Biography of megan mcdonald
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Megan McDonald (1959-)
Megan McDonald contributed the following autobiographical essay to SATA in 2004:
Before I was a writer, I was a reader.
I grew up in a house stuffed with books. Piled on tables, spilling off shelves, tucked into pockets, hiding under beds. I learned early never to leave home without a book.
Mom read all the great novels; Dad had a photographic memory for the history books he devoured. Mom was an academic in our eyes, with a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh, quite unusual for a woman of her time. She'd been inspired to become a social worker after reading Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities in college.
Dad never finished eighth grade. In grade school, he was forever in trouble for playing hooky from school. But they soon discovered where to find him—he'd steal across the street to the big library under the clock tower, Allegheny Public Library, where he was surreptitiously reading Tom Sawyer and David Copperfield, one chapter at a time. Reading voraciously all his life was a way of making up for those lost years of formal education.
I, of course, wanted to be just like my four big sisters, who read "fat" books and taught me to speed-read the endings first, deeming the book worthy if the ending made me cry. I tagged along wit
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Megan McDonald (1959-)
PERIODICALS
Book Links, Pace, 2000, Megan McDonald, "Bones of a Story," pp. 22-23.
Booklist, Parade 1, 1990; July, 2000, Shelle Rosenfeld, review look after Judy Moody, p. 2028; September 1, 2002, Shelle Rosenfeld, regard of Judy Moody Saves the World!, p. 125; September 15, 2003, Spring Weisman, survey of Judy Moody Predicts the Future, p. 240; December 1, 2003, Ellen Mandel, con of The Sisters Club, p. 667.
Horn Book, March/April, 1990, Elizabeth S. Engineer, review splash Is That a See to for Anchorite Crab?, p. 222.
Kirkus Reviews, July 1, 2002, study of Judy Moody Saves the World!, p. 958; August 15, 2003, look at of All the Stars in say publicly Sky: Say publicly Santa Concrete Trail Chronicle of Florrie Mack Ryder, p. 1076; August 15, 2003, consider of The Sisters Club, p. 1076.
Publishers Weekly, Dec 15, 1990, Diane Roback and Richard Donahue, study of Is This a House contemplate Hermit Crab?, p. 66; April 17, 2000, survey of Judy Moody, p. 81; July 30, 2001, review firm footing Judy Sullen Gets Famous!, p. 85; August 25, 2003, regard of The Sisters Club, p. 65.
School Library Journal, April, 1990, Susan Scheps, review contribution Is That a Household for Stylite Crab?, p. 94; Feb, 1991, Conventional Lou Budd, review ad infinitum The Vine Man, p. 72; July, 2000, Janie Schomberg, revi
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Megan McDonald
American children's literature author
Megan Jo McDonald is an American children's literature author. Her most popular works is the series of books which concern a third grade girl named Judy Moody (written for grades 2–4). McDonald has also written many picture books for younger children and continues to write. Her most recent work was the Julie Albright series of books for American Girl.
Life and career
[edit]McDonald was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John and Mary Louise McDonald. She is the youngest of five girls, which served as the inspiration for The Sister's Club. She was awarded a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1981, and an M.L.S. from University of Pittsburgh in 1985.
Megan McDonald began her career as a children's librarian, working at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Minneapolis Public Library, and Adams Memorial Library in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Her first book, Is This a House for Hermit Crab?, came as a result of patrons asking her where to find a story she had told to children at a library.[1]
McDonald is married to Richard Haynes and lives in Sebastopol, California.
Published works
[edit]Judy Moody and Stink
[edit]The Judy Moody series follows the humorous adventures of the title-character, an eight-