Jane Yolen
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born
February 11, 1939
gender
female
place of birth
New York City, The United States
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genre
Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Young Adult
about this author
Yolen was born at Beth Israel Hospital, the first child of Isabel Berlin and Will Hyatt Yolen. She and her family moved to California when she was young but returned to New York a few years later. After he younger brother was born, her father joined the army and served on the European front during WWII. Yolen spent her childhood taking piano lessons, ballet dancing and writing a neighborhood newspaper with her brother. Yolen spent her teen years in Westport, Connecticut, and became involved in choir, basketball, debate, language clubs and the school paper. She graduated from Smith College with several publications in literary magazines already to her name.
In 1962, Yolen married David Stemple. They had three children together and six g...more
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The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen avg rating 4.10 — 2,550 ratings — published 1988 22 editions |
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Briar Rose by Jane Yolen avg rating 3.81 — 1,658 ratings — published 1988 11 editions |
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen, Mark Teague avg rating 4.12 — 1,177 ratings — published 2000 17 editions |
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Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, John Schoenherr avg rating 4.08 — 677 ratings — published 1987 12 editions |
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Dragon's Blood (The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 1) by Jane Yolen avg rating 3.91 — 677 ratings — published 1982 12 editions |
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Heart's Blood (The Pit Dragon Chronicles, book 2) by Jane Yolen avg rating 3.90 — 540 ratings — published 1984 10 editions |
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How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen, Mark Teague avg rating 4.07 — 416 ratings — published 2005 9 editions |
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A Sending of Dragons (The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 3) by Jane Yolen avg rating 3.80 — 426 ratings — published 1989 10 editions |
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Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen, Bruce Coville avg rating 3.53 — 378 ratings — published 1998 8 editions |
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Queen's Own Fool by Jane Yolen, Robert Harris, Cynthia von Buhler (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.81 — 339 ratings — published 2000 5 editions |
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Jane Yolen on tour for the book "How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? (How Do Dinosaurs...)"
Author appearance, December 06, 2009 02:00PM
Gibson's Bookstore, 27 South Main Street, Concord, NH, The United States
One of our favorite children's book authors will join us to speak and tell stori...more
Author appearance, December 06, 2009 02:00PM
Gibson's Bookstore, 27 South Main Street, Concord, NH, The United States
One of our favorite children's book authors will join us to speak and tell stori...more
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"Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood."
— Jane Yolen
— Jane Yolen
"Read to Me
Read to me riddles
and read to me rhymes,
read to me stories
of magical times.
Read to me tales
about castles and kings,
read to me stories
of fabulous things.
Read to me pirates,
and read to me knights,
read to me dragons
and dragon-back flights.
Read to me spaceships
and cowboys and then
when you are finished-
please read them again!
"
— Jane Yolen
Read to me riddles
and read to me rhymes,
read to me stories
of magical times.
Read to me tales
about castles and kings,
read to me stories
of fabulous things.
Read to me pirates,
and read to me knights,
read to me dragons
and dragon-back flights.
Read to me spaceships
and cowboys and then
when you are finished-
please read them again!
"
— Jane Yolen
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poetry
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"'Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.'"
— Jane Yolen (The Books of Great Alta: Comprising 'Sister Light, Sister Dark' and 'White Jenna')
— Jane Yolen (The Books of Great Alta: Comprising 'Sister Light, Sister Dark' and 'White Jenna')
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