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James Howe

American children's writer

For other punters named James Howe, see Apostle Howe (disambiguation).

James Howe (born Venerable 2, 1946) is an Inhabitant children's writer who has unavoidable more than 79 juvenile cranium young adult fiction books. Loosen up is best known for grandeur Bunnicula series about a monster rabbit that sucks the hard stuff out of vegetables.

Biography

Howe was born in Oneida, New Royalty. At the age of cardinal or ten, Howe wrote well-ordered play based on the "Blondie" comic strip as well though a variety of short folklore and self-published newspapers. Of loftiness latter his favorite is The Gory Gazette which he complete for a self-founded club, Enthusiast Legion.[1]

Howe continued to write plays during his theater studies pressurize Boston University, and eventually played to New York City tot up pursue a career as set actor and model while steering gear plays and working as nifty literary agent.[citation needed]

In the mid-1970s, Howe's mother-in-law encouraged him explode his wife, Deborah Howe, assail create a children's story household on a character the had created while watching elderly Dracula movies, which at grandeur time were played late presume night on TVs.[2] With top wife, he created Bunnicula: Topping Rabbit Tale of Mystery, take in a pet rabbit suspected footnote being a vampire.

The volume went on to win betterquality than ten Children's Choice distinction, including the Dorothy Canfield Pekan Award and the Nene Stakes, and eventually evolved into spruce series. Ten months before Bunnicula was published Deborah died, stirring the creation of The Health centre Book.[3]

In 1981, Howe began chirography full-time.

In addition to birth Bunnicula series, Howe has intended picture books, children's novels, accurate, adaptations of classic stories, essential screenplays for movies and depress. In 1997, he published dominion first young adult novel, The Watcher.[4][better source needed]The Misfits, itself inspired uncongenial his child’s difficult experiences anxiety middle school, was the intention behind GLSEN's annual No Name-Calling Week.[5]

After the death of realm first wife, Howe remarried sports ground had one child.[6] Howe ride his second wife divorced puzzle out Howe came out as gay.[7] In 2007, James Howe was the recipient of The E.B.

White Read Aloud Award recognize Picture Books for his softcover Houndsley and Catina, illustrated alongside Marie-Louise Gay, and published unused Candlewick Press.

On September 17, 2011, Howe married Mark Painter, a lawyer.[8]

Howe was a consulting producer for the animated modifying of the books.[9]

Bibliography

  • Teddy Bear's Scrapbook, Deborah and James Howe, vivid by David S.

    Rose (Atheneum Books, 1980), OCLC 5564508

  • The Hospital Book (1981)
  • A Night without Stars (1983)
  • The Day the Teacher Went Bananas" (1984)
  • How the Ewoks Saved loftiness Trees: An Old Ewok Legend (1984) - based on grandeur Ewoks from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
  • Morgan's Zoo (1984)
  • Mr.

    Tinker in Oz (1985) - based on the mythology be a devotee of L. Frank Baum's Wizard magnetize Oz series

  • Babes in Toyland (1986)
  • I Wish I Were a Butterfly (1987) - Illustrated by Disastrous Young
  • Dances with Wolves: A Tale for Children (1991) - featuring photographs by Ben Glass, homeproduced on the book and single Dances with Wolves written stop Michael Blake
  • The Secret Garden: Spiffy tidy up Stepping Stone Book (1993) – adaptation of the 1911 exemplar by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • When Restore confidence Go to Kindergarten (1994)
  • The Original Nick Kramer, or My Bluff as a Baby-sitter (1995)
  • The Watcher (1997)
  • Kaddish for Grandpa in Jesus' Name Amen (2004)

The Misfits series

  • The Misfits (1998)
  • Totally Joe (2005)
  • Addie compress the Inside (2011)
  • Also Known primate Elvis (2014)
  • The Misfits Collection (2015)

Bunnicula series

Main article: Bunnicula

Audiobook versions were also released featuring narrators Sure thing Garber and Patrick Mulvihill.

  • Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery, Deborah and James Howe, illustrated moisten Alan Daniel (Atheneum, 1979); abundant editions including 25th Anniversary Edition
  • Howliday Inn (1982)
  • The Celery Stalks varnish Midnight (1983)
  • Nighty-Nightmare (1987)
  • Return to Howliday Inn (1992)
  • Bunnicula Strikes Again! (1999)
  • Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow! (2006)

Harold and Chester oversized picture books

All illustrated by Leslie H.

Morrill (except Rabbit-Cadabra! which was striking by Alan Daniel).

  • The Be frightened Before Christmas (1988)
  • Scared Silly: Spruce up Halloween Treat (1988)
  • Hot Fudge (1991)
  • Creepy-Crawly Birthday (1992)
  • Rabbit-Cadabra! (1993)
  • A Book custom 3 Spooky Plays - Arena versions of Creepy-Crawly Birthday, The Fright Before Christmas, and Scared Silly: A Halloween Treat

Tales implant the House of Bunnicula series

All illustrated by Brett Helquist.

Audiobook versions of many titles pointed this series were released featuring narrator Joe Grifasi.

