Edward Eager (1911–1964)
Autor de Half Magic
Sobre El Autor
Edward Eager (1911-1964) worked primarily as a playwright and lyricist. It wasn't until 1951, while searching for books to read to his young son, that he began writing children's stories. In each of his books, he carefully acknowledges his indebtedness to E. Nesbit, whom he considered the best mostrar más children's writer of all time -- "so that any child who likes my books and doesn't know hers may be led back to the master of us all" mostrar menos
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Obras de Edward Eager
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Eager, Edward McMaken
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1911-06-20
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1964-10-23
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA (birth)
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- lung cancer
- Lugares de residencia
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA
New Canaan, Connecticut, USA - Educación
- Harvard University
- Ocupaciones
- playwright
novelist
lyricist
children's book author - Biografía breve
- Began writing children's books after searching for books to read to his son. His popular "magic" stories are heavily influenced by the works of E. Nesbit.
Miembros
Reseñas
This book is charming and funny and a delightful adventure. I enjoyed the ups and downs of the characters and their wacky adventures.
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4th Grade Books (1)
Elementary Reads (1)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 18
- Miembros
- 11,723
- Popularidad
- #2,007
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 179
- ISBNs
- 146
- Idiomas
- 4
- Favorito
- 36
But you can't find magic just anywhere. It doesn't grow like grass. It requires the right place and the right time . . . Or thyme, as the case may be. At Mrs. Whiton's house, magic grows as wild as the banks of thyme in the garden. Growing there is olden time, future time, and common time. Or so says the Natterjack, the toadlike creature who accompanies the children on a series of hilarious, always unpredictable adventures.
"Anything can happen," the Natterjack says, "when you have all the time in the world."… (más)