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Bill Brittain

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 15 1930

Died: 1616 12 20112011

Bill Brittain's tales of the rural New England village of Coven Tree are well loved by children of all ages. The Wish Giver was a Newbery Honor Book; it and Devil's Donkey were both named ALA Notabled Children's Books as well as School Library Journal Best Books. Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders was a 1988 Children's Editors' Choice , and Professor Popkin's Prodigious Polish was named a "Pick of the Lists" by American Bookseller.

Mr. Brittain has written many other delightful books, which have also received high acclaim. Among these are All the Money in the World, which won the 1982-1983 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award and which has been adapted for an ABC-TV Saturday Special; and The Fantastic Freshman, which was named an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

Bill Brittain lives with his wife, Ginny, in Asheville, North Carolina.

Bill Brittain

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 15 1930

Died: 1616 12 20112011

Bill Brittain's tales of the rural New England village of Coven Tree are well loved by children of all ages. The Wish Giver was a Newbery Honor Book; it and Devil's Donkey were both named ALA Notabled Children's Books as well as School Library Journal Best Books. Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders was a 1988 Children's Editors' Choice , and Professor Popkin's Prodigious Polish was named a "Pick of the Lists" by American Bookseller.

Mr. Brittain has written many other delightful books, which have also received high acclaim. Among these are All the Money in the World, which won the 1982-1983 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award and which has been adapted for an ABC-TV Saturday Special; and The Fantastic Freshman, which was named an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

Bill Brittain lives with his wife, Ginny, in Asheville, North Carolina.

Books from Bill Brittain

The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders

Devil's Donkey

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Shape-Changer

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Who Knew There'd Be Ghosts?

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Professor Popkin's Prodigious Polish: A Tale of Coven Tree

3.8/5 ( ratings)

My Buddy, the King

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Fantasy Thriller Set (6): Coraline; the Secret of Platform 13; the House with Clock in Its Walls; Alice in Wonderland; Belle Praters Boy; the Wish Giver

The Mystery of the Several Sevens

All the Money in the World

Wings

The Mystery of the Several Sevens

Without a Map: Searching For Who You Are

The Ghost from Beneath the Sea

The Best Horror Stories