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Adèle De Leeuw (1899–1988)

Autor von The Story of Amelia Earhart

84+ Werke 923 Mitglieder 14 Rezensionen Lieblingsautor von 1 Lesern

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Werke von Adèle De Leeuw

The Story of Amelia Earhart (1955) 133 Exemplare
Blue Ribbons for Meg (1947) 89 Exemplare
Nurses Who Led the Way (1961) 62 Exemplare
James Cook: A World Explorer (1963) 43 Exemplare
Where Valor Lies (1959) 35 Exemplare
Paul Bunyan and His Blue Ox (1968) 34 Exemplare
John Henry Steel-drivin' man (1966) 20 Exemplare
With a High Heart (1956) 18 Exemplare
Legends & Folk Tales of Holland (1963) 18 Exemplare
Nobody's Doll (1940) 16 Exemplare
Horseshoe Harry and the Whale (1976) 14 Exemplare
Paul Bunyan Finds a Wife (1969) 13 Exemplare
The Patchwork Quilt (1943) 11 Exemplare
The Girl Scout Story (1965) 11 Exemplare
Marie Curie: Woman of Genius (1970) 11 Exemplare
Uncle Davy Lane: Mighty Hunter (1970) 10 Exemplare
The Expandable Browns (1955) 9 Exemplare
Dear Stepmother 8 Exemplare
Lindbergh: Lone Eagle (1969) 8 Exemplare
Doll Cottage (1939) 8 Exemplare
Doctor Ellen (1944) 7 Exemplare
The Barred Road (1964) 7 Exemplare
Future for Sale (1946) 6 Exemplare
Hideaway House (1953) 5 Exemplare
Gay Design (1944) 4 Exemplare
The Rugged Dozen (1955) 4 Exemplare
It's fun to cook 4 Exemplare
The Rugged Dozen Abroad (1960) 4 Exemplare
The Goat Who Ate Flowers (1958) 4 Exemplare
Curtain Call (1963) 4 Exemplare
Career for Jennifer 4 Exemplare
Dina and Betsy (1942) 4 Exemplare
Miss Fix-It (1966) 3 Exemplare
Title to Happiness 3 Exemplare
Behold this dream (1968) 3 Exemplare
Clay Fingers (1958) 3 Exemplare
Island Adventure 2 Exemplare
A Place for Herself (1943) 2 Exemplare
Linda Marsh 2 Exemplare
The Salty Skinners (1964) 2 Exemplare
The Caboose Club (1957) 2 Exemplare
Who Can Kill the Lion (1966) 2 Exemplare
Sir Walter Raleigh 1 Exemplar
The Strange Garden (2021) 1 Exemplar
Love Is the Beginning (1960) 1 Exemplar
The Golden Shadow (1951) 1 Exemplar
RIKA (1932) 1 Exemplar
Life Invited Me 1 Exemplar
Year of Promise 1 Exemplar
Hawthorne House — Autor — 1 Exemplar
Apron Strings 1 Exemplar
Showboat's Coming — Autor — 1 Exemplar
James Cook 1 Exemplar
Sir Walter Raleigh 1 Exemplar
Miss Fix-It 1 Exemplar
The Strange Garden 1 Exemplar
Breakneck Betty 1 Exemplar

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Geburtstag
1899-08-12
Todestag
1988-06-12
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
USA
Geburtsort
Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Sterbeort
Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Wohnorte
Ohio, USA
Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Ausbildung
Hartridge School for Girls
Berufe
librarian
children's book author
autobiographer
biographer
short story writer
Beziehungen
Leeuw, Cateau de (sister)
Organisationen
Pen and Brush
Kurzbiographie
Adèle De Leeuw, born to a Dutch-American family in Ohio, loved art and began writing as a child. She and her younger sister Cateau worked together to produce their own magazine: Adèle wrote the poetry and short stories, and Cateau provided the illustrations. As children, they travelled widely through South America, Europe, Africa, and the Far East. The sisters were fascinated by their Dutch heritage, and The Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies would later appear as backdrops in their work. Adèle moved to Plainfield, New Jersey, to pursue a career as a librarian. She also wrote and published short stories for adults and children. After her first books Berries of the Bittersweet (1924) and The Flavor of Holland (1928), she wrote and published about 75 more books for children and young adults. Several of them were collaborations with Cateau, including Mickey the Monkey (1952) and The Expandable Browns (1955). Both sisters lectured extensively at women's groups, art associations, and libraries. After Cateau's death, Adèle wrote Remembered with Love: Letters to my Sister (1982), a joint biography.

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rjrobbins2 | 1 weitere Rezension | May 21, 2023 |
This book is a wonderful compilation of Paul Bunyan and Babe's fabulously unbelievable adventures. Many illustrations and large print make this book accessible to young readers.
 
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rpankey | Apr 2, 2018 |
In "Apron Strings", Marylou is more than content to let her parents continue to baby her while she floats along in her first year of college -- that is, until she meets Brian, a studious young man who clearly doesn't think much of her attitude. She takes on a number of new ventures in an effort to impress him, tentatively defying her parents in order to do so, and gradually begins to realize the value of striking out on her own.

I would have liked to rate this book higher, but two things hold me back: first, I found it difficult to believe that her parents babied her that much. Yes, parents can be overprotective, but Dads don't usually do their college-aged child's homework for them. It's one thing for Marylou to go along with it, but her father has no excuse for such unethical behavior.

MAJOR SPOILERS BEHIND THE CUT TAG Second, there were one-too-many trials for Marylou to get through all at once. I liked that she was put in charge of the clothing shop (although she really should have stood her ground when customers kept scamming her by returning used merchandise). At the same time, she helped her friend and co-worker through a domestic crisis (taking care of that co-worker's boyfriend's motherless siblings), which would have been enough on its own, but then the youngest little girl had to get dangerous appendicitis just then.

All that I could have forgiven, except that at the end of the book, Marylou and Brian are relaxing at a beach with Jean and Jean's on-duty lifeguard boyfriend, George, when an older lady swims out too far and gets in trouble. George races to save her, Brian races to help, Marylou has to race out to help Brian and ends up pulling back the old lady, and George drowns due to a cramp. Oh, and the old lady who swam out too far is dead too. And for whatever reason, Marylou and Brian decide that they have to break the news to George's parents.

I'm not saying this couldn't happen, but seriously -- all of this happens in about a week's time. And it reminds me of a Tom Cruise movie, when his best friend has to die so he can grow emotionally (Cocktail, Top Gun, etc.). It was completely gratuitous in my opinion.
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Werke
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Mitglieder
923
Beliebtheit
#27,803
Bewertung
½ 3.5
Rezensionen
14
ISBNs
39
Sprachen
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