Born:February 11, 1939
New York City, New York,
United States Of America
Jane Yolen
Biography
It seems like I've been writing since birth! I started writing poems before I got to school. I wrote the class musical in first grade — both words and music. It was about a bunch of vegetables who got together in a salad. I played the chief carrot!
While I was in junior high, I wrote an entire essay in rhyme about manufacturing in New York State. In high school, I won a Scholastic poetry contest. In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs.
Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. It was a nonfiction book about women pirates— Pirates in Petticoats. After that, I was a book writer for good.
I've also been an editor, a teacher, a storyteller, a critic, a songwriter for rock groups and folk singers— as well as a mother and now a grandmother. I've been married for 35 years to Dr. David Stemple, who is the chairman of a university computer science department.
Despite this, I only started using a computer for writing a few year ago! Before then, I wrote on a typewriter, endlessly revising. My friends call it gem polishing. But I remember something the great poet John Ciardi once said— that a poem is never finished, just abandoned. I am that way with everything I write. I just keep going over and over and over until someone yanks it out of my hands! I've written more than 200 books.
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Unsolved Mystery from History: Roanoke: The Lost Colony
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Unsolved Mystery from History: Roanoke: The Lost Colony
by Jane Yolen and Roger RothWhen her dad proposes five possible theories about the lost colony of Roanoke, the determined history detective goes to work. With her spiral notebook and Post-It notes she clarifies details for the reader as she follows the evidence. "An attractive, intriguing introduction to the lost colony." - Booklist
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Paperback Book | Grades 3-5
Grades 3-5 $5.95
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¿Cómo cuentan hasta diez los dinosaurios?
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¿Cómo cuentan hasta diez los dinosaurios?
by Jane Yolen and Mark TeagueThis board book format brings the gigantic humor of award-winning team Jane Yolen and Mark Teague to the youngest readers, helping them to learn through simple, rhyming text and laugh-out-loud illustrations!
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Board Book | Grades Pre-K-K
Grades Pre-K-K $6.99
