — On the Far Side of the Mountain — also hikes, canoes, and makes sourdough pancakes. In 1991, Ms. George became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature, which was presented to her for the “consistent superior quality” of her work.Her inspiration for the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves evolved from two specific events during a summer she spent studying wolves and tundra at the Arctic Research Laboratory of Barrow, Alaska: “One was a small girl walking the vast and lonesome tundra outside of Barrow; the other was a magnificent alpha male wolf, leader of the pack in Denali National Park. . . . They haunted me for a year or more, as did the words of one of the scientists at the lab: 'If there ever was any doubt in my mind that a man could live with the wolves, it is gone now. The wolves are truly gentlemen, highly social and affectionate.'”The mother of three children, Jean George is a grandmother who has joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George has kept 173 pets, not including dogs and cats, in her home in Chappaqua, New York. “Most of these wild animals depart in autumn when the sun changes their behavior and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories.”2. write for children. Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am too. So I tell them stories about a boy and a falcon, a girl and an elegant wolf pack, about owls, weasels, foxes, prairie dogs, the alpine tundra, the tropical rain forest. And when the telling is done, I hope they will want to protect all the beautiful creatures and places.Please enjoy your visit to my website and thank you for coming!BiographyJean Craighead George was born in a family of naturalists. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study owls, gathered edible plants and made fish hooks from twigs. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In third grade she began writing and hasn't stopped yet. She has written over 100 books.Her book, Julie of the Wolves won the prestigious Newbery Medal, the American Library Association's award for the most distinguished contribution to literature for children, l973. My Side of the Mountain, the story of a boy and a falcon surviving on a mountain together, was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book. She has also received 20 other awards.She attended Penn State University graduating with a degree in Science and Literature. In the 1940s she was a reporter for The Washington Post and a member of the White House Press Corps. After her children were born she returned to her love of nature and brought owls, robins, mink, sea gulls, tarantulas - 173 wild animals into their home and backyard. These became characters in her books and, although always free to go, they would stay with the family until the sun changed their behavior and they migrated or went off to seek partners of their own kind.When her children, Twig, Craig and Luke, were old enough to carry their own backpacks, they all went to the animals. They climbed mountains, canoed rivers, hiked deserts. Her children learned about nature and Jean came home and to write books. Craig and Luke are now environmental scientists and Twig writes children's books, too.One summer Jean learned that the wolves were friendly, lived in a well-run society and communicated with each other in wolf talk -- sound, sight, posture, scent and coloration. Excited to learn more, she took Luke and went to the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in Barrow, Alaska, where scientists were studying this remarkable animal. She even talked to the wolves in their own language. With that Julie of the Wolves was born. A little girl walking on the vast lonesome tundra outside Barrow, and a magnificent alpha male wolf, leader of a pack in Denali National Park were the inspiration for the characters in the book. Years later, after many requests from her readers, she wrote the sequels, Julie and Julie's Wolf Pack.She is still traveling and coming home to write. In the last decade she has added two beautiful new dimensions to her words beautiful full-color picture book art by Wendell Minor and others and - music. Jean is collaborating with award-winning composer, Chris Kubie to bring the sounds of nature to her words.Thank you all so much for your letters! It's fascinating how many questions books inspire. Reading puts the brain to work. Here are answers to some of the questions that I am most often asked.?My Side of the Mountain has always been one of my favorite books. What inspired you to write it??Let me tell you why I wrote My Side of the Mountain. When I was a kid, my father, who was an entomologist and ecologist, took my brothers and me into the wilderness along the Potomac River near Washington, D. C., our home. He taught us the plants and animals, where to find wild asparagus and other edible plants. We made lean-tos to sleep in, fished with our own homemade fish hooks and basswood fiber lines and trained falcons. My brothers were two of the first falconers in the United States and gave me a falcon to train when I was thirteen. It was a glorious childhood.When I became a writer I wanted to tell about those wonderful days. I wrote eight books before I saw a way to get Sam out in the wilderness without the park rangers or his family coming to get him. He would tell his Dad he was going to go to the family farm in the Catskill Mountains. Then I put myself in Sam's head and began to write using my own adventures, including eating all those delicious foods .I have written the sequel, On The Far Side of the Mountain . When I started it my daughter Twig said, "Put a girl in this book." and I asked, "Who?" Her answer was, "One of Sam's sisters. and make her just like my independent little girl, Katie." And that's what I did after spending a summer in the Catskill and Helderberg Mountains studying the plants, animals and trails.?How did you get the idea to write Julie of the Wolves??The idea for the book struck me when I was in Barrow, Alaska, on an assignment for a national magazine. Barrow is the land of the midnight sun, of sea ice and Eskimos, of caribou and polar bears -- and of wolves.When I arrived the scientists at the Barrow Arctic Research Lab were studying wolves and breaking their communication code. A few men were talking to them in their own language with posturing, whimpers and various actions. I was fascinated; and eventually was able to learn how to talk "wolf' and communicate with a beautiful female in her own "language." When she answered back, I knew that I wanted to write a book about a little girl, who is lost on the tundra and saves her life by communicating with the wolves. So I did.My son, Craig, moved to Barrow many years ago. I have been going to visit him and his wife, Cyd, and my two grandsons, almost every year. I learned so much more about the people and the country from Craig and his Eskimo friends that I felt compelled to write a sequel to Julie of the Wolves. It is entitled Julie and begins ten minutes after the last book ends.One day while looking for wolves from an airplane on the North Slope of Alaska, a third book occurred to me, Julie's Wolf Pack. This story is told from the point of view of the wolves.I have three children, Twig, Craig and Luke, and five grandchildren, Rebecca, Katie, Luke the younger, Sam and Hunter. As to pets, right now I just have a talkative African gray parrot, Tocca Two, who says, "Get to Work, Jean. Get to work, Jean." and much, much more.?Water Sky is a great book. How did you get the idea? Did you live in Alaska??I am so pleased you enjoyed my book, Water Sky. The story came to me after many visits to my son, Craig George, in Barrow, Alaska. Craig is a biologist in that, the most northern town in the United States. He is studying the bowhead whale. Every April and May he goes out on the sea ice with the Eskimos. There he and his crew count and study the whales. On the thin ice not far away, the Eskimos camp and harvest whales and seals for food and for use in their traditional festivals.While I was with Craig, he took me out to science camp on the bluegreen and sometimes silver sea ice. There I slept at -35 below zero, climbed great blocks of ice and watched the open ocean for bowhead whales. I came to know the Eskimo whaling captains and visited their ice camps.My experiences in Barrow during the whaling season, were otherworldly, to say the least. I ate blubber, caribou, duck, carried a gun to scare off polar bears, and dressed like an Eskimo to keep warm.One day - there is only one day from May until August for the sun is always up - a polar bear came into camp and unzipped the food tent with his big paw. He confronted a young scientist in the tent. Terrified Dave reached for his gun, but it was not there. He yelled and rattled pans. The bear left him and, rounding the tent, went for the sleeping tent and the camp leader, Geoff. Geoff heard the great bruin and jumped up to warn him off with a shot into the air. Too late, the bear was three feet from him, and attacking. Unable to raise his gun and fire Geoff, broke his rifle over its head. The bear fell to the ground, then struggled to get up to attack again. A crew member in a second sleeping tent heard the commotion, leaped out of his sleeping bag, and shot the bear.You might remember this incident in Water Sky. All the episodes are taken from my experiences with the whales, bears, Eskimos and my son.That is how I write. I go to these wonderful places, get to know the people, the animals, the landscape and weather, then come home to Chappaqua, N.Y. and write my books.?I loved There's An Owl in the Shower. Did it really happen??When my children were young we had a pet screech owl named Yammer. He was absolutely loveable. He denned in the bookcase, watch television and took showers with us. My son, Craig, made a sign he hung over the faucets which read; "Please remove the owl after showering."Years later, my son Luke who is teaching at Humboldt State University in California, called me to tell me about the beautiful spotted owl and the lumbermen of the Douglas fir forests. The owl must have ancient trees to nest in. The lumbermen were cutting them down. An angry controversy arose when a judge stopped the cutting of the old growth until a life-saving agenda was established for the spotted owl, an endangered species. There seemed to be no solution. I asked Luke to help me gather information about this wonderful owl and flew out to spend some time with him.Luke took me into the ancient forests to see the last of the beautiful owls and I walked the streets of Arcata where the lumbermen without jobs were angry and resentful of an owl.Perhaps, I thought to myself out of past experience, I can have a tough lumberman fall in love with an owlet. It is not hard to do. All you need is a little owlet, food to give him, and before long he will follow you like a puppy, sit on your shoulder, rub his beak against your nose. Even a lumberman can't resist that.And so I began to write There's An Owl in the Shower.The book, young people write me, has motivated them to learn more about their ecosystems and fight to save owls, butterflies, prairie dogs, and the fabulous things in the wild.?Can you tell me about The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo? How long did it take to write??That book was long in its development, which went something like this.When my father retired, he and Mother moved to Florida where he switched his profession from entomology to botany. That was a joy for me because he tramped and canoed the entire Everglades day in and day out, collecting plants for the National Park. I went with him to hammocks, tree islands, and dark, mangrove-hung sloughs. We found alligator nests and listened to the old male 'gators trumpet across the saw grass in search of mates. The hardwood hammocks became my favorite ecosystem and I would often walk into one and sit quietly. They held beautiful trees, orchids, bromeliads, ferns and birds galore.As the years passed orchid hunters, ravished the orchids, the bromeliads were stolen and alligator hunters reduced the 'gators to a rare and endangered few.About the same time, in far away India, a friend of mine told me about a huge croc that lived in a river. He was old and wary. He had been hunted so long and so intensely that he had become wise. No one could find him even although they knew he was close by.The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo is the answer to what happened to him; and the setting is a hammock near my parents' home in Naples, Florida. Animals are wise and beautiful.Could you tell me when and where you were born??I was born on July 2, 1919 in Washington, DC.3. Craighead GeorgeBIOBorn in Washington, D.C. and raised in a family of naturalists, Jean George has centered her life around writing and nature. She attended Pennsylvania State University, graduating with degrees in English and science. