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Ellen Levine

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Children's Books

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Ellen Levine's books have won many awards and honors, including the Jane Addams Peace Award. Although she enjoys writing both fiction and nonfiction, most of Ellen's books for young readers have been nonfiction. "Writing nonfiction lets me in behind the scenes of the story. I enjoy learning new things and meeting new people, even if they lived 200 years ago."

Ellen Levine was born in New York City. She received her B.A. degree in Politics from Brandeis University, graduating Magna cum laude. She has a Master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law. She has worked in film and television, taught adults and immigrant teenagers in special education and ESL pro...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 2,991 ratings · 567 reviews · 43 distinct works

	Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 2,458 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	My rating:
	In Trouble 3.01 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews 3.88 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	I Hate English! by Ellen Levine, Steve Bjorkman (Illustrations) 3.60 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories 3.94 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Catch a Tiger by the Toe 3.48 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island by Ellen Levine, Wayne Parmenter (Illustrator) 3.52 avg rating — 33 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook: America's Bestselling Step-by-Step Cookbook, with More Than 1,400 Recipes by Ellen Levine, Good Housekeeping (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant On The Oregon Trail 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon by Ellen Levine, Elroy Freem (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	My rating:

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