Jean Craighead George

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born

in Washington, District of Columbia, The United States

July 02, 1919

died

May 17, 2012

gender

female

website

http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com

genre

Children's Books, Outdoors & Nature

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Jean Craighead George wrote 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 she mostly wrote children's fiction, she also wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods, and an autobiography, Journey Inward.

The mother of three children, (Twig C. George, Craig, and T. Luke George) Jean George was a grandmother who joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George 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...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 66,638 ratings · 3,415 reviews · 129 distinct works · Similar authors

	Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) by Jean Craighead George, John Schoenherr (Illustrations) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 24,201 ratings — published 1972 — 51 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 23,947 ratings — published 1959 — 42 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Far Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #2) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 3,552 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julie (Julie of the Wolves, #2) by Jean Craighead George, Wendell Minor 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 2,460 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julie's Wolf Pack (Julie of the Wolves, #3) by Jean Craighead George, Wendell Minor (Illustrator) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 2,329 ratings — published 1997 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Side of the Mountain Trilogy 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2,165 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frightful's Mountain (Mountain, #3) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 1,813 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Side of the Mountain/On the Far Side of the Mountain 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 747 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George, Christine Herman Merrill (Illustrator) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 1900 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Talking Earth 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Jean Craighead George

Mountain (3 books)
by Jean Craighead George
3.914222298104832 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 29,285 ratings

Julie of the Wolves (3 books)
by Jean Craighead George, Wendell Minor (Illustrator)
3.7448769789596326 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 29,182 ratings

American Woodland Tales (6 books)
by Jean Craighead George, John L. George
3.657608695652174 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 184 ratings

One Day in the... (5 books)
by Jean Craighead George, Fred Brenner (Illustrator)
3.5555555555555554 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 135 ratings

The 13 Moons (13 books)
by Jean Craighead George, Norman Adams
3.8860759493670884 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 79 ratings

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Quotes by Jean Craighead George

“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.”
― Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain

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