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Karen Hesse

Born

in Baltimore, Maryland, The United States

August 29, 1952

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Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Karen Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. Her novel Out of the Dust was the winner of the 1998 Newbery Medal and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. In 2002, Hesse was a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship.

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How Granny and Bean came to be

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When my choral director, Becky Graber, asked if I might write a poem about being a grandparent that she could set to music, I recalled a day spent in Alnmouth by the North Sea with my very small grandson. The poem became a lovely piece of music as well as this picture book, illustrated perfectly by Charlotte Voake.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 118,117 ratings · 10,219 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	Out of the Dust 3.77 avg rating — 75,422 ratings — published 1987 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Letters from Rifka 3.91 avg rating — 10,680 ratings — published 1992 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Music of Dolphins 3.85 avg rating — 6,851 ratings — published 1996 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Witness 3.72 avg rating — 5,503 ratings — published 2000 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 3.69 avg rating — 3,664 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Safekeeping 3.55 avg rating — 2,514 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse, Jon J. Muth (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 2,010 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Stowaway 3.50 avg rating — 2,323 ratings — published 2000 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Phoenix Rising 3.95 avg rating — 1,667 ratings — published 1994 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Cats In Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse, Wendy Watson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 1,103 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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“the way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.”
― Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust

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“And I know now that all the time I was trying to get
out of the dust,
the fact is,
what I am,
I am because of the dust.
And what I am is good enough.
Even for me.”
― Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust

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“The way I see it, hard times aren't only about money,
or drought,
or dust.
Hard times are about losing spirit,
and hope,
and what happens when dreams dry up.”
― Karen Hesse, Out of the Dust

tags: difficulties-of-life, dreams, hard-times, hope, spirit

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YA BOOK FOR 2ND QTR 2011. FEATURING KWESI'S 10 FAVORITES.

OUT OF THE DUST by Karen Hesse

5 votes, 33.3%

The Twenty One Balloons by William Pène du Bois

THE TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS by William Pene du Bois

5 votes, 33.3%

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES by Eleonor Coerr

3 votes, 20.0%

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM by Christopher Paul Curtis

1 vote, 6.7%

THE KILLER'S TEARS by Anne-Laure Bondoux

1 vote, 6.7%

SECRET OF PLATFORM 13 by Eva Ibbotson

0 votes, 0.0%

HOMELESS BIRD by Gloria Whelan

0 votes, 0.0%

THE CANNING SEASON by Polly Horvath

0 votes, 0.0%

HOPE WAS HERE by Joan Bauer

0 votes, 0.0%

RUBY HOLLER by Sharon Creech

0 votes, 0.0%

15 total votes

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