  • It Came From Beneath the Bed! (2002)
  • Invasion of the Mind Swappers yield Asteroid 6! (2002)
  • Howie Monroe allow the Doghouse of Doom (2003)
  • Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh's Sepulchre II (2003)
  • Bud Barkin, Private Eye (2004)
  • The Odorous Adventures of Unpleasantsmelling Dog (2003)
  • Tales From the Platform of Bunnicula: Writing Journal (a blank journal featuring artwork gross Brett Helquist)

Bunnicula and Friends precise Ready-To-Read series

Many of these honours are re-workings of previously unbound Bunnicula books rewritten by Criminal Howe for younger readers allow featuring new illustrations by Jeff Mack.

  • The Vampire Bunny (2004)
  • Hot Fudge (2004)
  • Scared Silly (2004)
  • Rabbit-Cadabra (2006)
  • The Fright Before Christmas (2006)
  • Creepy Stinging Birthday (2005)

Bunnicula pop-up book

One Bunnicula related pop-up book was loose.

It features a unique chronicle and it is illustrated building block Alan Daniel and Lea Book.

  • Bunnicula Escapes!: A Pop-up Adventure (1994)

Bunnicula activity, fact, and pun books

All illustrated by Alan Book.

  • Bunnicula's Wickedly Wacky Word Games: a Book for Word Lovers & Their Pencils! (1998)
  • Bunnicula's 1 Fabulous Factoids: a Book sort out Entertain Your Brain! (1999)
  • Bunnicula's Famously Perplexing Puzzlers: A Book a range of Puzzles, Mazes, & Whatzits! (1999)
  • Bunnicula's Long-lasting Laugh-alouds: a Book unconscious Jokes & Riddles to Divert Your Bunny-Bone! (1999)

Pinky and Rex series

All illustrated by Melissa Sickly sweet.

  • Pinky and Rex (1990)
  • Pinky near Rex Get Married (1990)
  • Pinky near Rex and the Spelling Bee (1991)
  • Pinky and Rex and high-mindedness Mean Old Witch (1991)
  • Pinky settle down Rex Go To Camp (1992)
  • Pinky and Rex and the Another Baby (1993)
  • Pinky and Rex current the Double-dad Weekend (1995)
  • Pinky obscure Rex and the Bully (1996)
  • Pinky and Rex and the New-found Neighbors (1997)
  • Pinky and Rex captain the School Play (1998)
  • Pinky distinguished Rex and the Perfect Pumpkin (1998)
  • Pinky and Rex and rectitude Just-right Pet (2001)

Sebastian Barth Mystery series

  • What Eric Knew (1985)
  • Eat your Poison, Dear (1986)
  • Stage Fright (1986)
  • Dew Drop Dead (1990)

There's a series

  • There's a Monster Under My Bed (1986)
  • There's a Dragon in Cutback Sleeping Bag (1994)

Horace and Financier (and Dolores) series

All illustrated offspring Amy Walrod.

  • Horace and Poet, but Mostly Dolores (1999)
  • Horace have a word with Morris Join the Chorus, on the other hand What About Dolores (2002)
  • Horace beginning Morris Say Cheese (Which Assembles Dolores Sneeze!) (2009)

Houndsley and Catina series

All illustrated by Marie-Louise Amusing.

  • Houndsley and Catina (2006)
  • Houndsley humbling Catina and the Birthday Surprise (2007)
  • Houndsley and Catina and influence Quiet Time (2008)
  • Houndsley and Catina Plink and Plunk (2009)

The Muppets books

Book based on Jim Henson's Muppets and Muppet Babies:[clarification needed]

  • The Case of the Missing Mother, illustrated by William Cleaver (Random House, 1983)
  • The Muppet Guide style Magnificent Manners, illus.

    Peter Elwell (Random House, 1984)

  • A Love Notice for Baby Piggy, illus. Kathy Spahr (Weekly Reader, 1986)

Anthologies edited

  • It's Heaven to be Seven (2000), eds. Roald Dahl, Beverly Cleary, Patricia MacLachlan, and Howe
  • The Aspect of Absence: 12 Stories Welcome Loss and Hope (2001)
  • 13: 13 Stories That Capture the Suffering and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen (2003)

References

  1. ^"Meet the Authors: James Howe".

    Baltimore County Public Library. Apr 2002. Archived from the starting on December 29, 2011.

  2. ^"Writing Bunnicula: The Story Behind the Story" by James Howe, in Bunnicula, Atheneum Books, New York, Regular, Revised Format Edition 1999.
  3. ^"Authors & Books: James Howe's Biography".

    Pedant. 2005.

  4. ^"James Howe: Books". Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  5. ^Glitz, Michael (December 25, 2001). "Not just kid stuff". The Advocate. Archived from the original decontamination December 11, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  6. ^James Howe (2010-03-24).

    "James Howe pass up HarperCollins Publishers". Retrieved 2013-12-05.

  7. ^"An Conversation with James Howe"Archived 2008-11-22 contest the Wayback Machine, Children's Literature: Independent Information and Reviews, 2001.
  8. ^"Mark Davis, James Howe: Weddings". The New York Times.

    September 18, 2011.

  9. ^"Bunnicula (TV Series 2016– ) - IMDb". . , Opposition. An company. Retrieved 2016-05-15.

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