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps and a reporter for The Washington Post. Ms. George, who has written over sixty books-among them My Side of the Mountain, a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, and its 1990 sequel On the Far Side of the Mountain (both Dutton)-also hikes, canoes, and makes sourdough pancakes. In 1991, Ms. George became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature, which was presented to her for the "consistent superior quality" of her literary works. Her inspiration for the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves evolved from two specific events during a summer she spent studying wolves and tundra at the Arctic Research Laboratory of Barrow, Alaska: "One was a small girl walking the vast and lonesome tundra outside of Barrow; the other was a magnificent alpha male wolf, leader of a pack in Denali National Park.... They haunted me for a year or more as did the words of one of the scientists at the lab: 'If there ever was any doubt in my mind that a man could live with the wolves, it is gone now. The wolves are truly gentlemen, highly social and affectionate.' " The mother of three children, Jean George is a grandmother who has joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George has 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 in autumn when the sun changes their behavior and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories." INTERVIEWTBB and BW writer Neysa Hess is a big fan of Jean Craighead George, author of many Young Adult books that take place in the wilderness, including the MOUNTAIN series featuring Sam Gribley. The most recent book in that series, FRIGHTFUL'S MOUNTAIN, is unique because it's written from Frightful, the falcon's point of view. In this interview, find out why George illustrates some of her own books, why she knows so much about falconry, how teens from the 1950s are different from teens today, and much more about her latest book and future projects. TBB: You are quite a prolific author, I notice you've written over 80 books. How old were you when you started writing and when did you decide you wanted to become a writer???JCG: I was eight years old and in the third grade when I began writing. I wrote poems, then short stories. Although I was fascinated by putting words together to make scenes and people, and did it rather well, I did not dare believe I could be a writer until I was out of college. TBB: Your new book, FRIGHTFUL'S MOUNTAIN, is the third of a series starting with MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (1959) and ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (1990). When you wrote the first book, did you have any idea this would be a series? Will there be a fourth? JCG: I had no idea of writing a sequel to MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN when I finished it. At the time I thought it was complete; done. Sam's family had come to him. Then came letters from young readers wanting to know more. After many, many years I had experienced enough new adventures in the wilderness to write a sequel --- and now, another! I don't think I'll write a fourth book --- but I've been wrong before. TBB: Your earliest book that my library had was VULPRES THE FOX (1948), which is beautifully illustrated by you. Your current books also contain maps and illustrations. How important are illustrations to your writing???JCG: I have always loved to paint and draw and when I first started writing books I illustrated them myself. Then an editor said to me that there were much better illustrators than I out there and I stepped into a new phase --- except for Sam's books, THE TARANTULA IN MY PURSE and WATER SKY. I felt I had deeper feelings and more knowledge than other artists for these books. A well-written book doesn't need illustrations, but illustrations are so rewarding. I wish adult books were still illustrated. TBB: As I read MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, I could almost see this story as a movie, from your vivid descriptions. Have any of your books been made into movies, screen plays or animated movies? If not, which one would you most like to be made into a movie? JCG: MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN was made into a film by Paramount Pictures in 1969. Theodore Bikel was Bando, Teddy Eckles, Sam.??JULIE OF THE WOLVES is now in pre-production. Doug Seus is training Amaroq, Silver and Nails right this minute. Kapu will take on his puppy role when he is born next June. Other books are under consideration by film companies, but it takes a clever production company to find a spotted owlet or a missing 'gator and work them into a film. TBB: In all three MOUNTAIN books, your writing displays a solid knowledge of falcons and falconry. How did you get to know so much about falconry and the terminology used in their training? JCG: I learned falconry from my brothers, John and Frank Craighead who were two of the first falconers in the United States. They taught me how to train my kestrel to fly to my hand and catch mice for me. Great little bird. Fortunately, when I decided to write FRIGHTFUL'S MOUNTAIN, my agent, Perry Knowlton, had retired and become a falconer. I spent many hours with his beautiful birds trying to think like a falcon. TBB: In the MOUNTAIN series, Sam Gribley used wild plants, roots and seeds to make his meals. What advice would you give to those who want to learn how to recognize safe, edible plants in the woods? JCG:??Almost all plants are safe and edible, but not nutritious or tasty. The best way to find the good ones is by using the Peterson field Guide to EDIBLE WILD PLANTS. You don't eat mushrooms, unless you're an expert, or poison ivy, pokeweed seeds, and the other things that are pretty obvious by their very smell and the tip of the tongue test. It's always good to check your wild harvest with the local nature center. TBB: Sam's bright feisty sister, Alice is introduced in ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, and we see her in FRIGHTFUL'S MOUNTAIN also. Is there a chance that you would write more about Alice's story in future books? JCG: Alice? Oh, yes. She has my granddaughter, Katie's, spirit and initiative. Maybe I should write about her. Hmmm. TBB: In FRIGHTFUL, the falcon gets burned when she sits on an electrical pole with close set wires. Has anything more been done to protect other birds from this fate since you wrote the book? JCG: Nothing more has been done to protect birds from electrocution on utility wires as far as I know. However, the American Falconry Association has published an article about the problem in their monthly journal and it is hoped this will do some good. ??TBB: One of the themes that run through your books is that wild animals are best left wild. What experiences in real life have helped you come to this conclusion? JCG: I have learned the hard way that wild things are better off wild. One of my pet crows dove at the eyes of a little girl who had teased him, and I quickly got rid of him. A pet raccoon, set free, was shot in the woods while walking fearlessly toward a hunter.??TBB: In your books, you show a keen understanding of preteens and teenagers. Do you base your characters on teens you know, or is it all imagination? JCG: I was a teenager and I remember it well. It's a very creative time. TBB: How do you think teens have changed from the '50s to now? JCG: The only difference I can see between teenagers now and the '50s is that they are smarter. They also speak their minds more readily which is an improvement. I do think they get too much TV and would have more fun and learn more if they got their video cameras and made their own films.??They'd be a vast improvement over the fare I see. JCG: This series of books focuses on a boy, Sam Gribley and his falcon, FRIGHTFUL, living off the land in the wilderness of the Catskill Mountains in New York State. Do you think girls can easily relate to Sam???JCG: The thing both boys and girls like about Sam is that he is on his own, free of parents, which every teenagers wishes, at least briefly once in a while, could happen to him or her. TBB: And in general, do you think teenage girls can relate to books about boys? Do you think boys can relate to books with girls as the main characters? JCG: As a teenager I could relate to the protagonists in both boys and girls' books. I liked the boys books better because they did more adventuresome things. I can't speak for boys but they seem to like my book JULIE OF THE WOLVES very much in which the protagonist is a girl. Maybe it's the out of doors they relate to. TBB: Are you working on anything new right now? If so, can you give us a sneak preview? JCG: I am working on several books right now --- three picture books and another novel. I think teenagers and even their parents will get a kick out of HOW TO TALK TO YOUR DOG and HOW TO TALK TO YOUR CAT. Both will be published this spring. The novel? I'm going on a canoe trip into the Okefenokee Swamp to sop up the atmosphere, birds, 'gators, and suspense.??TBB: What writers have influenced you the most? JCG: The writers who have influenced me most are Mark Twain, Rachel Carson, Theodore Roethke (poet), Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, and Edgar Allan Poe. TBB: What books are you reading right now? JCG: I am reading ENTWINED LIVES by Nancy L. Segal, and A STAR CALLED HENRY by Roddy Doyle. TBB: What advice would you give to young writers? JCG: My advice to young writers is read, go out into the world, meet people and do things --- then write about them. TBB: Where can teens contact you or learn more about your books, besides The Book Bag? JCG: I have a web page where teens can learn more about me. Also, a biography by Alice Cary, JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE will help. TBB: