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Demi

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born
January 01, 1942 in The United States

genre
Children's Books


About this author

Demi is the award-winning creator of numerous books for children, including The Empty Pot, Buddha, The Dalai Lama, The Legend of Saint Nicholas, Gandhi, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and received an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, and Muhammad, which was named a Kirkus Editors' Choice selection, a Booklist Editors' Choice selection, one of the Booklist Top Ten Religion Books for Youth, and a Book Links "Lasting Connections" selection, and was cited in a Publishers Weekly starred review as a "timely, exceptionally handsome biography [that] serves as an excellent introduction to Islam." Her gold-leaf paintings and mosaics appear not only in books, but also in the dome of St. Peter and Paul's Church in Wilmingt...more


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Average rating: 4.14 · 2,453 ratings · 544 reviews · 91 distinct works
The Empty Pot
4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions
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One Grain Of Rice: A Mathem...
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions
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The Hungry Coat: A Tale fro...
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2004
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Gandhi
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2001
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The Boy Who Painted Dragons
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2007
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Muhammad
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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Buddha
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1996
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Mother Teresa
4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
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The Magic Pillow
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2008
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