Background
Jean Karl was born on July 29, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois, the United States.
1972 Clark Ave, Alliance, OH 44601, United States
Karl graduated from the Methodist Church-affiliated Mount Union College in 1949.
(Fearful of mankind's growing space exploration, an alien ...)
Fearful of mankind's growing space exploration, an alien race known as the Chlordians wipes out nearly all of the planet's carbon-based life forms. Life on Earth is forever changed after the "Chlordian sweep," not only on account of the struggle for physical survival but also because of a shift in attitudes.
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1976
(Hounded by a gang of kids after her mother's disappearanc...)
Hounded by a gang of kids after her mother's disappearance leaves her on her own, Lucinda hides in the abandoned caretaker's house in the local cemetery where she makes contact with intelligent beings from another galaxy.
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1978
(Four students from Meniscus F on a mission to the far-awa...)
Four students from Meniscus F on a mission to the far-away Sector 22 delight in the habitable but uninhabited planet they discover until they realize their pod mentor has no intention of allowing them to leave.
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1981
(What a joy it is to write for children! You can make gigg...)
What a joy it is to write for children! You can make giggle and wiggle and imagine. You may even influence how they see the world.
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1994
Jean Karl was born on July 29, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois, the United States.
Karl graduated from the Methodist Church-affiliated Mount Union College in 1949.
Karl began her career at Scott, Foresman & Company working with the Dick and Jane readers, then moved to Abingdon Press as their children’s book editor. In 1961, she was asked to start the Children’s Book Department at Atheneum, where she eventually had her own imprint, and from which she officially retired in 1985. Ms. Karl continued to edit books for Atheneum as an editor-at-large until shortly before her death in 2000. Ms. Karl was president of the Children’s Book Council and very active in that organization throughout her career.
She founded the mass market imprint Aladdin and the young adult science fiction imprint Atheneum Argo. The books she edited won five Newbery Medals, six Newbery Honors, two Caldecott Medals, and one National Book Award. She was the editor for Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea trilogy and E.L. Konigsburg’s From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Atheneum, 1970).
(Hounded by a gang of kids after her mother's disappearanc...)
1978(Four students from Meniscus F on a mission to the far-awa...)
1981(Fearful of mankind's growing space exploration, an alien ...)
1976(A young apprentice toymaker's search for a fantastical cr...)
1990(What a joy it is to write for children! You can make gigg...)
1994(Traces the history of the United States from the first se...)
1994