Any thoughts on the impending millennium? JCG: Ahh, the millennium. I say to it "Welcome. I've been waiting for you!" ? Copyright 2003, . All rights reserved.4. her career, Jean Craighead George has been renowned for integrating scientific knowledge and a love of nature into her stories for young readers. She received her B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1941 and in 1968 was named Woman of the Year by that institution. George was a reporter for the Washington Post and Pageant magazine and a roving editor and nature writer for Reader's Digest before she became a full-time author. Over the years she and her children have raised 173 wild pets, eventually returning them to nature; the chronicle of those many creatures can be found in her book, The Tarantula in My Purse (1996). In 1982 she wrote an autobiography titled Journey Inward about her childhood, marriage, divorce, career, and her adjustment to being alone after her children had grown up. She continues to tavel and explore, and goes on hikes regularly.George's first books were animal biographies, co-authored with her husband John, and based in many cases on actual experiences with the animals. In 1956 she and her husband won the Aurianne Award for best nature writing with Dipper of Copper Creek. But her greatest recognition came when she started writing books on her own. My Side of the Mountain, written as the diary of Sam Gribley, a young boy who leaves New York to live in the Catskill Mountains for a year, received a Newbery Honor Book Award in 1960. Sam writes detailed observations of the wildlife, plants, and the changing seasons around him while discovering the importance of courage and his own relationship to nature. The book was highly praised and has since become a favorite for several generations of young readers.In 1973 Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal; it was also a National Book Award Finalist, received the German Youth Literature prize, and (in its Dutch language edition) captured the Silver Skate Award. The riveting tale of a young girl who gets lost on the Alaskan tundra and survives by being adopted into a wolf pack, this book has become a modern classic. Only a few years after its publication, Julie of the Wolves was selected by the Children's Literature Association as one of the ten best American children's book in the past 200 years. Both My Side of the Mountain and Julie of the Wolves are fine examples of how George weaves together many elements--scientific facts about animals and plants, the importance of living in balance with nature, an understanding of cultures and the difficulties of growing up--to form gripping and believable tales.Jean George is an active researcher of her books, and many of the events in them are based on her own experiences. Her nonfiction is often as exciting to read as her adventure stories. In the "One Day" series, written in the 1980s and re-released with new illustrations in the 1990s, George focused on a different habitat in each book--the tundra, the desert, the prairie, etc. Her "Thirteen Moons" series, in which each book focuses on a different animal and its behavior during one of the thirteen moons of the year, was also re-released in the early 1990s.Twenty years after her Newbery Award for Julie of the Wolves, Jean George published a sequel, Julie, that tells the story of Julie's return to the Eskimo community and her adjustment to living with people again. Julie's Wolf Pack appeared in 1997. Sam's story was also continued in On the Far Side of the Mountain in 1990. The third book, Frightful's Mountain, is told from the point of view of the falcon, as the third book in the Julie series is from the wolves' perspective. George's ability to empathize with animals of all kinds informs both her fiction and nonfiction. In Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts in 1994 she introduced her readers to ten real-life animals with amazing stories--Koko, a gorilla who learned sign language, and Sugar, a cat who traveled from Oklahoma to California to rejoin her human family, among others.Jean Craighead George has received the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota, the de Grummond Award from the University of Southern Mississippi, and the Knickerbocker Award in New York--all for her body of work. The Washington Irving Award from the Westchester (N.Y.) Library Association in 1991 was presented to On the Far Side of the Mountain. Her books have consistently appeared on "Best" lists and the compiled lists of important books in the fields of social studies and science. Whether writing fiction, nonfiction or picture books, she has succeeded in bringing the natural world vividly to life for readers of all ages.Novels: My Side of the Mountain (1959)Summer of the Falcon (1962)Julie of the Wolves (1972)Frightful's Mountain (1979)On the Far Side of the Mountain (1989)Julie (1994)Julie's Wolf Pack (1997)Picture Books: Frightful's Daughter (2002)Series: My Side of the Mountain Trilogy, theMiyax5. George, Jean ?Born: July 2, 1919, in Washington, DC ?Vocations: Children's Book Author, Illustrator, Editor ?Geographic Connection to Pennsylvania: University Park, Centre County; Craighead, Cumberland CountyKeywords: American Library Association, Aurianne Award for Literature, Children's books, Julie of the Wolves, Louisiana State University, My Side of the Mountain, Naturalist, Newbery Honor Medal, Pennsylvania State University, Reader's Digest, Theodore Roethke, The Washington PostAbstract: Born and raised as a naturalist, Jean Craighead George strives through her books and articles to educate both adults and children about the environment. She worked as a reporter and artist for many years and was married to John George from 1944 until 1963. My Side of the Mountain gained her recognition as an author, but Julie of the Wolves established her reputation as an insightful children's book author. At the age of 85, George still writes and travels while maintaining an informative website on the Internet.Biography:Jean Craighead George was born on July 2, 1919, in Washington, D.C., to Dr. Frank C. Craighead Sr. and Carolyn Johnson. Her interest in writing began at the age of eight while in third grade. The environmental subjects of her writing were the result of her personal experiences as a child. Her father, a chief entomologist for the Forest Insect Control Bureau, introduced her and her twin brothers, John and Frank, to the wonders and adventures within nature. Studying under Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Theodore Roethke, George attained bachelor's degrees in both science and English from the Pennsylvania State University in 1941. As an undergraduate student, she served as editor-in-chief of Portfolio magazine and as secretary of the junior class.Continuing her education, George went to Louisiana State University for graduate studies. But instead of completing her degree, she decided to pursue a writing career and moved back to Washington, DC to find work. She began her journalism career working as part of the White House Press Corps. George was a reporter for the International News Service (1942 — 1944), The Washington Post (1944 — 1946) and the Times-Herald. After marrying Dr. John L. George in 1944, she extended her career to include both art and writing. She worked as an artist and art director for Pageant magazine (1946 — 1947), as a staff writer and editor for Reader's Digest (1969 — 1982), and then began her path toward writing books. In collaboration with her husband, she wrote six children's books, illustrating all of them herself. Dipper of Copper Creek was her first real moment of recognition as a writer when she won the Aurianne Award for Literature. The Georges had three children--Carolyn, John and Thomas--before getting divorced in 1963.Throughout her life, George has maintained her love for the environment and made it the center of her writings. George researches book subjects and travels to possible book locations to inspire her writing of outdoor adventures. Her books often personify animals--such as butterflies, owls, foxes, deer, birds and coyote--making learning about nature exciting for children. With her children, she has raised over 173 wild animals, many of which became characters in her books. She has written over seventy magazine articles for publications such as Better Homes and Gardens, National Wildlife and Audubon. She has also penned over one hundred books, mostly juvenile novels and children's books. Several of George's books have been critical as well as popular successes. My Side of the Mountain (1959), a Newbery Medal runner-up and American Library Association's Notable book, was made into a motion picture. Julie of the Wolves, her most famous work, earned her the Newbery Medal in 1973, was named as one of the ten Best American Children's Books in 200 years by the Children's Literature Association, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Each of the two books has sold over eight million copies. Two of her other books, Hold Zero! and Spring Comes to the Ocean, have also been on the American Literature Association's Outstanding Children's Book List.Reflecting on her divorce, her life as a single mother, and her writing career, George wrote her autobiography, Journey Inward, in 1982. Today she is a grandmother and resides in Chappaqua, New York, where she has lived for the past 47 years, but she continues to travel and write. Her latest work, Firestorm, was released in September of 2003, and she is currently working on turning Julie of the Wolves into a musical and movie. Throughout her writing, George strives to help kids better understand the world in which they live, so that when they are adults they will take better care of it.6. Craighead George was born in a family of naturalists. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study owls, gathered edible plants and made fish hooks from twigs. