Literary Birthday – 24 June – Kathryn Lasky

Happy Birthday, Kathryn Lasky, born on 24 June 1944.

Kathryn Lasky Quotes

1. I am sure a lot of folks must think I’m rather scattered doing all these different books. But to me, the whole part of being an artist is to get up every morning and reinvent the world. (Candlewick)
2. To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect of nature, etc. follows. (A-Z)
3. Whether you are a twelve-year-old princess or a twelve-year-old regular kid, you need to know you are loved and respected. (A-Z)
4. I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing. (A-Z)
5. When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if it was about females, they were girls who were going to grow up to be famous like Betsy Ross, Clara Barton, or Harriet Tubman. No one ever wrote about plain, normal, everyday girls. (A-Z)
6. Thinking – in particular abstract thinking, which most of us are introduced to through the study of mathematics and literature – helps us learn that we can become problem solvers. (A-Z)

Kathryn Lasky is an American children’s writer who also writes for adults under the names Kathryn Lasky Knight and E. L. Swann. She is the author of five mysteries and over one hundred books for children and young adults, including the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series. Her books have received numerous awards, including a Newbery Honor, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and a Washington Post-Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award.

Source for photograph: Author’s Website

by Amanda Patterson
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