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Deborah Heiligman

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born

Allentown, Pennsylvania, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.deborahheiligman.com/

genre

Children's Books

influences

E.B. White, E.L. Konigsburg,

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Deborah Heiligman's second job was at the Scholastic News Explorer, the 4th grade classroom magazine. There discovered that she loved writing for children and she has never looked back.

After the birth of her two children she started to work as a freelancer. She has written 28 children's books as well as articles for numerous magazines including Ladies' Home Journal, Sesame Street Parents Guide, Parents Magazine.

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Books by Deborah Heiligman

Average rating: 3.71 · 1,886 ratings · 692 reviews · 40 distinct works

	Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 3.70 avg rating — 1,635 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cool Dog, School Dog by Deborah Heiligman, Tim Bowers (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman, Bari Weissman (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 51 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Fun Dog, Sun Dog 3.71 avg rating — 56 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Intentions 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	Honeybees: Jump into Science 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Independence Day: With Parades, Picnics, and Fireworks by Deborah Heiligman, Matthew Dennis 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: With Honey, Prayers, and the Shofar 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Holidays Around The World: Celebrate Halloween: With Pumpkins, Costumes, and Candy 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The New York Public Library Kid's Guide to Research 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Deborah Heiligman

“I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can always trust, one always the same, always ready to give comfort, sympathy and the best advice. God bless you, my dear, you are too good for me.' -Charles to Emma, 1859”
― Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith

tags: marriage , way-to-be

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“You must remember that you are my prime treasure (and always have been).'
Emma Darwin to husband Charles”
― Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith

tags: love , marriage , tenderness , way-to-be

6 people liked it

“It is feeling and not reasoning that drives one to prayer.' -Emma to Charles”
― Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith

tags: religious

3 people liked it

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What Book Shall We Read in December?

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

11 votes 37.9%

Charles and Emma The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

8 votes 27.6%

The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson

6 votes 20.7%

All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg

3 votes 10.3%

Crossing Stones by Helen Frost

1 vote 3.4%

29 total votes

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