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In third grade she began writing and hasn't stopped yet. She has written over 100 books.Her book, Julie of the Wolves won the prestigious Newbery Medal, the American Library Association's award for the most distinguished contribution to literature for children, l973. My Side of the Mountain, the story of a boy and a falcon surviving on a mountain together, was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book. She has also received 20 other awards.She attended Penn State University graduating with a degree in Science and Literature. In the 1940s she was a reporter for The Washington Post and a member of the White House Press Corps. After her children were born she returned to her love of nature and brought owls, robins, mink, sea gulls, tarantulas - 173 wild animals into their home and backyard. These became characters in her books and, although always free to go, they would stay with the family until the sun changed their behavior and they migrated or went off to seek partners of their own kind.When her children, Twig, Craig and Luke, were old enough to carry their own backpacks, they all went to the animals. They climbed mountains, canoed rivers, hiked deserts. Her children learned about nature and Jean came home and to write books. Craig and Luke are now environmental scientists and Twig writes children's books, too.One summer Jean learned that the wolves were friendly, lived in a well-run society and communicated with each other in wolf talk -- sound, sight, posture, scent and coloration. Excited to learn more, she took Luke and went to the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in Barrow, Alaska, where scientists were studying this remarkable animal. She even talked to the wolves in their own language. With that Julie of the Wolves was born. A little girl walking on the vast lonesome tundra outside Barrow, and a magnificent alpha male wolf, leader of a pack in Denali National Park were the inspiration for the characters in the book. Years later, after many requests from her readers, she wrote the sequels, Julie and Julie's Wolf Pack.She is still traveling and coming home to write. In the last decade she has added two beautiful new dimensions to her words beautiful full-color picture book art by Wendell Minor and others and - music. Jean is collaborating with award-winning composer, Chris Kubie to bring the sounds of nature to her words.50292001143007. , Jean CraigheadJuly 2, 1919 - Author/IllustratorBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead George has made nature the center of her fiction and nonfiction work in a career spanning over half a century of writing and including over one hundred books. In her novels, picture books, and books of fact, George has given young readers many fascinating glimpses of nature, earning a reputation as "our premier naturalist novelist," according to New York Times Book Review contributor Beverly Lyon Clark. Writing first with her husband and later alone, she has penned studies of animals, such as Dipper of Copper Creek, as well as adventures of young people learning to survive in wilderness, like My Side of the Mountain and its sequels, and Julie of the Wolves and its sequels. Her books are distinguished by authentic detail and a blend of scientific curiosity, wonder, and concern for the natural environment, all expressed in a manner critics have described as both unsentimental and lyrical. As Karen Nelson Hoyle observed in Dictionary of Literary Biography, George "elevates nature in all its intricacies and makes scientific research concerning ecological systems intriguing and exciting to the young reader." Born in Washington, D.C., to a family of naturalists, George was bound to develop an early love of nature. Her father was an entomologist, her mother a lover of nature and of storytelling, and her twin brothers were also drawn to the outdoors and contributed articles to major magazines about falconry while still in high school. Her twin brothers were a hard act for George to follow, and growing up she was as at home on the softball field as on a mountain trail. George graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1941, studying science and English. Thereafter she studied art at Louisiana State University and pursued graduate work at the University of Michigan. George met her future husband, John L. George, during World War II; the couple married four months after their first meeting. Three children were soon born, and after the war John worked on his dissertation on birds and taught at various colleges, including Vassar. George's first six books were written in collaboration with her husband; each book characterizes a different animal. These early books "are best represented," according to Hoyle, by Dipper of Copper Creek, which "interweaves facts about the life cycle of the water ouzel with the tale of prospector Whispering Bill Smith and his grandson Doug's yearning for independence." Winner of the Aurianne Award in 1956, Dipper set the tone for much of George's literary output to follow: informed and sensitive blendings of fact and fiction. One of her first major solo efforts was My Side of the Mountain, a book that had been growing in her mind for some time. Using the woods lore she learned as a child on camping trips with her father and brothers along the Potomac River, George finally found a character and plot device to present such information. A survival story about a teenage boy who runs away to the woods to live off the land for a year, My Side of the Mountain won a number of awards, including a Newbery Honor, and widespread praise. The first-person account describes thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley's self-sufficient wilderness life in detail, including the hollowed-out tree that becomes his home, his capture and training of the female peregrine falcon he names Frightful, and his various woodland recipes. Equipped with a pen knife, a ball of cord, an ax, and forty dollars, Sam whittles a fish hook out of a green twig, constructs a tent from hemlock boughs, and makes snowshoes from ash saplings and deer hide. George's story of Sam's year in the woods is considered by some critics to be the ultimate survival tale for youngsters. Writing in Horn Book, Karen Jameyson commented on the book's premise: "When Sam explains, in his determined, quietly exuberant way that he has decided to leave his New York City home . . . to go to live on the old Gribley land in the Catskill Mountains, the plan sounds a bit cockamamie. It also sounds mighty appealing." Zena Sutherland of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books called the novel "amazing and unusual," and noted that it was "(a)bsorbing reading." So appealing was the premise that the novel was adapted for a movie in 1969 and has had two highly popular sequels, On the Far Side of the Mountain and Frightful's Mountain. In the second book in the series, Sam's peregrine falcon, Frightful, has been seized by a conservation officer as an endangered species, and Sam's sister Alice is missing. Reviewing an audio version of the book, Edith Ching noted in School Library Journal that George's "attention to detail continues to be important" in this novel, and concluded that the book "is a narrative for all ages." With the third volume, Frightful's Mountain, the point of view shifts from humans to wildlife. The book opens with Frightful, Sam's peregrine, held by poachers, and the bird can think of only one thing: returning somehow to Sam. Sam's sister Alice is instrumental in freeing Frightful, but then the falcon must make it on its own back to Sam. "George builds the suspense in a third-person narration that most often takes the falcon's perspective," noted a reviewer for Publishers Weekly. The same reviewer observed that details such as peregrine migratory, mating, and nesting habits "are seamlessly woven into the plot," and felt that "nature lovers will not be disappointed." Booklist's Linda Perkins wrote that this third installment "may not have the broad appeal of the earlier books, but it will attract and enchant animal aficionados." Praising the title in the New York Times Book Review, Mary Harris Russell commented that Frightful's Mountain "is a novel that will change the way you look at the world," and concluded, "You've probably not read anything quite like this." The popularity of My Side of the Mountain could not have come at a better time for George, who divorced in 1963 and set about earning a living as a single parent by her writing. She also pursued her love of nature, turning her home in Chappaqua, New York, into something of a zoo with hundreds of wild animals living in her house and backyard, including owls, robins, mink, seagulls, and even tarantulas. The success of My Side of the Mountain helped, as did a job with Reader's Digest from 1969 to 1982. Several other juvenile novels followed, including Gull Number 737, Hold Zero!, and Coyote in Manhattan, as well as the popular nonfiction series, "Thirteen Moons," which features a different animal for each of the new moons of the year in a lunar calendar. Sutherland noted in a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books review of The Moon of the Fox Pups that George "writes of the animal world with knowledge and enthusiasm, her descriptions of wild life untainted by melodrama or anthropomorphism." The thirteen books in the series were reissued in 1993 with new illustrations. One summer in the late 1960s George and her younger son, Luke, made a journey to Alaska that strongly shaped her novel, Julie of the Wolves. The two had gone to Barrow to learn about wolf behavior from a scientist doing a study there, but they also got some unplanned lessons in native Inuit culture. George met a young Inuit woman and her husband, a girl whose character shaped that of the heroine of Julie of the Wolves and from whom she learned more about Inuit life. From the scientists studying wolves, George learned that men were actually communicating with wolves and were able to learn how to use wolf language. One female wolf actually communicated back to the author. "When she answered back," George wrote on her Web site, "I knew that I wanted to write a book about a little girl, who is lost on the tundra and saves her life by communicating with wolves. So I did." Julie of the Wolves tells the story of adventures of an Eskimo girl who becomes lost on the tundra while running away from an unhappy marriage. When her father disappears on a hunting expedition, Miyax, also known by the English name Julie, is adopted by relatives. At thirteen she marries so she can leave her foster home. Although her husband is slow-witted, the marriage is little more than a formality at first, and Miyax is content to live with his family. His forceful attempt to have sex with her, however, frightens her and she leaves him. Remembering her California pen pal's repeated invitations to visit, Miyax sets out across the tundra. When she loses her way in the barren land, she survives by learning how to communicate with a wolf pack and be accepted among them, befriended by the lead wolf whom she names Amaroq. Her own knowledge of Eskimo ways is also crucial, although gradually she begins to understand that the old ways are dying. Reviewers were enthusiastic about the novel. Hoyle felt that Julie of the Wolves "is George's most significant book," and that the "plot, character development, and setting are epic in dimension." Writing in School Library Journal, Alice Miller Bregman called the novel "compelling," and commented further that "George has captured the subtle nuances of Eskimo life, animal habits, the pain of growing up, and combines these elements into a thrilling adventure which is, at the same time, a poignant love story." Reviewing Julie of the Wolves in the New York Times Book Review, James Houston observed that the novel "is packed with expert wolf lore, its narrative beautifully conveying the vastness of tundra as well as many other aspects of the Arctic." Writing in Horn Book, Virginia Haviland called Julie of the Wolves a "book of timeless, perhaps even of classic dimensions." Awards committees nominated the book for many prizes, and the novel won the prestigious Newbery Medal among other honors. George revisited her characters in Julie, a sequel that begins only minutes after the ending of Julie of the Wolves, and in Julie's Wolf Pack, told almost totally from the perspective of the wolves. In Julie, the young Eskimo girl returns to her father's village, Kangik, only to discover that her long estranged father, Kapugen, has married a white woman and has left the old ways behind. In fact, readers learn that he is the one who shot Amaroq from a plane at the end of the previous novel. She struggles to save her beloved wolves and also falls in