Dorothy Hoobler

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Dorothy Hoobler is a historian and author of over sixty books, both fiction and nonfiction, mostly for young readers. Her and her husband are the authors of the well-loved American Family Album series, including The Japanese American Family Album, which was named a Carter G. Woodson Honor Book in mehr anzeigen 1997. The Hooblers won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2005 with In Darkness, Death. In addition, the Society for School Librarians International chose their book Showa: The Era of Hirohito for a best book award in 1991, and they have been cited for excellence by the Library of Congress, the Parents' Choice Foundation, Bank Street College, the International Reading Association, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the New York Public Library. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

Beinhaltet die Namen: Dorothy Hoobler, Dorothy Hoobler, Dorothy Hoobler, co-author

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Samurai Detective

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Picture album series

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Der Rubin des Samurai (1999) 791 Exemplare

The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein (2006) 342 Exemplare

Where Are the Great Pyramids? (2015) — Autor — 334 Exemplare

The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection (2009) 295 Exemplare

What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? (2016) 204 Exemplare

Die Rache des Feuerdämons (2001) 200 Exemplare

Where Is the Taj Mahal? (2017) 174 Exemplare

We Are Americans: Voices Of The Immigrant Experience (2003) 166 Exemplare

In Darkness, Death (2004) 139 Exemplare

The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass (1800) 97 Exemplare

A Samurai Never Fears Death (1800) 77 Exemplare

Sign Painters Secret: The Story of a Revolutionary Girl (Her Story) (1991) 76 Exemplare

The Jewish American Family Album (1689) 61 Exemplare

Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream (2005) 56 Exemplare

Confucianism (World Religions) (1993) 53 Exemplare

Seven Paths to Death (1800) 44 Exemplare

The German American Family Album (1996) 43 Exemplare

Frontier Diary (spotlight books) (1974) 40 Exemplare

The Japanese American Family Album (1996) 32 Exemplare

Real American Girls Tell Their Own Stories: Messages from the Heart and Heartland (1999) 31 Exemplare

Treasure in the Stream: The Story of a Gold Rush Girl (Her Story) (1991) 31 Exemplare

George Washington and President's Day (Let's Celebrate Series) (1990) 30 Exemplare

The Italian American Family Album (1994) 30 Exemplare

The Chinese American Family Album (1994) 30 Exemplare

The Irish American Family Album (1995) 29 Exemplare

The Mexican American Family Album (1994) 28 Exemplare

The African American Family Album (1995) 27 Exemplare

The Young Voyageur (McGraw Hill Adventure Books) (2000) 26 Exemplare

The Scandinavian American Family Album (1997) 25 Exemplare

Cleopatra (World Leaders : Past and Present) (1987) 23 Exemplare

The Trail on Which They Wept: The Story of a Cherokee Girl (Her Story) (1992) 21 Exemplare

Stálin (1985) 19 Exemplare

Sally Bradford: The Story of a Rebel Girl (Her Story) (1997) 18 Exemplare

Priscilla Foster: The Story of a Salem Girl (Her Story Series) (1997) 18 Exemplare

Julie Meyer: The Story of a Wagon Train Girl (Her Story) (1997) 18 Exemplare

A Promise at the Alamo: The Story of a Texas Girl (Her Story) (1991) 17 Exemplare

Next Stop Freedom: The Story of a Slave Girl (Her Story) (1991) 17 Exemplare

Florence Robinson: The Story of a Jazz Age Girl (Her Story) (1997) 15 Exemplare

The Cuban American Family Album (1996) 14 Exemplare

The Trenches: Fighting on the Western Front in World War I (1978) 14 Exemplare

The Voyages of Captain Cook (1983) 12 Exemplare

The 1930s: Directions (Century Kids) (2000) 12 Exemplare

Summer of Dreams: The Story of a Worlds Fair Girl (1993) 12 Exemplare

Aloha Means Come Back: The Story of a World War II Girl (Her Story) (1991) 12 Exemplare

An Album of World War I (1976) 11 Exemplare

Mandela: The Man, the Struggle, the Triumph (1992) 11 Exemplare

House Plants (1975) 11 Exemplare

The 1960's: Rebels (Century Kids) (2001) 10 Exemplare

Vegetable gardening & cooking (Grosset good life books) (1975) 10 Exemplare

The First Decade: Curtain Going Up (Century Kids) (2000) 10 Exemplare

An Album of World War II (1977) 10 Exemplare

Vietnam: Why We Fought: An Illustrated History (1990) 10 Exemplare

Showa: The Age of Hirohito (1990) 9 Exemplare

The 1980s: Earthsong (Century Kids) (2002) 9 Exemplare

The Second Decade: Voyages (Century Kids) (2000) 9 Exemplare

Vanity Rules: History of American Fashion and Beauty (2000) 9 Exemplare

Pruning (1975) 8 Exemplare

The 1920s: Luck (Century Kids) (2000) 8 Exemplare

Photographing History: The Career of Mathew Brady (1977) 7 Exemplare

The 1970s: Arguments (Century Kids) (2002) 7 Exemplare

Chinese Portraits (Images Across the Ages) (1993) 7 Exemplare

China (The Regional Studies Series) (1987) 7 Exemplare

And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor: The Story of a Roaring 20's Girl (Her Story) (1992) 7 Exemplare

Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?: Letters of Love and Lust from the White House (2024) 6 Exemplare

The Pony Express; Fastest Mail in the West (Adventure Books) (2003) 6 Exemplare

Zhou Enlai (World Leaders Past and Present) (1986) 6 Exemplare

The 1940s: Secrets (Century Kids) (2001) 6 Exemplare

The 1950s: Music (Century Kids) (2001) 6 Exemplare

Vanished! (The Fact Or Fiction Files) (1991) 6 Exemplare

An Album of the Seventies (1981) 5 Exemplare

The Year in Bloom (1977) 5 Exemplare

Photographing the frontier (1980) 5 Exemplare

African Portraits (Images Across the Ages) (1993) 5 Exemplare

Italian Portraits (Images Across the Ages) (1993) 5 Exemplare

The Red-Headed Demon (2014) 5 Exemplare

Russian Portraits (Images Across the Ages) (1994) 4 Exemplare

The 1990s: Families (The Century Kids) (2002) 4 Exemplare

Nelson and Winnie Mandela (1987) 4 Exemplare

MARGARET MEAD: A Life in Science (1975) 4 Exemplare

Your Right to Privacy (First Constitution Books) (1986) 4 Exemplare

Japanese Portraits (Images Across the Ages) (1994) 4 Exemplare

Seven Paths to Death (Samurai Detective) (Volume 6) (2013) 3 Exemplare

Drugs and Crime (Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs Series 2) (1988) 3 Exemplare

Friends in America (2003) 3 Exemplare

The Social Security System (An Impact Book) (1982) 2 Exemplare

A New School Experience (2003) 2 Exemplare

French portraits (1994) 2 Exemplare

The Soviet Union and eastern Europe (Scholastic world cultures) (1991) 2 Exemplare

Chu En-Lai 2 Exemplare

Indoor Gardening: A Compilation of House Plants, Cacti & Succulents, Miniature Gardens and Gardening in Containers (1976) 2 Exemplare

The Fact or Fiction Files: Lost Civilizations (Fact Or Fiction Files) (1992) 2 Exemplare

Mexican Portraits (Images Across the Ages) (1993) 2 Exemplare

U.S. and China Relations Since World War II (1981) 1 Exemplar

The Day of the Rodeo (Adventure Books) (2000) 1 Exemplar

South America Portraits (Images Across the Ages) (1994) 1 Exemplar

Samurai Secrets 3: Der Schatten der Ninja 1 Exemplar

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform: Hoobler, Dorothy
Rechtmäßiger Name: Hoobler, Dorothy Law
Geburtstag: 1941
Geschlecht: female
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Wohnorte: Crestwood, New York, USA
Aurora, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Ausbildung: Wells College (BA|History)
New York University (MA|History)
Berufe: historian
writer
Beziehungen: Hoobler, Thomas (husband)

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Der Rubin des Samurai. CD von Dorothy Hoobler

1735 - die Ära der Samurai: Der 14-jährige Seikei wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher als selbst ein Krieger mit Ehrenkodex zu werden. Doch als Samurai wird man geboren. Seikei hingegen ist als Sohn eines Teehändlers ein anderes Leben vorbestimmt. Doch als ein kostbarer Rubin gestohlen wird, soll ausgerechnet Seikei dem berühmten Samurai und gerechten Richter Ooka bei den Ermittlungen helfen. Endlich kann er sich beweisen ... Gibt es doch einen Weg, dass sein Traum wahr wird? Mit großer Gestaltungsfreude entführt der Sprecher Frank-Lorenz Engel die Zuhörer ins alte Japan.… (mehr)

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ronka | 13 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 29, 2007 |

Die Rache des Feuerdämons von Dorothy Hoobler

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Japan 1735: In der Hauptstadt Edo geht ein Feuerdämon um! Ganze Wohnviertel fallen den Flammen zum Opfer. Der berühmte Richter und Samurai Ooka untersucht den Fall, doch seine Fragen stoßen überall auf eine Mauer aus Angst und Schweigen. Rätselhaft ist auch die Ermordung mehrerer Geishas. Richter Ooka ahnt einen Zusammenhang und setzt seinen Adoptivsohn Seikei als verdeckten Ermittler an. Für den schlauen Samurai-Anwärter beginnt ein spannendes Abenteuer ...

Der Sprecher Frank-Lorenz Engel entführt die Zuhörer in das Japan der Shogun-Ära. Er leiht den 14-jährigen Seikei ebenso seine Stimme wie den Geishas und Samurai-Kriegern.… (mehr)

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