Maryrose wood biography
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Maryrose’s most recent book is Alice’s Farm, A Rabbits’ Tale, a critically lauded middle-grade novel which the New York Times called “delightful and quirky and full of good will…necessary for some kids right now.” This tale of a wild rabbit who joins forces with a human boy in order to save their shared farmland home was named a Charlotte Huck recommended book by the NCTE. Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead called it “tender and wonderful. It’s a fantasy, it’s real, it's just a joy. And absolutely a book for our times."
Maryrose is the author of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, the acclaimed middle-grade series about a teenaged governess and her three raised-by-wolves pupils, published by Balzer + Bray. Titles in the six-book series have appeared on “Best Children’s Books of the Year” lists from NPR, Christian Science Monitor, Kirkus, and others. They’ve been Junior Library Guild selections and received multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Booklist.
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Alice’s Farm
⭐ A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD GOLD STANDARD SELECTION
⭐ A Los Angeles Times Recommended Summer Read
⭐ A National Council of Teachers of English CHARLOTTE HUCK RECOMMENDED BOOK
★ “Wood crafts a tale of interspecies cooperation in a rural setting that is lit up with exhibitions of uncommon courage, loyalty, humor, and tolerance—not to mention extreme cuteness…Terrific.”
— Booklist
“Captivating... A resonant cross-species saga of perseverance, loyalty, and magnanimous friendship.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Tender and wonderful. It’s a fantasy, it’s real, it’s just a joy. And absolutely a book for our times.”
— REBECCA STEAD, NEWBERY MEDALIST
“Delightful and quirky and full of good will... Necessary for some kids right now.”
— The New York Times
“Gentle, honest, and poignant... Alice wriggles her way into your heart.”
— Christian Science Monitor
Alice’s Farm: A Rabbit’s Tale
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In Maryrose Wood's stunning middle-grade novel, Alice's Farm, a brave young rabbit must work with her natural predators to secretly help the farm’s earnest but incompetent new owners an
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Wood, Maryrose 1962(?)-
PERSONAL:
Born c. 1962; children: two. Education:New York Academia, bachelor's quotient, 1996.
ADDRESSES:
Home—New Royalty, NY. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Writer, lyricist, librettist, playwright, instruction screenwriter.
MEMBER:
BMI Mellifluous Theater Workshop; Dramatists Guild; three-time victor of Richard Rodgers Award.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Georgia Bogardus Holof Versifier Award.
WRITINGS:
Love, Mom (screenplay), Uncooked Impressions, 2004. Sex Kittens and Alarm Dawgs Slouch in Love, Delacorte Measure (New Dynasty, NY), 2006.
Why I Severe My Mane Grow Out, Berkley Books (New Dynasty, NY), 2007.
Librettist and bard of The Tutor.
SIDELIGHTS:
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