love with a young Siberian man, Peter Sugluk. Susan Dunn, in a Voice of Youth Advocates review of Julie, commented that book is "an excellent adventure story" and a novel that supplies a "delicious taste of a nontraditional lifestyle and personality." Writing in the New York Times Book Review, Hazel Rochman observed, "what's glorious is the lyrical nature writing. . . . George's sense of the place is so instinctive and so physically precise that the final Edenic vision of natural world order restored . . . is like a ringing song of triumph." With Julie's Wolf Pack, the focus shifts to the wolf pack, now led by Kapu, the alpha male. Constantly challenged by a loner wolf, Raw Bones, Kapu must prove himself to the pack. Rabies is another enemy to the pack in this installment. Though many reviewers felt the third novel lacked the dramatic tension of the first two, largely because Julie is peripheral to the plot, Carrie Eldridge, writing in Kliatt, thought George's "obvious knowledge of her subject matter is admirable and resonates throughout the story." George has written about the Arctic in other novels, as well, most notably in Water Sky and The Wounded Wolf. She has also looked at nature in the continental United States with her ecological mysteries, including Hook a Fish, Catch a Mountain (republished as The Case of the Missing Cutthroat), Who Really Killed Cock Robin?, The Fire Bug Connection, and Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo, and with adventures tales such as Going to the Sun, set in the Rocky Mountains, River Rats, Inc., dealing with white water rafting, The Wentletrap Trap, set on Bimini, and The Cry of the Crow, set in the Florida Everglades. Another novel set in the Everglades is The Talking Earth. More environmental issues are dealt with in There's an Owl in the Shower, in which an out-of-work logger's son takes in a baby owl only to discover that it is a species of spotted owl that cost his father his job. George has also teamed up with illustrator Wendell Minor and others to create a nest full of picture books introducing the ways of nature to the very young reader. More northern adventures are served up in Arctic Son, a "picture-book ode to the Arctic," according to a reviewer for Publishers Weekly. A chronicle of the birth and early years of George's grandson, the book is a "warm, positive story of life in the Far North," wrote Mollie Bynum in School Library Journal. In Morning, Noon, and Night, another collaboration with Minor, George portrays the activities of a variety of animals from dawn on the East Coast to sundown on the West. The Arctic spring is captured in Snow Bear, which tells of an Inuit girl who goes out on a hunt and encounters a bear cub. Patricia Manning, reviewing Snow Bear in School Library Journal, commented, "The simple, pleasing text is accompanied by luminous watercolors that faithfully record this charming (if improbable) chance meeting." Teaming up with Thomas Locker, George has also produced The First Thanksgiving and To Climb a Waterfall, and has created a series of picture books as companion volumes to Disney's "Animal Kingdom." More Arctic themes are developed in the picture books Nutik, the Wolf Pup and its sequel, Nutik and Amaroq Play Ball, both illustrated by Ted Rand. George adopts a story from the 1997 novel Julie's Wolf Pack for these tales of an Eskimo boy and the wolf pup he raises and trains. Warned not to become too fond of this wild animal, the boy, Amaroq, loves the animal anyway. "This beautiful book is a terrific way to introduce younger readers to George's award-winning prose," thought Catherine T. Quattlebaum in a School Library Journal review of Nutik, the Wolf Pup. Booklist's Linda Perkins found the same book to be a successful condensation of the longer tale "with heart-tugging appeal." The sequel, Nutik and Amaroq Play Ball, finds the young Eskimo boy and his wolf pup playing football together on the tundra far from their village. When wanting to return home, Amaroq finds that Nutik has a better sense of direction than he does. "Children will enjoy the simple story and learn a bit about life on the tundra," wrote Carolyn Phelan in a Booklist review, while School Library Journal's Sally R. Dow felt that the picture book presented a "sensitive story full of observations of the Arctic wilderness." In addition to her fiction, series nonfiction, and picture books, George has also provided a host of nature lore in stand-alone nonfiction titles, including Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts and The Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild Pets, both of which recount tales of animals beloved to mankind in general or to the George family in particular. Reviewing The Tarantula in My Purse, Booklist's Carolyn Phelan felt that these autobiographical stories of family animals are filled with "humor, insights, and writing ability" that make the tales "a treat to read aloud to a class or an individual." In all of her work, according to critics, George has blended scientific accuracy with a writer's eye for telling detail, dramatic narrative, and dimensional characters. "I write for children," George noted on her Web site. "Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am too. So I tell them stories about a boy and a falcon, a girl and an elegant wolf pack, about owls, weasels, foxes, prairie dogs, the alpine tundra, the tropical rain forest. And when the telling is done, I hope they will want to protect all the beautiful creatures and places." AWARDS Aurianne Award, American Library Association (ALA), 1958, for Dipper of Copper Creek; Newbery Medal honor book award, ALA, 1960, International Hans Christian Andersen Award honor list, 1962, Lewis Carroll Shelf citation, 1965, and George G. Stone Center for Children's Books Award, 1969, all for My Side of the Mountain; named Woman of the Year, Pennsylvania State University, 1969; Claremont College award, 1969; Eva L. Gordon Award, American Nature Study Society, 1970; Book World First Prize, 1971, for All upon a Stone; Newbery Medal, and National Book Award finalist, both 1973, both for Julie of the Wolves; School Library Media Specialties of South Eastern New York Award, 1981; Kerlan Award, University of Minnesota, 1982; Ludington Award, 2003; My Side of the Mountain selected a New York Librarians book to represent the state at National Book Festival, 2005; Grumman Award. PERSONAL INFORMATION Born July 2, 1919, in Washington, DC; daughter of Frank Cooper, Ph.D., (an entomologist) and Mary Carolyn (Johnson) Craighead; married John Lothar George, Ph.D., January 28, 1944 (divorced, January 10, 1963); children: Carolyn Laura, John Craighead, Thomas Luke. Avocation: Painting, field trips to universities and laboratories of natural science, modern dance, white water canoeing. Education: Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1941; attended Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1941-42, and University of Michigan. Politics: Democrat. Memberships: League of Women Voters, PEN, Dutchess County Art Association. Addresses: Homeoff--20 William St., Chappaqua, NY 10514. Agent--Curtis Brown Ltd., 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003. E-mail--jean@. CAREER International News Service, Washington, DC, reporter, 1942-44; Washington Post and Times-Herald, Washington, DC, reporter, 1943-44; United Features (Newspaper Enterprise Association), New York, NY, employee, 1944-45, artist and reporter, 1945-46; continuing education teacher in Chappaqua, NY, 1960-68; Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, NY, staff writer, 1969-74, roving editor, 1974-80; author and illustrator of books and articles on natural history. Pageant (magazine), New York, NY, artist. 8. (very similar to above article/ information so did not include here – can leave site on list.9. Craighead George???In 1973 Jean Craighead George won a Newbery award for Julie of the Wolves, the story of a young Eskimo who runs away from an arranged marriage and survives on the tundra, for many months nurtured by a wolf-pack. The book ends with Julie's return to her father and home. In the sequel Julie, (1994, HarperCollins, Ages 11 and up, $15.00) her heroine faces conflicts not only with the natural world, but between man and wolves, white and Eskimo cultures, as well as struggles of young womanhood. " I'm a bit of a dramatist," George says, " and I know that kids love books that solve problems. I wanted to keep the story moving, but I also want to put in as much information as I could and these stories kept coming up. Conflict upon conflict is the rule of the Arctic. It's a constant force in a region where chances of mortality are high, if anyone makes a false move."???Julie of the Wolves went without sequel, despite pleas from hundreds of children, but when publishers asked George to write one, she said yes immediately. George "couldn't believe what a wonderful situation I'd left for myself as a writer." At the very end of Julie of the Wolves, Julie returns to find her father has built a successful village business by raising musk ox. There began the initial conflict. Musk oxen are wolves' favorite food, and the wolves that nurtured Julie were still on the home range. " I thought it's all there," remarks George, " we just have to resolve it."??? Returning to the subject after two decades was also a real measure of Alaska's cultural changes. "As they [Eskimos] adapt, ...they [still] speak their own language and hold onto their own values. ...the Eskimos are very strong people." Twenty years has also seen a leap in scientific knowledge. Two decades ago, wolf research was just beginning and George was worried that reviewers would think she was making up stories about wolf-human communication. "Julie wrote easily because I had so much more knowledge. I went out on the tundra with scientists who were experts about owls, lemmings, the cycle of grasses and everything else you can imagine. They were very generous with me because they want to communicate, particularly with children, but can't write popular stuff. I love to go out in the field and so there I was, tagging after them and learning all I could."??To learn more about Jean Craighead George visit her site.ReviewsAnimals Who Have Won Our Hearts?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Christine Herman Merrill????Ten true stories showcase the wonder of some very famous animals who exhibited great courage, intelligence, loyalty or perseverance. The stories range in time from 1804 to the present day and they relay the exploits of animals such as Balto, the half-wolf, half-Malamute sled dog who delivered much needed medicine to snowbound people in Alaska, to Koko, the gorilla who learned sign language, to the orphaned and badly burned Smokey the Bear cub. Daring adventures reveal the true nature of these very special representatives of the animal world. Both full-color and black-and-white illustrations grace the pages of this worthwhile book, which also has a bibliography. 1994, HarperCollins, Ages 10 up, $15.00 and $14.89. Reviewer: Barbara B. Disckind?Arctic Son?Jean Craighead George?Paintings by Wendell Minor???Love of place is the focus of Jean Craighead George's Arctic Son. Born in the Arctic, baby Luke receives an Eskimo name, Kupaaq, as well as an English one and is introduced to the beauties of his stark home by Eskimo friends. Through the engaging narrative, which emphasizes respect for the natural world, young readers can learn about the northern lights, fishing traditions, snow caves and the ancient song that welcomes the sun after the dark winter. Wendell Minor's paintings capture the subtle color and details of this landscape where "things are very different." 