Jean Craighead George






Jean Craighead George

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born
July 02, 1919

gender
female

place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia, The United States

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Children's Books, Outdoors & Nature


about this author

Jean Craighead George has written over eighty popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My 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.
The mother of three children, (Twig C. George, Craig, and Luke) 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 wi...more




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avg rating: 3.82 | 13,651 ratings | 1,297 reviews | 108 distinct works | 20 fans
My Side of the Mountain My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, Book 1)
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.96 — 4,540 ratings — published 1959
32 editions
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Julie of the Wolves Julie of the Wolves (Book 1)
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.67 — 3,835 ratings — published 1972
45 editions
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On the Far Side of the Mountai... On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, Book 2)
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.64 — 815 ratings — published 1990
9 editions
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My Side of the Mountain Trilog... My Side of the Mountain Trilogy
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.98 — 735 ratings — published 1997
4 editions
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Julie's Wolf Pack Julie's Wolf Pack (Julie of the Wolves, Book 3)
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.90 — 571 ratings — published 1997
12 editions
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Julie Julie (Julie of the Wolves, Book 2)
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.74 — 514 ratings — published 1994
9 editions
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Frightful's Mountain Frightful's Mountain (Mountain, Book 3)
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.74 — 398 ratings — published 1999
7 editions
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There's an Owl in the Shower There's an Owl in the Shower
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.71 — 133 ratings — published 1995
6 editions
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The Talking Earth The Talking Earth
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 3.97 — 90 ratings — published 1983
4 editions
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Julie of the Wolves Omnibus, B... Julie of the Wolves Omnibus, Books 1-3
by Jean Craighead George
avg rating 4.06 — 70 ratings — published 1999
3 editions
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