John Rowe Townsend (1922–2014)

Auteur van Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature

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John Rowe Townsend was born on May 19, 1922. He received an English degree from Emmanuel College. After graduation he decided to pursue journalism and worked briefly on the Yorkshire Post and Evening Standard. He worked at the Manchester Guardian as a subeditor and art editor, and was editor of the toon meer Guardian Weekly from 1955. Even though he left the paper in 1969 to become a full-time writer, he remained children's books editor until 1978 and a columnist until 1981. He founded the influential Guardian children's fiction prize. His first novel, Gumble's Yard, was published in 1961. His other novels include Noah's Castle, Good-Night, Prof, Love, and Cranford Revisited. The Intruder won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Edgar Award for juvenile mystery. He also wrote non-fiction books including A Sense of Story and edited Trade and Plumb-Cake for Ever, Huzza! He died on March 24, 2014 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

Bevat de namen: John R. Townsend, John Rowe Townsend, Townsend John Rowe

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Written for Children: An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature (1974) 173 exemplaren

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Gumble's Yard (1967) 52 exemplaren

De indringer (1969) 45 exemplaren

A Sounding of Storytellers (1971) 37 exemplaren

De eilanders (1758) 34 exemplaren

The Xanadu Manuscript (1977) 29 exemplaren

The Hidden Treasure (1986) 29 exemplaren

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Good-night, Prof, Love (1970) 24 exemplaren

The Golden Journey (1989) 23 exemplaren

Pirate's Island (1968) 23 exemplaren

Hell's Edge (1963) 19 exemplaren

The Summer People (1972) 19 exemplaren

Helemaal alleen (1983) 15 exemplaren

A Foreign Affair (1982) 15 exemplaren

Goodbye to Gumble's Yard (1967) 15 exemplaren

Modern Poetry: A Selection (1971) 15 exemplaren

The Creatures (1980) 13 exemplaren

Downstream (1987) 12 exemplaren

The Persuading Stick (1987) 10 exemplaren

Rob's Place (1987) 9 exemplaren

John Newbery and his books : trade and plumb-cake for ever, huzza! (1994) 6 exemplaren

Widdershins Crescent (1965) 6 exemplaren

Top of the World (1978) 6 exemplaren

Sam and Jenny (1992) 5 exemplaren

Forest of the night (1974) 4 exemplaren

A Wish for Wings (1972) 3 exemplaren

Skylark Stories 3 exemplaren

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Cranford Revisited (1989) 2 exemplaren

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Officiële naam: Townsend, John Rowe
Geboortedatum: 1922-05-10
Overlijdensdatum: 2014-03-24
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: England
UK
Geboorteplaats: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Woonplaatsen: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Opleiding: Leeds Grammar School, Leeds, England, UK
University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College)
Beroepen: children's book author
academic
Relaties: Walsh, Jill Paton (wife)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1971)

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Sam and Jenny door John Rowe Townsend

Sam borrows camera. Sam loses camera. Jenny borrows dad's camera. Sam borrows Jenny's dad's camera. And that's how Sam meets Jenny. But neither Sam nor Jenny are remotely attracted to each other. Yet as the weeks go by, something strange appears to be happening to them. Is is love lurking behind the lenses? Is there something developing in the darkrooms of their hearts? Could it be that Sam actually wants Jenny and not just her camera?

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