1997, Hyperion, Ages All, $14.95. Reviewer: Mary Quattlebaum?The Case of the Missing Cutthroats?Jean Craighead George????Thirteen year old Spinner Shafter, amateur fisherman, expert dancer, hated fishing and everything associated with it so when she caught the biggest fish on a trip with her family no one was more surprised than she. That is until everyone realized that the fish Spinner had hooked in the icy Snake River was not only huge, it was a cutthroat and was supposed to be extinct. Spinner's cousin and fishing competitor, Al, was especially intrigued by the appearance of the mysterious fish and decided that he and Spinner should find out where it came from and why it had suddenly been snagged by someone as inexperienced as his city mouse cousin. So began the intriguing adventure of The Case of the Missing Cutthroats. Jean Craighead George has created a riveting tale weaving magical yet realistic descriptions of nature together with the scientific data collected by the two main characters. The characters are extremely likable, intelligent, stubborn and ultimately very complementary. Each inevitably depends upon and learns from the other. This engrossing book offers its readers the opportunity to learn about a part of the world which many of them will never see or touch but which they may be inspired to preserve. It is an excellent read and would be a wonderful discussion piece for combined reading, writing, math and science lessons. "An Eco Mystery" series title. 1999 (orig. 1975), Harper Trophy, Ages 8 to 12, $4.95. Reviewer: Trina Heidt?Dear Katie, The Volcano Is a Girl?Jean Craighead George?Illustrations by Daniel Powers????Katie and her grandmother are off to Hawaii to visit the Kilauea volcano. Grandmother provides a running commentary about the scientific principles that create volcanic eruptions while Katie relates the Hawaii mythology of the goddess Pele and her role in creating the islands and the Kilauea volcano. The play of facts and myth in both the text and the illustrations sets this story apart from the usual science lesson and should give kids an appreciation of the nonscientific explanations people create to explain natural phenomenon. 1998, Hyperion, Ages 5 to 9, $14.95. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot?Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Loretta Krupinski????In Dear Rebecca, Grandma sits at her breakfast table writing a letter to Rebecca. It is December 21, the winter solstice. Grandma explains that little hands of darkness start bringing winter during the summer, making each day shorter. Now that winter is here, the animals must adapt to the change. And then finally, winter yields to the lengthening days and summer arrives. Each page is nicely complemented by a painting suffused with the clarity of winter light. The allegory may be confusing to young children, but the book succeeds in conveying the rhythm of the seasons. 1993, HarperCollins, Ages 4 to 8, $15.00, $14.89, and $4.95. Reviewer: Dr. Judy Rowen?Elephant Walk?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Anna Vojtech????Silver Tusk, the matriarch, is pushing her herd hard. Poor Odon is confused and just a bit scared. Why doesn't his mother stop to nurse him-what is the reason for this urgency? They pull up grass and eat while steadily marching ahead. Finally after hours of travel, Silver Tusk stops. "She flapped her ears and held them out like barn doors. She rumbled so piercingly that Odon hid under her." A big surprise was in store. The final pages of the book are filled with elephant facts. It's an attractive and informative visit with one of the earth's largest animals. 1998, Disney Press, Ages 3 to 7, $13.95. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot?Everglades?Jean Craighead George?Illustrations by Wendell Minor????In this evocative tale, five children travel through the Florida Everglades by canoe, listening to a well-informed guide describe the evolution of landscape around them. Illustrated with majestic, full-page paintings, this exquisite book celebrates the beauty of the Everglades before humans damaged the ecosystem and encourages readers to restore this endangered environment. 1995, HarperCollins, Ages 6 to 9, $15.95, $15.89, and $5.95. Reviewer: Debra Briatico?The First Thanksgiving?Jean Craighead George?Paintings by Thomas Locker????Artist Thomas Locker's oil paintings are the perfect accompaniment for Jean Craighead George's artful text. The story begins with the formation of Plymouth Rock and continues with Squanto's kidnapping by the English and his eventual return home. He is the hero of this story. Without him, the Pilgrims might not have survived that first winter. The suffering of that first year is vividly portrayed in the illustrations which describe the techniques for planting, hunting, and fishing that Squanto shared with the Pilgrims. A rich edition to our Thanksgiving literature. 1996 (orig. 1993), Philomel, Ages 7 to 10, $15.95 and $6.99. Reviewer: Jan Lieberman?Frightful's Mountain?Jean Craighead George????When Sam Gribley learns that it is illegal for him to keep a Peregrine falcon, he releases Frightful to the wild. Since she was raised in captivity, she is even more vulnerable to the dangers of the environment. She faces threats from poachers and live wires. Just as her natural instincts for raising a family are beginning to appear, their lives are threatened by humans rebuilding a bridge. Sam is not alone is trying to save the falcons, and Jean Craighead George uses the names of real people who are working to make a safer environment for hawks. The reader will soar with Frightful as she flies around her Catskill Mountain region. George maintains her high standard of nature writing as she deftly weaves the natural and man-made dangers into the storyline. Her characterization of Frightful is so vivid, the reader truly cares for her. This, the third book in the trilogy that began with My Side of the Mountain, can be read independent of the other two. 1999, Dutton, Ages 9 to 12, $15.99. Reviewer: Sharon Salluzzo?Gorilla Gang?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Stacey Schuett????This information book delivers facts about gorilla behavior, especially verbal behavior. Yet the anthropomorphic approach and the story line of a jealous sibling who rescues the baby will detract from the book's value. Unfortunately the illustrations add to the overall disappointment. A plug for the large, well known, corporate publisher's animal park is the final straw. 1998, Disney Press, Ages 5 to 7, $14.99 and $14.49. Reviewer: Jacki Vawter?Incredible Animal Adventures?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Donna Diamond????This edition of "Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts" (1994 and now out of print), has been reissued with new drawings. Ten short vignettes explain the true-life stories behind Balto, Smokey Bear, and Punxatawney Phil, as well as of less well-known animal such as the fastest horse in the old West, the freeing of whales trapped in the ice, and Lewis and Clark's faithful dog Seaman. The stories will cause readers to marvel at the resourcefulness of animals and encourage respect for animal intelligence. George does not blunt her language for this age group, but the short format and the compelling truth of the stories make them suited for less-able older readers, small group reading in upper elementary classrooms, or anyone seeking a high-interest selection of stories about animals. 1999 (orig. 1994), HarperCollins, Ages 7 to 11, $4.25. Reviewer: Susan Hepler?Julie?Jean Craighead George????This is the sequel to Julie of the Wolves. Returning to her father's home, Julie meets his pregnant wife, a white-American, and believes he has forsaken their Eskimo values. As she interacts with her new family, her attitude changes. She learns the power of love and respect. In Part 2, Julie returns to her wolves to lead them to safer hunting grounds. Vivid descriptions of the pack and Julie's method of accustoming them to her presence are riveting. She also meets a young man from Siberia and experiences the first stirrings of love, an indication that there may be another book. The author's knowledge of the terrain, Eskimo traditions, and wolf behavior are woven into a colorful tapestry that envelops readers in its brilliance and warmth. 1994, Harper, Ages 12 up, $15.00, $14.89, and $4.50 paper. Reviewer: Jan Lieberman?Julie of the Wolves?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by John Schoenherr????In this Newbery award winning book, George tells the story of a young Eskimo girl who runs away from an arranged marriage and survives on the tundra, for many months nurtured by a wolf-pack. The book ends with Julie's return to her father and home where she finds her father has built a successful village business raising musk oxen. Author George was worried that reviewers would think she was making up stories about wolf-human communication, because wolf research was just beginning when she wrote her book. But its continued popularity has put that fear to rest. 1974, HarperCollins, Ages 11 up, $15.00, $14.89, $3.95 and $2.25. Reviewer: Susie Wilde?Julie's Wolf Pack?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Wendell Minor????In Julie of the Wolves and its sequel Julie, George introduced readers to the fascinating life of Julie and her interaction with a pack of wolves on the Arctic tundra and in northern Alaska. In this fabulous continuation of the story, the story is no longer from Julie's perspective but rather from the wolves' point of view. Through the minds of the different members of the Julie's wolf pack, the story of their fight for survival unfurls. The young leader Kapu struggles to keep his position from internal opposition within the pack. The entire pack faces a strange illness along with a food shortage that endangers their lives along with the lives of their new pups. Following several years in the lives of these wolves is engaging reading. Julie, the protagonist in the other novels, appears as a strong human presence throughout the book, and helps the wolves whenever she can while going forward with her own plans for the future which may separate her from her beloved wolves. 1997, HarperCollins, Ages 10 up, $14.95 and $14.89. Reviewer: Rebecca Joseph?Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Lucia Washburn????Newbery winner George is a writer who can take the whole of nature and offer up its wonders with enthusiasm and grace. In this book for younger readers, she presents a poetic look at exactly what a wolf pup is like-and is learning-from its day of birth till it is full grown. Part of the book's charm is relating events of nature in the far north to those here at home: pups are born in our more southerly dandelion season; they learn hunting skills when our blueberries are ripe. First-time illustrator Washburn is totally in tune with George's text; her images evoke a marvelous sense of both animals and the barren beauty of the far north. 