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Jennifer Armstrong

Jennifer Armstrong

Jennifer Armstrong

Jennifer Armstrong is the author of numerous award-winning picture books, both historical fiction and nonfiction. Two of her picture books, Hugh Can Do and Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat, are ALA Notable Books. Her first novel Steal Away, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Notable Book, and a Golden Kite Honor Book, and her novel, The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan is a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book. In 1999 her nonfiction account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 voyage, Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance, was awarded the Orbus Pictus as well as a Boston Globe-Horn Book honor. She lives in New York... Read full bio

News:
Once Upon a Banana has won an award
Jun 25, 2009
Once Upon a Banana will be released on October 24, 2006 in Hardcover
Oct 24, 2006
Once Upon a Banana is now available in Hardcover
Oct 24, 2006
Once Upon a Banana will be released on October 24, 2006 in
Oct 24, 2006
Once Upon a Banana is now available in
Oct 24, 2006
Magnus at the Fire will be released on May 01, 2005 in
May 01, 2005
Magnus at the Fire is now available in
May 01, 2005
Magnus at the Fire will be released on April 26, 2005 in Hardcover
Apr 26, 2005
Magnus at the Fire is now available in Hardcover
Apr 26, 2005
Photo by Brady will be released on March 22, 2005 in Hardcover
Mar 22, 2005
Photo by Brady is now available in Hardcover
Mar 22, 2005
Photo by Brady will be released on March 22, 2005 in
Mar 22, 2005
Photo by Brady is now available in
Mar 22, 2005
A Three-Minute Speech is now available in
Jul 01, 2003
A Three-Minute Speech will be released on July 01, 2003 in
Jul 01, 2003
News:
Photo by Brady has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008

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Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 28, 2011
...children who have seen the TV production that took 10 years to reach the screen. Entertainment Weekly’s Jennifer Armstrong wrote: “The beauty of [the film] is that it makes the title character’s autism—and the unique insight it gave her into...
Reading Eagle, April 24, 2011
...Public Library, 1348 N. 11th St. Library manager: Bethany Redmond. Choices this week: "Once Upon a Banana" by Jennifer Armstrong; "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type" by Doreen Cronin; "Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" by Betty MacDonald. Books to buy The following...
My Soutex, April 11, 2011
...thank all of her devoted doctors and caregivers, especially Dr. Lon S. Smith, his staff Bonnie Clark and Jennifer Armstrong, and Dr. Amita Patnaik. The family would also like to specifically thank Vitas Hospice Care, particularly Stephanie Whitenack R.N....
New Yorker, April 1, 2011
...series would be good for a girl who wouldn’t enjoy reading otherwise…” Over at EW’s Popwatch, Jennifer Armstrong writes about the new series with the subtitle, “Or, why nostalgia trumps taste.” Armstrong and many of the commenters, all smart...
Austin American Statesman, March 29, 2011
...thank all of her devoted doctors and caregivers, especially Dr. Lon S. Smith, his staff Bonnie Clark and Jennifer Armstrong, and Dr. Amita Patnaik. The family would also like to specifically thank Vitas Hospice Care, particularly Stephanie Whitenack R.N....
Hendersonville Times News, March 27, 2011
...It Coming,” Mike Brown “Why? Because We Still Like You: An Oral History of the Mickey Mouse Club,” Jennifer Armstrong “Circular Saws and Jig Saws: The Tool Information You Need at Your Fingertips,” John Kelsey “The Weiser Field Guide to...
GlaxoSmithKline, December 16, 2011
...Carolina) Mary Anne Rhyne +1 919 483 2839 (North Carolina) Sarah Alspach +1 919 483 2839 (Washington, DC) Jennifer Armstrong +1 919 483 2839 Analyst/Investor enquiries: Sally Ferguson +44 (0) 20 8047 5543 Tom Curry + 1 215 751 5419 Gary Davies + 44 (0)...
Therapeutics Daily, December 16, 2011
...Carolina) Mary Anne Rhyne +1 919 483 2839 (North Carolina) Sarah Alspach +1 919 483 2839 (Washington, DC) Jennifer Armstrong +1 919 483 2839 (Philadelphia) Analyst/Investor enquiries: Sally Ferguson +44 (0) 20 8047 5543 (London) Tom Curry + 1 215 751...
Pharma Live, December 16, 2011
...Carolina) Mary Anne Rhyne +1 919 483 2839 (North Carolina) Sarah Alspach +1 919 483 2839 (Washington, DC) Jennifer Armstrong +1 919 483 2839 (Philadelphia) Analyst/Investor enquiries: Sally Ferguson +44 (0) 20 8047 5543 (London) Tom Curry + 1 215 751...
GlaxoSmithKline, December 15, 2011
...Carolina) Mary Anne Rhyne +1 919 483 2839 (North Carolina) Sarah Alspach +1 919 483 2839 (Washington, DC) Jennifer Armstrong +1 919 483 2839 Analyst/Investor enquiries: Sally Ferguson +44 (0) 20 8047 5543 Tom Curry + 1 215 751 5419 Gary Davies + 44 (0)...
Victoria Star, December 15, 2011
...the TSA, plus Josh Barry and Evan MacKnight, both of CWC. The first four junior girls qualifiers were Jennifer Armstrong of the Riverside Curling Club at Rothesay, Jessica Daigle of TSA, Jamie Ward of CWC and Julie Ayotte of the Grand Falls Curling Club....
Times & Transcripts, December 15, 2011
...the TSA, plus Josh Barry and Evan MacKnight, both of CWC. The first four junior girls qualifiers were Jennifer Armstrong of the Riverside Curling Club at Rothesay, Jessica Daigle of TSA, Jamie Ward of CWC and Julie Ayotte of the Grand Falls Curling Club....
Bayou Buzz, December 10, 2011
...FG_AUTHORS: Jennifer Armstrong, The Times-Picayune...