Monday, April 19, 2010

Author Post

1. Ellen Raskin became an artist (www.goodreads.com/author/show/10074.Ellen_Raskin).
2. Ellen Raskin wrote children's books including Nothing Ever Happens on My Block.
3. Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconson.
4. She illustrated lots of books like A Wrinkle in Time.
5. Even afterbeing published, Ellen Raskin always considered herself and artist, not an author.
6. Ellen Raskin went to college wanting to major in journalism, but after a trip to the Chicago Art Institute she decided to change her major to fine art (www.education.wisc.edu).
7. Some of her books were awarded the Newberry Honor and the Newberry Medal.
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