1997, HarperCollins, Ages 5 to 9, $14.95, and $14.89. Reviewer: Kathleen Karr?The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo: An Ecological Mystery?Jean Craighead George????One of the first environmental writers for youngsters is still one of the best. Jean Craighead George mixes up some botany, ecology, biology and mystery. Here she lures readers with the mystery/adventure tale of Liza K., who lives with her mother in the Gumbo Limbo section of the Everglades. Liza feels a deep affinity toward her beautiful, natural surroundings. When an official tries to do away with Dajun, an enormous alligator, Liza K. must find the missing `gator with careful detective work and an ability to read environmental clues. 1991, HarperCollins, Ages 8 to 12, $14.95 and $14.89. Reviewer: Deborah Zink Roffino?Morning, Noon, and Night?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Wendell Minor????The detailed, realistic paintings illustrating this book add greatly to the chronicling of a day begun as the rosy light of dawn turns night into day. The cardinal sings, "Good morning, the sun. Cheer, Cheer." Work begins. The oxen labor in the fields, the birds, toads and frogs search for food and the bees buzz, "Work, Work." The sun is high at noon and it is time for a siesta. The animals doze and birds are quiet. In the afternoon, as the work is done, the bison wanders over to the water while the prairie dog plays. At dusk, the nocturnal creatures begin to stir and as night falls, the bat flies and the owl sings, "Who, the night, Who, Who?" The earth turns and it is dawn once again and the bright red cardinal sings, "Cheer, cheer." A peaceful book which will provide a tranquil interval when read with a young child just before a nap or bedtime. 1999, HarperCollins, Ages 3 to 8, $15.95. Reviewer: Carolyn Mott Ford?My Side of the Mountain?Jean Craighead George?Illustrations by Jean Craighead George????Young Sam Gribley lives a comfortable life in New York City. But tired of urban living, he, with his parents' knowledge, runs away to the Catskills Mountains, determined to live on the site of his great-grandparents' old homestead. Leaving the city with few possessions, he sets off on the adventure of a lifetime. His initial nights on the mountain prove difficult as he struggles to stay warm and find food. Eventually, Sam adjusts, learns much about himself and becomes a true backwoodsman, eating off the land, making deerskin clothes, hollowing out the base of a large tree to live in and becoming part of the wilderness environment. He steals a baby peregrine falcon from its nest and adopts the bird he names Frightful. They become inseparable as Frightful helps his new 'parent' hunt for food. This is a richly detailed book, filled with tales about living off the land. Nonetheless, it requires much suspension of disbelief concerning Sam's impressive, albeit somewhat implausible, ability to survive alone in the wilderness and his parents' willingness to let him do so. Still, this award-winning book has much to appeal to young readers searching for literary adventures. 1991 (orig. 1959), Puffin Books/Penguin Books, Ages 10 to 14, $15.99 and $5.99. Reviewer: Bruce Adelson?On the Far Side of the Mountain?Jean Craighead George?Illustrations by Jean Craighead George????Sam Gribley has spent two years away from his parents' home in New York City, living the wilderness life in the Catskills Mountains. In this sequel to My Side of the Mountain, Sam is joined by his younger sister Alice as full-time backwoods residents. Sam's homestead is now quite developed, with a tree house for Alice, a mill and an irrigation system. Their idyllic life changes when Sam's pet falcon, an endangered species, is confiscated by the local conservation officer. Devastated by this loss, Sam is further discomfited when Alice goes off on her own adventure accompanied by a pig whom she has adopted. Worried about her welfare, Sam sets off to find Alice with his friend Bando, a college professor who met and befriended Sam in his first year on the mountain. They depart Sam's homestead and track Alice across unknown wilderness. This well-textured story with finely detailed characters takes the reader on new adventures. Upon finding Alice, Sam gains a new affection for her after learning the reason for her cross-mountain trek. He also learns about the preciousness of wildlife and endangered species, discovering that they are best appreciated and protected as wild animals not pets. 1991 (orig. 1990), Puffin Books/Penguin Books, Ages 8 to 12, $15.00 and $5.99. Reviewer: Bruce Adelson?One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Gary Allen????Dr. Rivero and a team of scientists come to the rain forest to rescue it from a tree cutting company. Tepui, an Indian boy from the Venezuelan forest, becomes Dr. Rivero's personal guide in the search for the one thing that will save this rain forest-an unnamed butterfly. The author is an ace when it comes to detail in this book. She creates suspense that will keep children turning the pages until they learn the fate of the rain forest. Also in the series are: One Day in the Alpine Tundra, One Day in the Desert, One Day in the Jungle, One Day in the Prairie, and One Day in the Woods. 1995, HarperTrophy, Ages 9 to 12, $14.95, $14.89, and $3.95. Reviewer: Glen Mayers?One Day in the Woods?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Gary Allen????This book introduces Rebecca, who enters the northern deciduous woods near her New York home in search of the elusive ovenbird. During her day in the woods, she discovers the magic inherent in all creatures-birds, flying squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, and yes, even encounters the mysterious ovenbird. Author George fills the short chapters with details that will help younger reader easily envision life in the woods. Also in the series are: One Day in the Alpine Tundra, One Day in the desert, One Day in the Jungle, One Day in the Prairie, and One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest. 1995, HarperTrophy, Ages 9 to 12, $14.89 and $3.95. Reviewer: Glen Mayers?Snow Bear?Jean Craighead George?Illustrations by Wendell Minor????This is a tough book to swallow if you know anything at all about polar bears. When a little girl named Bessie Nivyek encounters a baby polar bear, the two romp and play happily. If the story were presented as a legend, the story might work because improbable and magical things happen in legends. But in real life, Bessie would be a hot meal for the mother polar bear. Wendell Minor's watercolor illustrations are lovely, but it's probably not a good idea to read this kind of thing to kids. Next thing you know, they'll be out trying to commune with the wild animals in their own neighborhood--and even a city squirrel can inflict a nasty wound on a child who's been hoodwinked into thinking that wild animals are his natural playmates. 1999, Hyperion Books for Children, Ages 4 to 8, $15.99. Reviewer: Donna Freedman?The Tarantula in My Purse?Jean Craighead George????This book's subtitle "and 172 Other Wild Pets" may leave some people wondering about the contradiction it presents--if something is wild, then it's not a pet, and vice versa. To her credit, the author touches on this issue. Moreover, several of the stories in this book do not have happy endings. For instance, when George doesn't properly tether the kestrel and a crow comes to harass him, the kestrel flies away still attached to his leash. The beautiful bird is doomed if the author can't rescue him. Sadly, she does not find him. The cycle of love and loss introduced in this book may disturb some children. The first story is an especially difficult one because it also interjects a betrayal of trust between parent and child. The author promises the daughter that if she opens the window to let her beloved owl outside, he will come back; instead, the bird flies off into the night and never returns. The tale ends there; it may have been preferential to learn how trust was regained between mother and daughter, or if it wasn't lost, why. The book presents another obstacle for the younger members of its intended audience as it jumps back and forth in time, often without solid lead-ins; for instance, although the owl disappeared forever in the first story, he shows up in the next story without any explanation as to the time setting other than a vague "one spring." The book gets rolling when it introduces the family's crows, adding fun and interesting asides about other crows and information on their habits. The book is at its strongest when the author discusses the animals as beings that let us see another world through their eyes. 1996, HarperCollins Publishers, Ages 8 to 12, $14.95, $14.89 and $4.50. Reviewer: Sherri Byrand?There's an Owl in the Shower?Jean Craighead George?Illustrated by Christine Herman Merrill????This is the story of a family that is struggling after father lost his logging job due to environmental concerns relating to the endangered spotted owl. When Borden finds a small owlet hurt in the forest, he brings the creature home. It becomes a part of the family, loved especially by the father who is horrified to discover it's a spotted owl. Love amid times of difficulty and the complexity of ecological issues are both poignantly described. 1995, HarperCollins, Ages 8 to 11, $13.95, $13.89 and $3.95. Reviewer: Susie Wilde?10. Craighead GeorgeFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJean Craighead George (b. 2 July 1919 in Washington, D.C.) is an American author. She lives in Chappaqua, New York.Jean Craighead George has written over one hundred popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal and Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side of the Mountain and the sequel, On the Far Side of the Mountain. Most of her books deal with topics related to the environment and the natural world. While mostly writing children's fiction, she has also written at least two guides to cooking with wild foods, and an autobiography, Journey Inward.BiographyJean Craighead George was born June 2,1919 in Washington D.C. and raised in a family of naturalists, Jean George has centered her life around writing and nature. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study owls, gathered edible plants and made fish hooks from twigs. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In third grade she began writing and hasn't stopped yet. She has written over 100 books.George graduated, in 1940, from Pennsylvania State University with degrees in both English and science. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House Press Corps and a reporter for The Washington Post. From 1969-1982, she was a writer and editor at Readers Digest. She married John Lothur George in 1944 and they divorced in 1963. Pennsylvania State University Center for the Book biography</ref> Her first novels were written in collaboration with him, and she provided the illustrations for them, done in black and white water colours or inks. A later editor encouraged her to use other illustrators for her books.Ms. George has written over a hundred books, among them My Side of the Mountain, a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, and its 1990 sequel On the Far Side of the Mountain. In 1991, Ms. George became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature, which was presented to her for the "consistent superior quality" of her literary works.