Brenda Seabrooke (1941-) Biography - Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Honors Awards
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Born 1941, in Florida; Education: Newcomb College of Tulane University, B.A., 1963. Hobbies and other interests: Traveling, gardening, painting.
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Freelance writer. High school teacher of history in Fitzgerald, GA, 1967-68; substitute teacher in schools in New York and Maryland, 1968-70; Jayland Nursery School, Governor's Island, NY, teacher, 1973.
Coast Guard Officer's Wives Association, Petaluma Ballet Guild (director, 1980-81), Children's Book Guild of Washington D.C.
Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book for Fiction, 1991, for Judy Scuppernong; Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies/Children's Book Council, for The Bridges of Summer. Recipient of the Robie MacCauley Fellowship, Emerson College, and of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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The Best Burglar Alarm, illustrated by Loretta Lustig, Morrow (New York, NY), 1978. Home Is Where They Take You In, Morrow (New York, NY), 1980. The Boy Who Saved the Town, illustrated by Howard M. Burns, Tidewater Publications (Centreville, MD), 1990. Judy Scuppernong, illustrated by Ted Lewin, Cobblehill Books (New York, NY), 1990. The Chester Town Tea Party, illustrated by Nancy Coates Smith, T…
Brenda Seabrooke grew up surrounded by storytellers in a rural part of Georgia and became a dedicated reader at a young age. When reading as a child, "I always hated to let go of the characters in the end," she wrote in a profile published on the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C. Web site. "So after I finished a book, I continued the stories, making up further a…
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over 1 year ago
I was never the director of the Petaluma Ballet. I was the publicity chairman for the Petaluma Nutcracker for 3 years.
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