Pam Muñoz Ryan
Auteur de Esperanza Rising
A propos de l'auteur
Author Pam Muñoz Ryan was born in Bakersfield, California on December 25, 1951. She received a B. A. in child development and a M. A. in education from San Diego State University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a bilingual Head Start teacher and as an early childhood program afficher plus administrator. At first, she wrote adult books about child development, but soon switched to writing children's books. She has written over twenty-five picture books, novels, and nonfiction books for young readers. The novel Esperanza Rising, winner of the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and the Americas Award Honor Book, is based on her own grandmother's immigration from Mexico to California. Riding Freedom has also won many awards including the national Willa Cather Award and the California Young Reader Medal. When Marian Sang, a picture book about singer Marian Anderson, won numerous awards including the ALA Sibert Honor and NCTE's Orbis Pictus Award. In 2015 her title Echo made The New York Times Best Seller List. She also won a Kirkus Prize in the children's literature category with her title 'Echo'. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Pam Muñoz Ryan
Judicial Review and Bureaucratic Impact: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Cambridge Studies in Law and (2004) 7 exemplaires
Yo, Naomi Len 4 exemplaires
Paint The Wind 3 exemplaires
El soador 2 exemplaires
Tony Baloney School Rules 2 exemplaires
Riding Freedom 1 exemplaire
When Marian Sang 1 exemplaire
Becoming Naomi Len 1 exemplaire
Paint the Wind (Scholastic Gold) 1 exemplaire
Il sognatore 1 exemplaire
Solimar: The Sword of Monarchs 1 exemplaire
Raising a reader :PE #15 1 exemplaire
The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio 1 exemplaire
Echo 1 exemplaire
Mañanaland (Scholastic Gold) 1 exemplaire
Trandafirii din Mexic 1 exemplaire
Mics and Beans 1 exemplaire
Tony Baloney School Rules 1 exemplaire
Trandafirii din Mexic 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Gift Of The Magi And Other Stories (Scholastic Classics) (1990) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 824 exemplaires, 3 critiques
Friends: Stories About New Friends, Old Friends, and Unexpectedly True Friends (2005) — Contributeur — 82 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Ryan, Pam Muñoz
- Date de naissance
- 1951-12-25
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Bakersfield, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Bakersfield, California, USA
San Diego County, California, USA - Études
- San Diego State University (BA, MA)
- Professions
- teacher
writer - Prix et distinctions
- Children's Literature Legacy Award (2024)
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Critiques
Esperanza Rising par Pam Munoz Ryan
Retelling: The book opened with the main character, Esperanza, eagerly anticipating her upcoming birthday. She lived on a plantation in Mexico with dresses and servants. Her childhood friend, Miguel, was the son of her Mother's servant and even though they loved one another, she knew they would never be together because of class differences. That changed when she was forced to move to the United States under the care of her former servants. Her father was killed and her uncle threatened to destroy everything if her mother did not marry him to further his political career. With hard work and determination, she grew to overcome her own prejudices, and keep her family together. She learned to find riches in friendships rather than wealth.… (plus d'informations)
Middle grade historical fiction based loosely on the immigration story of the grandmother of the author, Pam Muñoz Ryan.
After an unfortunate disaster in the family, well-off teenager Esperanza leaves her home in Mexico to become a migrant worker in California in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl.
Issues of worker's rights, unions, racism and classism are all discussed.
A beautiful story of perseverance and traditions is lovingly told.
After an unfortunate disaster in the family, well-off teenager Esperanza leaves her home in Mexico to become a migrant worker in California in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl.
Issues of worker's rights, unions, racism and classism are all discussed.
A beautiful story of perseverance and traditions is lovingly told.
Independent Reading Level: 5th grade
Awards/Honors: Pura Belpre award for writing 2002
Awards/Honors: Pura Belpre award for writing 2002
Well crafted tales interwoven by the common thread of a harmonica blessed, by a spell that delivers it to those in distress, and a quality that fortifies the Spirit of musicians and audiences alike, with a message of mankind’s unity in love. (Accompanied by music in the audiobook format)
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- Œuvres
- 69
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 29,768
- Popularité
- #676
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 1,512
- ISBN
- 353
- Langues
- 10
- Favoris
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