[citation needed]Her inspiration for the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves evolved from two specific events during a summer she spent studying wolves and tundra at the Arctic Research Laboratory of Barrow, Alaska: "One was a small girl walking the vast and lonesome tundra outside of Barrow; the other was a magnificent alpha male wolf, leader of a pack in Denali National Park.... They haunted me for a year or more as did the words of one of the scientists at the lab: 'If there ever was any doubt in my mind that a man could live with the wolves, it is gone now. The wolves are truly gentlemen, highly social and affectionate.' "[citation needed]The mother of three children, Jean George is a grandmother who has joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George has 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 in autumn when the sun changes their behaviour and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories."[citation needed]Works1948 Vulpes the Red Fox (American Woodland Tales series, with husband John L. George, illustrated by author Jean George)1949 Vison the Mink (American Woodland Tales series, with John L. George, illustrated by author Jean George)1950 Masked Prowler, The Story of a Raccoon (American Woodland Tales series, with John L. George, illustrated by author Jean George)1952 Meph, the Pet Skunk (American Woodland Tales series, with John L. George, illustrated by author Jean George)1954 Bubo, the Great Horned Owl (American Woodland Tales series, with John L. George, illustrated by author Jean George)1956 Dipper of Copper Creek (American Woodland Tales series, with John L. George, illustrated by author Jean George)1957 The Hole in the Tree (listed as Jean George, illustrated by author)1958 Snow Tracks (listed as Jean George, illustrated by author)1959 My Side of the Mountain (Mountain series #1, listed as Jean George, illustrated by author) (ISBN 0-14-034810-7)1962 The Summer of the Falcon (illustrated by author)1963 Red Robin, Fly Up! (picture book, photos by Ellan Young)1964 Gull Number 737 (illustrated by author)1964 Marvels and Mysteries of Our Animal World (Jean George editor and contributor)1965 Spring Comes to the Ocean (illustrated by John Wilson)1966 Hold Zero! (illustrated by author)1967 The Moon of the Owls (The Thirteen Moons series #1, picture book illustrated by Jean Zallinger)1967 The Moon of the Bears (The Thirteen Moons series #2, picture book illustrated by Mac Shepard)1967 The Moon of the Salamanders (The Thirteen Moons series #3, picture book illustrated by John Kaufmann)1968 The Moon of the Monarch Butterlies (The Thirteen Moons series #5, picture book illustrated by Murray Tinkelman)1968 The Moon of the Fox Pups (The Thirteen Moons series #6, picture book illustrated by Kiyoaki Komoda)1968 The Moon of the Wild Pigs (The Thirteen Moons series #7, picture book illustrated by Peter Parnall)1968 The Moon of the Mountain Lions (The Thirteen Moons series #8, picture book illustrated by Winifred Lubell)1968 Coyote in Manhattan (illustrated by John Kaufmann)1969 The Moon of the Chickarees (The Thirteen Moons series #4, picture book illustrated by John Schoenherr)1969 The Moon of the Deer (The Thirteen Moons series #9, picture book illustrated by Jean Zallinger)1969 The Moon of the Alligators (The Thirteen Moons series #10, picture book illustrated by Adrina Zanazanian)1969 The Moon of the Gray Wolves (The Thirteen Moons series #11, picture book illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund)1969 The Moon of the Winter Bird (The Thirteen Moons series #12, picture book illustrated by Kazue Mizumura)1969 The Moon of the Moles (The Thirteen Moons series #13, picture book illustrated by Robert Levering)1969 New York in Maps (listed as Toy Lasker and Jean George)1970 Beastly Inventions: A Surprising Investigation Into Just How Smart Animals Really Are (illustrated by author)1971 Who Really Killed Cock Robin? (Ecological Mystery #1)1971 All Upon a Stone (picture book illustrated by Don Bolognese)1972 Julie of the Wolves (Julie series #1, illustrated by John Schoenherr) (ISBN 0-06-440058-1)1972 Everglades Wildguide (Official National Park Handbook #143, illustrated by Betty Fraser) (ISBN 0-06-446194-7)1974 All Upon a Sidewalk (picture book illustrated by Don Bolognese)1975 Hook a Fish, Catch a Mountain1976 Going to the Sun1978 The Wentletrap Trap (picture book illustrated by Symeon Shimin)1978 The Wounded Wolf (picture book illustrated by John Schoenherr)1978 The American Walk Book1979 River Rats, Inc.1980 The Cry of the Crow (ISBN 0-06-440131-6)1982 Journey Inward (author's autobiography)1982 The Grizzly Bear With the Golden Ears (picture book illustrated by Tom Catania) (ISBN 0-06-021966-1)1982 The Wild, Wild Cookbook (illustrated by Walter Kessell)1983 One Day in the Desert (One Day series #1)1983 The Talking Earth1984 One Day in the Alpine Tundra (One Day series #2)1985 How to Talk to Your Animals (illustrated by author)1986 One Day in the Prairie (One Day series #3)1986 How to Talk to Your Cat (chapter book, originally included in 1985's How to Talk to Your Animals, illustrated by author)1986 How to Talk to Your Dog (chapter book, originally included in 1985's How to Talk to Your Animals, illustrated by author)1987 Water Sky (illustrated by author)1988 One Day in the Woods (One Day series #4)1989 Shark Beneath the Reef1990 One Day in the Tropical Rainforest (One Day series #5)1990 On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain series #2, illustrated by author) (ISBN 0-14-131241-6)1991 The Moon of the Mountain Lions (The Thirteen Moons #8, new edition of picture book illustrated by Ron Parker)1991 The Moon of the Alligators (The Thirteen Moons #10, new edition of picture book illustrated by Michael Rothman)1991 The Moon of the Gray Wolves (The Thirteen Moons #11, new edition of picture book illustrated by Sal Catalano)1992 The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo (Ecological Mystery #2)1992 The Moon of the Salamanders (The Thirteen Moons #3, new edition of picture book illustrated by Marlene Hill Werner)1992 The Moon of the Chickarees (The Thirteen Moons #4, new edition of picture book illustrated by Don Rodell)1992 The Moon of the Fox Pups (The Thirteen Moons #6, new edition of picture book illustrated by Norman Adams)1992 The Moon of the Wild Pigs (The Thirteen Moons #7, new edition of picture book illustrated by Paul Mirocha)1992 The Moon of the Deer (The Thirteen Moons #9, new edition of picture book illustrated by Sal Catalano)1992 The Moon of the Winter Bird (The Thirteen Moons #12, new edition of picture book illustrated by Vincent Nasta)1992 The Moon of the Moles (The Thirteen Moons #13, new edition of picture book illustrated by Michael Rothman)1993 The Fire Bug Connection (Ecological Mystery #3) (ISBN 0-06-440474-9)1993 The First Thanksgiving (picture book illustrated by Thomas Locker) (ISBN 0-698-11392-6)1993 The Big Book for Our Planet (co-editor and contributor)1993 Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here (picture book illustrated by Loretta Krupinski) (ISBN 0-06-443427-3)1993 The Moon of the Owls (The Thirteen Moons #1, new edition of picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)1993 The Moon of the Bears (The Thirteen Moons #2, new edition of picture book illustrated by Ron Parker)1993 The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies (The Thirteen Moons #5, new edition of picture book illustrated by Kam Mak)1994 Julie (Julie series #2) (ISBN 0-06-440573-7)1994 Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts (illustrated by Christine Herman Merrill)1995 Everglades (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor) (ISBN 0-06-446194-7)1995 There's an Owl in the Shower1995 Acorn Pancakes, Dandelion Salad and 38 Other Wild Recipes (abridgement of 1982's The Wild, Wild Cookbook, illustrated by Paul Mirocha)1995 To Climb a Waterfall (picture book illustrated by Thomas Locker)1996 The Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild Pets (ISBN 0-06-446201-3)1996 The Case of the Missing Cutthroats, An Ecological Mystery (reissue of 1975's "Hook a Fish, Catch a Mountain")1997 Julie's Wolf Pack (Julie series #3) (ISBN 0-06-027406-9)1997 Look to the North, A Wolf Pup Diary (picture book illustrated by Lucia Washburn) (ISBN 0-06-023641-8)1997 Arctic Son (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)1998 Dear Katie, the Volcano is a Girl (picture book illustrated by Daniel Powers) (ISBN 0-7868-0314-2)1998 Giraffe Trouble (picture book illustrated by Anna Vojtech) (ISBN 0-7868-5066-3)1998 Elephant Walk (picture book illustrated by Anna Vojtech)1998 Gorilla Gang (picture book illustrated by Stacey Schuett)1998 Rhino Romp (picture book illustrated by Stacey Schuett)1999 Frightful's Mountain (Mountain series #3, illustrated by author) (ISBN 0-525-46166-3)1999 Morning, Noon, and Night (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)1999 Incredible Animal Adventures (reissue of 1994's Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts, illustrated by Donna Diamond)1999 Snow Bear (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)2000 How to Talk to Your Cat (picture book illustrated by Paul Meisel, abridged from 1986's chapter book of same title)2000 My Side of the Mountain Trilogy (compilation of Mountain series books #1, 2, and 3, illustrated by author)2001 Nutik, the Wolf Pup (Julie series #4, picture book illustrated by Ted Rand) ISBN 0-06-028164-2)2001 Nutik and Amaroq Play Ball (Julie series #5, picture book illustrated by Ted Rand) (ISBN 0-06-028166-9)2001 Autumn Moon (Seasons of the Moon #1, compilation of The Thirteen Moons books #9, 10, and 11)2001 Winter Moon (Seasons of the Moon #2, compilation of The Thirteen Moons books #12, 13, 1, and 2)2002 Cliff Hanger (Outdoor Adventures series #1, picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor) (ISBN 0-06-000260-3)2002 Frightful's Daughter (Mountain series #4, picture book illustrated by Daniel San Souci)2002 Tree Castle Island (illustrated by author)2002 Spring Moon (Seasons of the Moon #3, compilation of The Thirteen Moons books #3, 4, and 5)2002 Summer Moon (Seasons of the Moon #4, compilation of The Thirteen Moons books #6, 7, and 8)2003 Fire Storm (Outdoors Adventures series #2, picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor) (ISBN 0-06-000263-8)2004 Snowboard Twist (Outdoors Adventures series #3, picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)2004 Charlie's Raven2006 Luck, the Story of a Sandhill Crane (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)2007 Frightful's Daughter Meets the Baron Weasel (Mountain series #5, picture book illustrated by Daniel San Souci)2008 Goose and Duck (picture book illustrated by Priscilla Lamont)2008 The Wolves are Back (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)2009 The Cats of Roxville Station (illustrated by Tom Pohrt)2009 Pocket Guide to the Outdoors: Based on My Side of the Mountain (with Twig C. George)2009 The Last Polar Bear (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)Forthcoming books2010 The Buffalo Are Back (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)2011 The Eagles Are Back (picture book illustrated by Wendell Minor)11. of Books by Jean Craighead George – could be used to find images of covers or brief descriptions of some texts. ................
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