Tom Birdseye (1951-) Biography - Awards, Honors, Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Work in Progress
kentucky university teacher elementary
Born 1951, in Durham, NC; Education: Attended University of Kentucky, 1969-72; Western Kentucky University, B.A. (mass communications), 1974, B.A. (elementary education), 1977. Hobbies and other interests: Skiing, hiking, canoeing, camping, mountain climbing.
Agent—Jean V. Naggar, 216 East 75th St., New York, NY 10021.
Writer. Ocean Lake School, Lincoln City, OR, teacher, 1977-83; Washington Elementary School, Sandpoint, ID, teacher, 1985-88. Has also taught English in Japan.
Authors Guild, Author's League of America, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Middle-grade novel set in rural Kentucky.
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I'm Going to Be Famous, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1986.
Tom Birdseye
Air Mail to the Moon, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1988. A Song of Stars: An Asian Legend, illustrated by Ju-Hong Chen, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1990. Tucker, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1990. Waiting for Baby, illustrated by Loreen Leedy, Holiday House (New York, NY), 199…
Tom Birdseye readily admits that he never aspired to be a writer. As a young man growing up in North Carolina and Kentucky, he was more interested in sports, crawdads, mud balls, forts built in the woods, secret codes, bicycles without fenders, butter pecan ice cream, and snow. Birdseye, however, became published at the age of thirty-five after ten years of teaching, a year of living in Japan, and…
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almost 5 years ago
Hello Mr. Bridseye
I read the book "Tarantula Shoes" for my school project. I'm a 10 year old Dutch boy so I read the dutch version. The way you wrote it is very nice to read. There are very much times I had to laugh about the boy from your book.
Thank you that you wrote this.
Kelvin