JANE YOLEN“America’s Hans Christian

Anderson,” says Newsweek magazine

“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in

childhood.” ~ Jane Yolen

 

The author as a young girl.

Prolific Writer

Award-Winning AuthorCaldecott Award

Nebula AwardChristopher Medal

California Young Reader Medal, Young Adult Category Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

 National Outdoor Book Awards   World Fantasy Awards

Jewish Book Council Award & Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award

 And Many More!

Wide Ranging Subjects

Nature

History

Picture Books

Holocaust

Reading Yolen in the Classroom

Wide range of reading levels, often on the same topic– Great for Literature Circles.

Exquisitely crafted writing. Meshes well with other writers’ work. Lots of good lesson plans on the Internet. A living writer who speaks around the

country. Works with great illustrators which make

the books inviting to read.

Read a Jane Yolen Book Today!

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