Background
Jon Stone was born on April 13, 1931 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He was born to Emerson Law and Grace Elizabeth Stone.
(By all accounts, this book is a favorite among toddlers a...)
By all accounts, this book is a favorite among toddlers and adults alike. Generations will recall their first time reading along as lovable, furry old Grover begs the reader not to turn the page . . . for a monster is at the end of the book! But, of course, the monster is none other than Grover himself. A classic, not to be missed.
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This book is a compilation of books 1-8 of "Rebekah - Girl Detective", short story mysteries for children ages 9-12. Each short story is around 20-24 pages long. It includes the following books: *Mysterious Garden *Alien Invasion *Magellan Goes Missing *Ghost Hunting *Grown-Ups Out To Get Us?! *The Missing Gems *Swimming With Sharks?! *Magic Gone Wrong! Rebekah Daniels is just your ordinary spunky 9 year old girl living in the small town of Curtis Bay...EXCEPT she is determined NOT to be ordinary at all! Her small town is filled with mysteries and Rebekah is sure that she, along with her best friend Mouse, will be able to solve every last one of them.
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In the tradition of The Other Wes Moore and Just Mercy, a searing memoir and clarion call to save our at-risk youth by a young black man who himself was a lost cause—until he landed in a rehabilitation program that saved his life and gave him purpose. Born into abject poverty in Haiti, young Jim St. Germain moved to Brooklyn’s Crown Heights, into an overcrowded apartment with his family. He quickly adapted to street life and began stealing, dealing drugs, and growing increasingly indifferent to despair and violence. By the time he was arrested for dealing crack cocaine, he had been handcuffed more than a dozen times. At the age of fifteen the walls of the system were closing around him. But instead of prison, St. Germain was placed in "Boys Town," a nonsecure detention facility designed for rehabilitation. Surrounded by mentors and positive male authority who enforced a system based on structure and privileges rather than intimidation and punishment, St. Germain slowly found his way, eventually getting his GED and graduating from college. Then he made the bravest decision of his life: to live, as an adult, in the projects where he had lost himself, and to work to reform the way the criminal justice system treats at-risk youth. A Stone of Hope is more than an incredible coming-of-age story; told with a degree of candor that requires the deepest courage, it is also a rallying cry. No one is who they are going to be—or capable of being—at sixteen. St. Germain is living proof of this. He contends that we must work to build a world in which we do not give up on a swath of the next generation. Passionate, eloquent, and timely, illustrated with photographs throughout, A Stone of Hope is an inspiring challenge for every American, and is certain to spark debate nationwide.
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Jon Stone was born on April 13, 1931 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He was born to Emerson Law and Grace Elizabeth Stone.
Stone graduated from Williams College with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1952. He became Master of Fine Arts at Yale University School of Drama three years later.
He also had an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Williams College in 1976.
Stone joined the Children’s Television workshop, along with Muppets creator Jim Henson and Joe Raposo, in 1968 and wrote the pilot script for Sesame Street, which is still broadcast on PBS. He also created (with Henson) the Muppets Big Bird and Cookie Monster.
He was one of the show’s original producers and was the primary director of Sesame Street from 1969 until 1994.
Also a children’s book author, his titles in that medium include The Monster at the End of This Book, (1976) and Would You Like to Play Hide and Seek in This Book With Loveable, Furry Old Grover? (1976). Stone also wrote and directed several specials, including Big Bird in China (1983), John Denver and the Muppets (1976), and wrote the pilot for The Muppet Show.
(In the tradition of The Other Wes Moore and Just Mercy, a...)
(This book is a compilation of books 1-8 of "Rebekah - Gir...)
(By all accounts, this book is a favorite among toddlers a...)
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Stone was a member of Directors Guild of America and Writers Guild of America.
Stone married Beverly Owen in June 1966. They divorced in 1974. The couple had 2 children - Polly Diantha and Katherine Winter.